Alert archive / Ohio / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 8, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Allen County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838
WWUS83 KIWX 080430
SPSIWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1230 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011
OHZ016-025-080500-
ALLEN OH-PUTNAM OH-
1230 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD ALLEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 1225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELIDA...OR NEAR DELPHOS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LIMA...
FORT SHAWNEE AND BLUFFTON...
ELIDA AND COLUMBUS GROVE...
GOMER AND VAUGHNSVILLE...
CONANT...
CAIRO AND KEMP...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4064 8388 4064 8410 4066 8411 4065 8420
4066 8422 4069 8422 4068 8426 4081 8438
4082 8433 4098 8427 4093 8387 4065 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 310DEG 23KT 4085 8424
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 8:52 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 5 hr | |
| Aug 7, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 5:12 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 16 hr | |
| Aug 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 46 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.