Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 7:13 PM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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 23, 2011, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allen County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840
WFUS53 KIWX 232313
TORIWX
OHC003-240000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0008.110523T2313Z-110524T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
713 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPENCERVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DELPHOS...AND MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
ELIDA...
FORT SHAWNEE...
LIMA...
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN VAN WERT
COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KEMP...
HUME...YODER...ROUSCULP...SLABTOWN...WESTMINSTER...LAFAYETTE AND
HARROD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4064 8388 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421
4066 8422 4068 8422 4068 8437 4069 8438
4081 8432 4080 8387 4065 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 277DEG 40KT 4073 8433
$$2 follow-up statements
469
WWUS53 KIWX 232334
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
734 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC003-240000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110524T0000Z/
ALLEN OH-
734 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 730 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF LIMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
WESTMINSTER...LAFAYETTE AND HARROD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 4064 8388 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421
4066 8422 4068 8422 4080 8423 4080 8387
4065 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 277DEG 40KT 4073 8413
$$509
WWUS53 KIWX 232358
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
758 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC003-240008-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110524T0000Z/
ALLEN OH-
758 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
AT 758 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.
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 4064 8388 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421
4066 8422 4068 8422 4080 8423 4080 8387
4065 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 277DEG 40KT 4069 8377
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 24 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 37 min |
| May 23, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 3 hr |
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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.