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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana

May 26, 2007Henry County, Ohio

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Henry41 min

Nearby

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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.