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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind warning at Mar 8, 2009, 5:25 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Saint Johns, IN | ESTIMATED 1000 DOLLARS OF BARN DAMAGE...SHINGLES TORN FROM ROOF OF HOUSE |
| Mar 8, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fort Wayne, IN | REPORTED AT SR 14 AND 169 |
| Mar 8, 5:38 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fort Wayne, IN | MULTIPLE SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN NORTHWEST FORT WAYNE NEAR COLDWATER AND WALLEN ROADS. REPORT RELAYED BY ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE. |
| Mar 8, 5:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fort Wayne, IN | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR COLDWATER AND WALLEN |
| Mar 8, 6:01 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cecil, OH | CR 230 AND 89 NORTH OF CECIL HEADED TOWARDS DEFIANCE AND PAULDING COUNTY LINE. UNCONFIRMED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE REPORTED YET. |
| Mar 8, 6:04 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 W Sherwood, OH | JERICHO RD AND US 127. TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY 2 SPOTTERS |
| Mar 8, 6:04 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 W Sherwood, OH | JERICHO RD AND US 127. TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY 2 SPOTTERS |
| Mar 8, 6:08 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Sherwood, OH | FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHING SHERWOOD OHIO. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT IT KEEPS TOUCHING DOWN AND GOING BACK UP. |
| Mar 8, 6:13 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.04 | 1 Ene Lagrange, IN | STORM TOTAL 2.04 INCHES |
| Mar 8, 6:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | Defiance, OH | DEFIANCE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THE FOLLOWING...1 HOUSE ON ST RT 18 THAT LOST BACK SIDE OF ROOF AND PART OF SECOND FLOOR EXTERIOR WALL...ON OPENLANDER ROAD A HOUSE LOST ITS FRONT PORCH AND PART OF THE ROOF...A ROOF WAS TORN FROM A LARGE BARN...ON |
| Mar 8, 6:23 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Mark Center, OH | FUNNEL CLOUD HEADED NNE |
| Mar 8, 6:23 PM EDT | TORNADO | Ney, OH | NEY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE BEND AND MOTTER ROAD. DAMAGE AT BUCKSKIN ROAD AND 127...BARN DOWN AND TREES DOWN. HOMES DAMAGED AT 1100 BLOCK OF ST RT 18 IN SHERWOOD. NO INJURIES. |
| Mar 8, 6:32 PM EDT | TORNADO | Defiance, OH | TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR MEIJER STORE AT US24 AND ST RT 66 IN DEFIANCE |
| Mar 8, 6:41 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Napoleon, OH | FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GERALD IN HENRY COUNTY |
| Mar 8, 7:31 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.17 | Columbus Grove, OH | 3.17 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT STREET AND STREAM FLOODING IN COLUMBUS GROVE. |
| Mar 8, 7:34 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.17 | Columbus Grove, OH | 3.17 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT...SIGNIFICANT STREET AND STREAM FLOODING |
| Mar 8, 11:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.02 | Van Wert, OH | EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KIWX 082125 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 525 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-090400- /O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090309T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0002.090308T2125Z-090309T0400Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 525 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /425 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEPART THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BEHIND THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. IN ADDITION WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS ...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ ARNOTT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KIWX 090404 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1204 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEAST INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-090800- /O.EXP.KIWX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090309T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.090309T0404Z-090309T0800Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1204 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY DAYBREAK. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ INZ003-004-012>015-020-022-MIZ077>081-090515- /O.EXP.KIWX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090309T0400Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE- CASS IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE 1204 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 /1104 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS ACROSS THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING AND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 10 days |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:33 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 8, 7:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Miami and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 35 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 3 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 13 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 14 days |
| Mar 8, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, White | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash and 1 more | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Whitley | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Wells | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 6:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 41 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 6:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 15 days |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 7 days |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 11 days |
| Mar 8, 11:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 59 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 1:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 6:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 6 days |
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.