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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

March 8, 2009Paulding County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2009, 5:57 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
Mar 8, 2009, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2009, 6:24 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Paulding County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2009-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2009-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 082157
SVRIWX
OHC125-082300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0007.090308T2157Z-090308T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
557 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCGILL...OR 6 MILES EAST OF NEW
  HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  PAULDING...
  WORSTVILLE...BRICETON AND TIPTON...
  LATTY...BROUGHTON AND HAVILAND...
  CHARLOE...GROVER HILL AND ROSELMS...
  MELROSE AND OAKWOOD...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4099 8480 4115 8480 4117 8433 4098 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 254DEG 54KT 4111 8485

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 082224
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
624 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

OHC125-082234-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2300Z/
PAULDING OH-
624 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAULDING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE 
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS.

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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

LAT...LON 4099 8480 4115 8480 4117 8433 4098 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 254DEG 54KT 4121 8433

$$

BJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 10:22 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams7 days
Mar 7, 10:22 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance10 days
Mar 7, 10:22 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams11 days
Mar 8, 5:13 AM EDTWind AdvisoryIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more12 hr
Mar 8, 7:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more6 hr
Mar 8, 11:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more6 hr
Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam59 hr
Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam4 days
Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPaulding8 days
Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXVan Wert5 days
Mar 8, 1:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Henry8 days
Mar 8, 5:25 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more7 hr
Mar 8, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding54 min
Mar 8, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry52 min
Mar 8, 6:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXHenry6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.