Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT for Defiance County, Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 310400
TORIWX
OHC039-125-137-310430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0006.080531T0400Z-080531T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1200 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HAVILAND...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
CONTINENTAL...
GROVER HILL AND ROSELMS...
MELROSE...MANDALE AND CHARLOE...
OAKWOOD...DUPONT AND CLOVERDALE...
ARTHUR...
WISTERMAN AND KIEFERVILLE...
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 8439 4099 8439 4099 8456 4109 8464
4126 8424 4122 8422 4116 8422 4116 8419
4105 8412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 243DEG 33KT 4103 8452
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 310420
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1218 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
OHC039-125-137-310430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080531T0430Z/
PUTNAM OH-PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-
1218 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE...EAST CENTRAL PAULDING AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...
AT 1215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKWOOD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF
DEFIANCE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WISTERMAN...KIEFERVILLE AND AYERSVILLE...
NORTH CREEK...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4105 8412 4101 8434 4107 8440 4115 8448
4126 8424 4122 8422 4116 8422 4116 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 243DEG 33KT 4110 8432
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 310435
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1234 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
OHC039-125-137-310444-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080531T0430Z/
PUTNAM OH-PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-
1234 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE...EAST CENTRAL
PAULDING AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 1228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA INTO NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY.
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 4105 8412 4101 8434 4107 8440 4115 8448
4126 8424 4122 8422 4116 8422 4116 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 243DEG 33KT 4111 8430
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 31, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 33 min |
| May 31, 1:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.