Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fulton County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292
WFUS53 KIWX 062202
TORIWX
OHC051-062230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0024.110806T2202Z-110806T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
602 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR FAYETTE...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF ARCHBOLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
WAUSEON...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TEDROW...PETTISVILLE...OAKSHADE AND OTTOKEE.
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 4149 8415 4149 8418 4159 8438 4162 8438
4170 8436 4166 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 290DEG 16KT 4163 8431
$$2 follow-up statements
077
WWUS53 KIWX 062217
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
OHC051-062230-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110806T2230Z/
FULTON OH-
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSEON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUSEON...TEDROW...PETTISVILLE AND OTTOKEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES
OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4159 8432 4165 8429 4163 8407 4149 8415
4149 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 295DEG 15KT 4160 8425
$$249
WWUS53 KIWX 062232
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
632 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
OHC051-062242-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110806T2230Z/
FULTON OH-
632 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HAS EXPIRED...
AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 4159 8432 4165 8429 4163 8407 4149 8415
4149 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 290DEG 15KT 4160 8424
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 21 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.