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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT for Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 E Willshire, OH | F0. BARN DAMAGED WITH DEBRIS CARRIED ACROSS AN ADJACENT FIELD. |
| Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 E Willshire, OH | F0 SEVERAL STORAGE SHEDS AND TREES, GRAIN ELEVATORS DAMAGED |
| Jun 22, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Willshire, OH | ALL STREETS IN TOWN CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Jun 22, 2:43 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Willshire, OH | F1 DAMAGE PATH 25 YARDS WIDE AND 100 YARDS LONG. DESTROYED A BLOCK GARAGE. |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Van Wert, OH | SEVERAL TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN AND BARN WAS BLEW OVER. |
| Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Van Wert, OH | |
| Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Van Wert, OH | |
| Jun 22, 2:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 5 S Convoy, OH | |
| Jun 22, 2:58 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Delphos, OH | F0 DESTROYED A WELL BUILT SHED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 221831 TORIWX OHC125-161-221915- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0009.060622T1830Z-060622T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 230 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF OHIO CITY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... OHIO CITY...CONVOY AND PAYNE... VAN WERT... DELPHOS... PAULDING... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4111 8481 4072 8480 4070 8433 4114 8433 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 221845 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 244 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 OHC125-161-221915- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060622T1915Z/ VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH- 244 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN PAULDING AND VAN WERT COUNTIES... AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION AND SEVERE DAMAGING WINDS. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAYNE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OHIO CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW HAVEN TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE... VENEDOCIA...VAN WERT AND PAYNE... SCOTT...MIDDLE POINT AND LATTY... GROVER HILL...DELPHOS AND BROUGHTON... MELROSE... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEE SAFE SHELTER NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4111 8481 4072 8480 4070 8433 4114 8433 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 221858 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 257 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 OHC125-161-221915- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060622T1915Z/ VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH- 257 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN PAULDING AND VAN WERT COUNTIES... AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GROVER HILL TO OHIO CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF VAN WERT TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MELROSE...ELGIN...MIDDLE POINT...VENEDOCIA AND DELPHOS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4111 8480 4072 8479 4070 8432 4114 8432 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 221917 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 316 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 OHC125-161-221926- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060622T1915Z/ VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH- 316 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PAULDING AND VAN WERT COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 315 PM EDT... AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 80 MPH WINDS AND A DESTROYED BARN WERE REPORTED WHEN THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH VAN WERT COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4111 8480 4072 8479 4070 8432 4114 8432 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 38 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.