Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2007, 6:51 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2007, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 7:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 262251 TORIWX OHC069-262330- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0020.070526T2251Z-070526T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 651 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TEXAS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF NAPOLEON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY... 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. LAT...LON 4133 8387 4150 8387 4146 8405 4135 8403 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 262257 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 656 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2007 OHC069-262330- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070526T2330Z/ HENRY OH- 656 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY... AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. A TORNADO MAY BE OCCURING NOW THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN TEXAS AND MCCLURE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF NAPOLEON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN MCCLURE OR TEXAS OR AREAS TO THEIR EAST...TAKE COVER NOW IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4133 8387 4150 8387 4146 8405 4135 8403 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 262313 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 712 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2007 OHC069-262322- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070526T2330Z/ HENRY OH- 712 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF HENRY COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS STORM SHOWED STRONG ROTATION AND HIGH WIND POTENTIAL NEAR NAPOLEON AS WELL AS THE TOWNS OF MCCLURE AND TEXAS. IF YOU OBSERVED ANY DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM...PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4133 8387 4150 8387 4146 8405 4135 8403 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.