Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2007, 6:02 PM EDT for Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2007, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Wauseon, OH |
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 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 242202
TORIWX
OHC051-171-242245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0036.070824T2202Z-070824T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
602 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STRYKER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF ARCHBOLD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
PETTISVILLE AND TEDROW...
WAUSEON...OTTOKEE AND OAKSHADE...
WINAMEG AND LYONS...
DELTA...BRAILEY AND SEWARD...
SWANTON AND ASSUMPTION...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 4151 8386 4149 8402 4149 8433 4143 8434
4143 8446 4159 8452 4170 8426 4172 8410
4173 8409 4172 8387 4171 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 255DEG 47KT 4152 8436
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 242217
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OHC171-242224-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070824T2245Z/
WILLIAMS OH-
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4149 8402 4149 8433 4151 8432 4155 8433
4169 8429 4171 8424 4172 8409 4172 8387
4171 8386 4151 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 255DEG 47KT 4158 8413
$$
OHC051-242245-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070824T2245Z/
FULTON OH-
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR FULTON
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. A FUNNEL CLOUD
HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM NEAR ARCHBOLD. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR WAUSEON...OR ABOUT OVER WAUSEON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DENSON...WINAMEG...WAUSEON...WINAMEG...LYONS...DELTA...SEWARD...SWA
NTON ...ASSUMPTION AND METAMORA.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4149 8402 4149 8433 4151 8432 4155 8433
4169 8429 4171 8424 4172 8409 4172 8387
4171 8386 4151 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 255DEG 47KT 4158 8413
$$
JC000
WWUS53 KIWX 242244
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
645 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OHC051-242255-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070824T2245Z/
FULTON OH-
645 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT
645 PM EDT...
AT 642 PM EDT/542 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4149 8402 4149 8433 4151 8432 4155 8433
4169 8429 4171 8424 4172 8409 4172 8387
4171 8386 4151 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 255DEG 47KT 4168 8360
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 49 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.