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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Northern Indiana

October 24, 20105 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2010, 4:59 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2010, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 24, 4:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 4:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 4:50 AM EDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
450 AM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-250900-
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
450 AM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010 /350 AM CDT SUN OCT 24 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE ON TUESDAY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-250900-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
450 AM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT
AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY
LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
TUESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:24 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
424 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

INZ013-020-242100-
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
424 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
WOLCOTT TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  WOLCOTT...
  MONON...
  MEDARYVILLE AND FRANCESVILLE...
  SMITHSON AND REYNOLDS...
  LEE...
  NORWAY AND INDIANA BEACH...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4085 8700 4091 8699 4092 8694 4116 8694
      4117 8692 4078 8671 4057 8709 4058 8710
      4084 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 228DEG 35KT 4086 8728 4066 8718

JC
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:47 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
447 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

OHZ004-005-015-016-242115-
DEFIANCE OH-HENRY OH-PAULDING OH-PUTNAM OH-
447 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010

AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAULDING...OR 14 MILES NORTH
OF VAN WERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DEFIANCE...
  NAPOLEON...
  CONTINENTAL...
  HOLGATE...
  OAKWOOD AND DUPONT...
  AYERSVILLE...ARTHUR AND NORTH CREEK...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4098 8439 4099 8465 4103 8471 4148 8426
      4126 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 227DEG 56KT 4107 8451

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 5:23 AM EDTGale WatchIWX12 hr
Oct 24, 11:05 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX9 hr
Oct 24, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford25 min
Oct 24, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams27 min
Oct 24, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite36 min
Oct 24, 4:57 PM EDTStorm WatchIWX12 hr
Oct 24, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHenry, Paulding28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.