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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- May 25, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, IN, Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
| May 25, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
508 WFUS53 KIWX 252019 TORIWX INC003-OHC039-069-125-171-252100- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0012.110525T2019Z-110525T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 419 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODBURN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... PAYNE... ANTWERP... DEFIANCE... STRYKER... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CECIL... MARK CENTER...SHERWOOD...THE BEND...FARMER...NEY...BRUNERSBURG... EVANSPORT AND JEWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4154 8442 4137 8421 4095 8489 4108 8505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 228DEG 43KT 4108 8487 $$
2 follow-up statements
424
WWUS53 KIWX 252035
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
435 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC003-OHC171-252045-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110525T2100Z/
ALLEN IN-WILLIAMS OH-
435 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO IS
CANCELLED...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4101 8478 4102 8479 4111 8478 4143 8446
4142 8440 4132 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 229DEG 43KT 4115 8463
$$
OHC039-125-252100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110525T2100Z/
PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-
435 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
DEFIANCE AND NORTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAYNE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF
HICKSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEFIANCE...CECIL...SHERWOOD...THE BEND...BRUNERSBURG AND JEWELL.
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...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4101 8478 4102 8479 4111 8478 4143 8446
4142 8440 4132 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 229DEG 43KT 4115 8463
$$193
WWUS53 KIWX 252048
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
448 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
OHC039-125-252057-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110525T2100Z/
PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-
448 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DEFIANCE AND NORTHWESTERN PAULDING
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4101 8478 4102 8479 4111 8478 4143 8446
4142 8440 4132 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 229DEG 43KT 4124 8448
$$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, 4:12 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, 4:25 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 |
| May 24, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 22 min |
| May 25, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 30 min |
| May 25, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 95 min | |
| May 25, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 25, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 25, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall and 5 more | 60 min |
| May 25, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Miami, Noble, Wabash, Whitley | 27 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 34 min |
| May 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| May 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wells | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 26 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 21 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 5 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 52 hr |
| May 25, 6:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 10 days |
| May 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 32 min |
| May 25, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 42 min |
| May 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 65 min |
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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.