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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2007, 2:21 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Aug 9, 2007, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2007, 2:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ottawa, OH | 60 MPH WIND MEASURED. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Aug 9, 2:34 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Columbus Grove, OH | VISIBLE FUNNEL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 091822 TORIWX OHC137-091900- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0023.070809T1821Z-070809T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS GROVE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA... AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... GLANDORF... OTTAWA... PANDORA... GILBOA AND LEIPSIC... 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 4098 8422 4086 8417 4091 8387 4116 8388 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 091837 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 235 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 OHC137-091900- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070809T1900Z/ PUTNAM OH- 235 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY... AT 230 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR COLUMBUS GROVE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST ROTATION WITH THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PANDORA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUFFTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEIPSIC AND GILBOA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4098 8422 4086 8417 4091 8387 4116 8388 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 091855 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 254 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 OHC137-091904- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070809T1900Z/ PUTNAM OH- 254 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4098 8422 4086 8417 4091 8387 4116 8388 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 10:34 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam, Van Wert | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.