Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT for Allen County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 4:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Ottawa, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251
WUUS53 KIWX 252012
SVRIWX
OHC003-069-137-252045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0075.110525T2012Z-110525T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
412 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS
GROVE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LIMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
PANDORA...BLUFFTON AND GLANDORF...
OTTAWA...
LEIPSIC...
DESHLER...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GILBOA...WEST LEIPSIC AND BELMORE.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 4074 8393 4098 8426 4126 8387 4126 8386
4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 220DEG 32KT 4090 8404
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$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, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 51 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, 4:15 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 |
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.