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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2007, 6:27 PM EDT for Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio; Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 min. 6 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
- May 1, 2007, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Allen County, IN, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:34 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Nw Huntertown, IN | |
| May 1, 6:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 N Fort Wayne, IN | |
| May 1, 6:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Huntertown, IN | |
| May 1, 6:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | N Fort Wayne, IN | |
| May 1, 6:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | |
| May 1, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Antwerp, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIWX 012230
SVRIWX
INC003-OHC125-161-012330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0025.070501T2227Z-070501T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
627 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHURUBUSCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
HUNNTERTOWN AND FORT WAYNE...
LEO-CEDARVILLE...
PAULDING...CONVEY AND VAN WERT
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH....ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4127 8533 4095 8533 4082 8434 4120 8436
4121 8445 4126 8444 4127 8482
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 012319
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
INC003-OHC125-161-012330-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070501T2330Z/
ALLEN IN-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND PAULDING AND NORTHERN VAN
WERT COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRICETON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF VAN WERT...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. REPORTS OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS
REPORTED IN AND AROUND FORT WAYNE BETWEEN 630 PM EDT AND 7 PM EDT.
ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA AND
WILL FOLLOW THE SAME TRACK AS THE PREVIOUS STORM. THIS STORM WILL
ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GROVER
HILL...CHARLOE...MELROSE...WETSEL...MIDDLE POINT...ROSELMS...
OAKWOOD...ARTHUR...MANDALE AND DELPHOS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.....ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4127 8533 4095 8533 4082 8434 4120 8436
4121 8445 4126 8444 4127 8482
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 256 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... CURRENTLY WATER VAPOR ANALYSIS REVEALS POTENT MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE CHICAGO AREA INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. ONGOING ELEVATED CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO WITH POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WERE WELL INTO THE 80S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S...PRODUCING SFC BASED CAPE VALUES AROUND 2500 J/KG. COMBINATION OF MID LEVEL COOLING WITH ADVANCING SHORTWAVE...DRY AIR ALOFT...AND DEEP SHEAR VALUES IN AROUND 40 TO 50 KNOTS YIELD POTENTIAL SEVER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT....WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND POSSIBLE. WW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS. INHERITED GRIDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE...ONLY ADJUSTED/TWEAKED A FEW THINGS TO ALLOW FOR LATE ARRIVAL OF FRONT. RAISED POPS SOME AND MOVED SEVERE THREAT FARTHER NORTH. AS FOR TOMORROW...ADJUSTED TEMPS SOME TO ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER H90 TEMPS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES STILL LOOK GOOD...EXCEPT IN THE SOUTH WHERE SOME CIRRUS MAY BE PRESENT. && LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO STALL OUT ALONG TN VALLEY. WAVE RIDING ALONG THE FRONT WILL PUSH OVERRUNNING MOISTURE UP INTO OUR SOUTHERN CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BELIEVE NAM/WRF IS OVERDONE IN AGGRESSIVE SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA. WILL FOLLOW MORE CLOSELY TO GFS SOLN AND BRING ADDL CLOUD COVER INTO SOUTHERN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT WED NITE BUT WILL KEEP DRY FCST IN PLACE FOR NOW. END OF THE WEEK WILL SEE UPPER LOW DROP DOWN INTO FOUR CORNERS AND BUILD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA. SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF CANADIAN HIGH AT THE SFC WILL KEEP A COOLER EASTERLY FLOW IN PLACE KEEPING TEMPS NEAR NORMAL INTO THE WEEKEND. SFC HIGH THEN SLIDES SOUTHWARD ALONG EAST COAST...BRINGING A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE AREA AND TEMPS BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A WIND SHIFT AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AT SBN AND FWA THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR EXPECTED PASSAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT SFC TRENDS INDICATE A LATER FRONTAL PASSAGE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AND LATEST MODEL RUNS SUPPORT THIS IDEA. HENCE HAVE TRENDED FROPA AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THIS. NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT VSBY REDUCTIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...JUST MVFR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. EXPECT WINDS TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST WITH FROPA. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...CHAMBERLAIN LONG TERM....LOGSDON
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:39 AM EDT, 13 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 439 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-020845- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 439 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 /339 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-020845- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 439 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 5:28 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
528 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 PM HAIL FREMONT 41.73N 84.93W
05/01/2007 E0.88 INCH STEUBEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AMLLocal storm report, May 1, 5:40 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
540 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG CHURUBUSCO 41.23N 85.32W
05/01/2007 WHITLEY IN STORM CHASER
LARGE LIMBS DOWN
&&
AMLLocal storm report, May 1, 5:44 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
544 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 2 SW NORTH WEBSTER 41.30N 85.72W
05/01/2007 M0.75 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN STORM CHASER
&&
AMLLocal storm report, May 1, 5:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
545 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL ANGOLA 41.64N 85.00W
05/01/2007 E1.00 INCH STEUBEN IN STORM CHASER
&&
AMLLocal storm report, May 1, 5:52 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
552 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 2 N COLUMBIA CITY 41.19N 85.48W
05/01/2007 E0.88 INCH WHITLEY IN COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
AMLLocal storm report, May 1, 5:54 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
554 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL FREMONT 41.73N 84.93W
05/01/2007 E1.00 INCH STEUBEN IN STORM CHASER
&&
AMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 30 min |
| May 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 22 min |
| May 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 55 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Williams | 42 min |
| May 1, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 46 min |
| May 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 59 min |
| May 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 35 min |
| May 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 58 min |
| May 1, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 34 min |
| May 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 44 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 62 min |
| May 1, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 61 min |
| May 1, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 22 min |
| May 1, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.