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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Northern Indiana

October 26, 20105 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 10:49 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2010, 10:49 AM EDT (14:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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
Oct 26, 11:02 AM EDT	TORNADO	2 Nnw Zulu, IN	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 105 MPH. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1102 AM EDT AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A QUARTER MILES BEFORE LIFTING. MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 175 YARDS.
Oct 26, 11:02 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 W Convoy, OH	EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO. TORNADO BEGAN 2.5 MILES WEST OF CONVOY ON CONVOY ROAD BETWEEN VAN HORN AND LARE ROADS. THE ROOF TO A HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY TORN OFF AND A LARGE WINDMILL WAS CARRIED 40 YARDS. A SHED ACROSS THE STREET WAS DESTROYED.
Oct 26, 11:03 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 75	Sw Monroeville, IN	MEASURED 75 MPH GUSTS WITH POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN
Oct 26, 11:04 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Cuba, IN	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 95 MILES PER HOUR. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1104 AM EDT AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES BEFORE LIFTING. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 750 YARDS.
Oct 26, 11:07 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Grabill, IN	BARN DESTROYED AND PROPANE TANK LIFTED OFF FOUNDATION
Oct 26, 11:12 AM EDT	TORNADO	Scott, OH	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO AND PAULDING COUNTY OHIO. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 105 MPH. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1112 AM EDT NEAR THE VAN WERT-PAULDING COUNTY LINE AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES BEFORE LIFTIN
Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Van Wert, OH	SEMI ROLLED ON US 30
Oct 26, 11:29 AM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ese Oakwood, OH	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PAULDING COUNTY OHIO AND PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 100 MPH. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1129 AM EDT IN PAULDING COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF MILES BEFORE LIFTING IN PUTNAM
Oct 26, 11:35 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Continental, OH	BARNS DESTROYED AT OHIO 613 AND 634
Oct 26, 11:35 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Nw Defiance, OH	8 POWER POLES DOWN ON SCOTT ROAD
Oct 26, 11:36 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Mark Center, OH	CAR PORT BLOWN INTO TREE TOPS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

154 
WFUS53 KIWX 261449
TORIWX
INC001-003-075-179-183-OHC003-039-125-137-161-261530-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0047.101026T1449Z-101026T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1049 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  WESTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1044 AM 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 9 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BERNE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REDKEY...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  NEW HAVEN...
  GRABILL AND MONROEVILLE...
  PAYNE...VAN WERT AND OHIO CITY...
  HICKSVILLE AND ANTWERP...
  PAULDING AND DELPHOS...
  SPENCERVILLE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BRICE...SALAMONIA...SCHUMM...WREN...WILLSHIRE...BELLFOUNTAIN...
WESTCHESTER...TRINITY...NEW CORYDON...RIVARE...PLEASANT MILLS AND
MAPLES.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND 
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WIND DAMAGE.

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 4068 8506 4116 8541 4129 8488 4128 8481
      4131 8480 4139 8443 4088 8414 4065 8415
      4065 8421 4068 8422 4068 8444 4072 8445
      4072 8479 4032 8480 4031 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 252DEG 61KT 4112 8523 4071 8493
          4041 8504

$$


JC

2 follow-up statements

892 
WWUS53 KIWX 261504
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1104 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC179-183-261513-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-101026T1530Z/
WHITLEY IN-WELLS IN-
1104 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WELLS AND EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1102 AM 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 NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4076 8487 4121 8519 4129 8490 4128 8481
      4131 8480 4139 8443 4088 8414 4065 8415
      4065 8421 4068 8422 4068 8444 4072 8445
      4072 8479 4032 8480 4032 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 252DEG 61KT 4125 8501 4083 8466
          4051 8483

$$

INC001-003-075-OHC003-039-125-137-161-261530-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-101026T1530Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-JAY IN-PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-
DEFIANCE OH-ALLEN OH-
1104 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR JAY
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ALLEN
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...AND WESTERN ALLEN...PAULDING...VAN WERT AND WESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1102 AM 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. THIS 
LINE OF DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 
MILES NORTHWEST OF GRABILL TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OHIO CITY TO 8 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  PAYNE AND ANTWERP...
  HICKSVILLE AND PAULDING...
  DELPHOS...
  SPENCERVILLE AND CONTINENTAL...
  ELIDA...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WORSTVILLE...TIPTON...BRICETON...SCOTT...HAVILAND...CAVETT...
GEORGETOWN...LATTY...GROVER HILL AND BROUGHTON.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO 
TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4076 8487 4121 8519 4129 8490 4128 8481
      4131 8480 4139 8443 4088 8414 4065 8415
      4065 8421 4068 8422 4068 8444 4072 8445
      4072 8479 4032 8480 4032 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 252DEG 61KT 4125 8501 4083 8466
          4051 8483

$$


JC

188 
WWUS53 KIWX 261522
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1122 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC001-003-075-261531-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-101026T1530Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-JAY IN-
1122 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND
EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1116 AM 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 NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4065 8415 4065 8421 4068 8422 4068 8444
      4072 8445 4072 8479 4128 8480 4139 8443
      4088 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 252DEG 61KT 4134 8462 4092 8427
          4060 8445

$$

OHC003-039-125-137-161-261530-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-101026T1530Z/
PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-ALLEN OH-
1122 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR DEFIANCE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...AND WESTERN ALLEN...PAULDING...VAN WERT
AND WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1116 AM 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. THESE SEVERE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ANTWERP TO
4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELPHOS TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF OHIO CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
DEFIANCE...PAULDING...VAN WERT...WESTERN ALLEN AND WESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HUME.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR 
ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4065 8415 4065 8421 4068 8422 4068 8444
      4072 8445 4072 8479 4128 8480 4139 8443
      4088 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 252DEG 61KT 4134 8462 4092 8427
          4060 8445

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 4:11 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	12 hr
Oct 26, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		83 min
Oct 26, 9:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	59 min
Oct 26, 9:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more	52 min
Oct 26, 9:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		84 min
Oct 26, 9:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells	50 min
Oct 26, 10:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	35 min
Oct 26, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble and 3 more	55 min
Oct 26, 10:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble	29 min
Oct 26, 10:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay, Wells	55 min
Oct 26, 10:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Steuben, Whitley	33 min
Oct 26, 10:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	47 min
Oct 26, 11:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Steuben	52 min
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	22 hr
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX		11 hr
Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam	40 min
Oct 26, 11:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	43 min
Oct 26, 11:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2010 Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.