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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Northern Indiana

October 26, 2010Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 11:54 AM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 12:21 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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, 11:59 AM EDT	TORNADO	Ese Cridersville, OH	EF2 CONFIRMED NEAR CRIDERSVILLE IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 115 MPH...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2.2 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 110 YARDS. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO SEVERAL HOUSES AND A BRICK GYMNASIUM. OBJECTS WERE IMPALED IN THE SIDE OF BUILDINGS.
Oct 26, 11:59 AM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Rousculp, OH	EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLEN COUNTY OHIO. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE AUGLAIZE COUNTY TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS NOT ON THE GROUND THE ENITRE TIME AND TOUCHED BACK DOWN AROUND 1159 AM EDT...MOVED NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 130 FT BEFORE LIFTING AGAIN. MAXIM
Oct 26, 12:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Lima, OH	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Oct 26, 12:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Lima, OH	REPORT FROM HERITAGE ELEMENTARY

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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

784 
WFUS53 KIWX 261554
TORIWX
OHC003-137-261645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0053.101026T1554Z-101026T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1154 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WAPAKONETA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT SHAWNEE...LIMA AND ELIDA...
  COLUMBUS GROVE...
  PANDORA...
  BLUFFTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HUME...
KEMP...ROUSCULP...YODER...WESTMINSTER...SLABTOWN...CAIRO...HARROD...
LAFAYETTE...BEAVERDAM AND ROCKPORT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421 4068 8422
      4068 8437 4115 8387 4113 8386 4064 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 229DEG 49KT 4060 8425

$$


JC

2 follow-up statements

958 
WWUS53 KIWX 261607
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1207 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

OHC003-137-261645-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-101026T1645Z/
PUTNAM OH-ALLEN OH-
1207 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR ALLEN
AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT SHAWNEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS GROVE...
  BLUFFTON AND PANDORA...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LAFAYETTE AND HARROD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8420 4076 8423
      4115 8387 4113 8386 4064 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 245DEG 52KT 4068 8406

$$


JC

921 
WWUS53 KIWX 261621
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1221 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

OHC003-137-261631-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-101026T1645Z/
PUTNAM OH-ALLEN OH-
1221 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN
WEST CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA 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 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8420 4076 8423
      4115 8387 4113 8386 4064 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 245DEG 52KT 4067 8409

$$


JC

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	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	41 min
Oct 26, 11:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	52 min
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, 4:38 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more	22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.