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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

May 25, 2011Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 4:33 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4:51 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Van Wert, OH	MEASURED 58 MPH WINDS AND PING PONG SIZE HAIL

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

789 
WFUS53 KIWX 252033
TORIWX
OHC161-252115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0014.110525T2033Z-110525T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ROCKFORD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  OHIO CITY...
  VAN WERT AND CONVOY...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DULL...
MIDDLEBURY...GLENMORE...CAVETT...MIDDLE POINT AND WETZEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

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 4099 8468 4099 8439 4082 8439 4073 8466
      4073 8480 4078 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 227DEG 31KT 4076 8474

$$

2 follow-up statements

292 
WWUS53 KIWX 252056
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
456 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC161-252115-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110525T2115Z/
VAN WERT OH-
456 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR VAN WERT
COUNTY...

AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WETZEL.
  MIDDLE POINT.

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...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING.

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 4082 8439 4073 8466 4074 8478 4099 8463
      4099 8450 4099 8440 4098 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 245DEG 38KT 4089 8448

$$

141 
WWUS53 KIWX 252111
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC161-252121-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110525T2115Z/
VAN WERT OH-
511 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL VAN WERT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM EDT...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF 
THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4082 8439 4073 8466 4074 8478 4099 8463
      4099 8450 4099 8440 4098 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 245DEG 38KT 4095 8429

$$

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, 4:19 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, 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.