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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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
- May 25, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:41 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | Antwerp, OH | |
| May 25, 2:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | 2 Se Antwerp, OH | PEA SIZED TO DIME SIZED HAIL |
| May 25, 2:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Antwerp, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827
WUUS53 KIWX 251839
SVRIWX
OHC039-051-069-125-171-251930-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0071.110525T1839Z-110525T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
239 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF DELTA TO
6 MILES WEST OF NAPOLEON TO ANTWERP...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
DELTA...
SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON AND HOLGATE...
LIBERTY CENTER AND MCCLURE...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WINAMEG...SEWARD...CECIL...METAMORA...BRUNERSBURG...BRAILEY...
ASSUMPTION...ARTHUR...AYERSVILLE...JEWELL...INDEPENDENCE AND PLEASANT
BEND.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8480 4172 8426 4171 8387 4116 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 245DEG 33KT 4179 8405 4143 8419
4118 8469
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
970
WWUS53 KIWX 251902
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
302 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
OHC039-051-069-125-171-251930-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110525T1930Z/
HENRY OH-PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
302 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR FULTON...SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO...AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
SWANTON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLGATE TO 8 MILES EAST OF ANTWERP...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWANTON...LIBERTY CENTER...MCCLURE...HOLGATE...DESHLER...BRAILEY...
COLTON...ARTHUR...TEXAS AND AYERSVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8480 4172 8426 4171 8387 4116 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 245DEG 33KT 4170 8389 4132 8417
4116 8457
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Williams | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 25 min |
| May 25, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 38 min |
| May 25, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 14 hr |
| May 25, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 62 min |
| May 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 25 min |
| May 25, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 60 min |
| May 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 29 min |
| May 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 28 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 26 min |
| May 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert | 39 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Paulding | 7 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 7 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 9 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 10 days |
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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.