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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

May 29, 2011Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2011, 4:39 PM EDT for Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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 29, 2011, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 29, 4:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Bryan, OH	POWER POLES DOWN ON SR 15
May 29, 4:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	West Unity, OH	ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
May 29, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Fayette, OH	DAMAGE TO CAMPERS AND TREES DOWN IN HARRISON LAKE AREA
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Tedrow, OH	TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 16 AND COUNTY ROAD M
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Archbold, OH	2 MILE STRETCH OF POWER POLES DOWN ON ST RT 66 STARTING AT ST RT 2
May 29, 5:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 64	Lyons, OH
May 29, 5:31 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 59	1 S Assumption, OH
May 29, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Tedrow, OH	HOUSE TRAILER SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROAD N BETWEEN 16 AND 16-3. TREES ALSO DOWN.

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 29, 1:29 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

039 
WFUS53 KIWX 292039
TORIWX
OHC051-171-292130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.110529T2039Z-110529T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
439 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  CENTRAL WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTH OF BRYAN...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  STRYKER...
  WEST UNITY...
  ARCHBOLD AND FAYETTE...
  WAUSEON...
  DELTA AND SWANTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

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 4153 8389 4147 8468 4161 8471 4172 8426
      4172 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 255DEG 27KT 4154 8451

$$


FISHER

2 follow-up statements

348 
WWUS53 KIWX 292110
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

OHC051-171-292130-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110529T2130Z/
WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
510 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR FULTON
AND EASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 
MILES NORTHEAST OF ARCHBOLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 458 PM 
EDT...POWER POLES WERE DOWN 4 MILES NORTH OF BRYAN. 

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  WAUSEON...
  DELTA AND SWANTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OTTOKEE...OAKSHADE...WINAMEG...LYONS...SEWARD AND ASSUMPTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

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 4153 8389 4148 8456 4164 8461 4172 8426
      4172 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 255DEG 27KT 4159 8423

$$


FISHER

699 
WWUS53 KIWX 292128
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

OHC051-171-292137-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110529T2130Z/
WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FULTON AND EASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF 
THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

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 4153 8389 4148 8456 4164 8461 4172 8426
      4172 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 255DEG 27KT 4162 8404

$$


FISHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	32 min
May 28, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	35 min
May 28, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	13 min
May 28, 10:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	51 min
May 28, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Putnam	24 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more	5 hr
May 29, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Williams	49 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.