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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Northern Indiana

June 23, 20106 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2010, 10:39 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 23, 2010, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2010, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

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 23, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

725 
WFUS53 KIWX 240239
TORIWX
OHC003-039-069-125-137-161-240330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0037.100624T0239Z-100624T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1039 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFIANCE TO
  CONVOY...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HOLGATE AND CONTINENTAL...
  DELPHOS...
  KALIDA AND GLANDORF...
  OTTAWA...LEIPSIC AND DESHLER...
  PANDORA AND COLUMBUS GROVE...
  BLUFFTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ROSELMS...OAKWOOD...WETSEL...MANDALE...PLEASANT BEND...WISTERMAN...
KIEFERVILLE...NORTH CREEK...OTTOVILLE...NEW BAVARIA...MIDDLE POINT
AND DUPONT.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 80 MPH.. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.

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.

LAT...LON 4085 8453 4127 8428 4124 8387 4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 274DEG 49KT 4132 8428 4088 8463

$$


JC

3 follow-up statements

693 
WWUS53 KIWX 240300
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1100 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

OHC125-240310-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100624T0330Z/
PAULDING OH-
1100 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD 
MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8415 4084 8427 4084 8428 4084 8440
      4085 8444 4099 8437 4099 8433 4105 8434
      4126 8422 4124 8387 4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 274DEG 49KT 4121 8401 4086 8419

$$

OHC003-039-069-137-161-240330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100624T0330Z/
PUTNAM OH-HENRY OH-VAN WERT OH-DEFIANCE OH-ALLEN OH-
1100 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...AND NORTHERN ALLEN...EAST CENTRAL VAN WERT AND PUTNAM COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION 
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS LINE OF
DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLGATE TO 4
MILES EAST OF DELPHOS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  DESHLER...OTTAWA AND LEIPSIC...
  PANDORA...
  BLUFFTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WEST LEIPSIC...CAIRO...BELMORE...ROCKPORT...GILBOA AND BEAVERDAM.

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF...BUT STRONG
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY
AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8415 4084 8427 4084 8428 4084 8440
      4085 8444 4099 8437 4099 8433 4105 8434
      4126 8422 4124 8387 4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 274DEG 49KT 4121 8401 4086 8419

$$


JC

806 
WWUS53 KIWX 240313 RRA
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1113 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

OHC039-161-240321-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100624T0330Z/
VAN WERT OH-DEFIANCE OH-
1113 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE AND EAST
CENTRAL VAN WERT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD 
MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8415 4084 8431 4125 8409 4124 8387
      4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 273DEG 48KT 4118 8388 4087 8403

$$

OHC003-069-137-240330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100624T0330Z/
PUTNAM OH-HENRY OH-ALLEN OH-
1113 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...AND NORTHERN ALLEN AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS 
LINE OF DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
DESHLER TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GROVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...             
  BLUFFTON...GILBOA...LEIPSIC...PANDORA AND
  OTTAWA...

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF...BUT STRONG
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY
AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8415 4084 8431 4125 8409 4124 8387
      4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 273DEG 48KT 4118 8388 4087 8403

$$


JC

520 
WWUS53 KIWX 240327
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1127 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

OHC003-069-137-240337-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100624T0330Z/
PUTNAM OH-HENRY OH-ALLEN OH-
1127 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...AND NORTHERN ALLEN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...

AT 1118 PM EDT...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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8415 4084 8431 4125 8409 4124 8387
      4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 273DEG 48KT 4116 8360 4085 8375

$$


JC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Williams	48 min
Jun 23, 10:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert	50 min
Jun 23, 10:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	66 min
Jun 23, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	42 min
Jun 23, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	41 min
Jun 23, 11:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams	3 hr

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.