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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Northern Indiana

June 6, 2008Defiance County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 6, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Napoleon, OH	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF NAPOLEON

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
Jun 6, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 070044
TORIWX
OHC039-069-137-070130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0016.080607T0043Z-080607T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 841 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL 
  CLOUDS AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ACROSS VAN WERT COUNTY. 
  THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT
  BEND TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT BEND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM DEFIANCE TO 14 MILES NORTH OF DELPHOS TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
  DELPHOS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  NAPOLEON...LEIPSIC AND HOLGATE...
  LIBERTY CENTER...
  MCCLURE AND DESHLER...
  OKOLONA...JEWELL AND STANDLEY...
  GALLUP...ELERY AND PRENTISS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AT ANY TIME 
AND TORNADO LIKE WIND DAMAGE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE 
OF SEVERE STORMS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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 8388 4116 8415 4116 8422 4120 8422
      4132 8440 4149 8404 4148 8394 4149 8393
      4149 8387 4098 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 237DEG 59KT 4127 8437 4107 8428
          4098 8426

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 070130
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
930 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

OHC039-069-137-070140-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080607T0130Z/
PUTNAM OH-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-
930 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE...HENRY AND
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 928 PM EDT/828 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4098 8388 4116 8415 4116 8422 4120 8422
      4132 8440 4149 8404 4148 8394 4149 8393
      4149 8387 4098 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 237DEG 59KT 4126 8436 4106 8427
          4097 8425

$$

JC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	24 min
Jun 6, 8:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	41 min
Jun 6, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	54 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams	43 min
Jun 6, 8:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Fulton	33 min
Jun 6, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Putnam	16 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.