Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2007, 1:18 AM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 16, 2007, 1:18 AM EDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 1:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Convoy, OH | ROOF OF HORSEBARN REMOVED...WINDS ENTERED THROUGH LARGE OPEN DOOR ON WEST SIDE...LIFTING ROOF AND CARRYING IT 400 FEET |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 160519 RRA
TORIWX
OHC161-160600-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0033.070816T0518Z-070816T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
118 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 116 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENMORE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN
WERT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
VAN WERT...OHIO CITY...
JONESTOWN AND MIDDLE POINT...
ELGIN AND VENEDOCIA...
MONTICELLO...CONVERSE AND DELPHOS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH...
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 4093 8473 4074 8479 4073 8444 4069 8444
4069 8438 4082 8439 4082 8433 4090 8434
4092 8439
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 160552
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
150 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
OHC161-160600-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070816T0600Z/
VAN WERT OH-
150 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VAN WERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 148 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4093 8473 4074 8479 4073 8444 4069 8444
4069 8438 4082 8439 4082 8433 4090 8434
4092 8439
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 44 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.