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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio; Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 4, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, IN, Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:08 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Harlan, IN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT SCHOOL STREET IN HARLAN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449 WFUS53 KIWX 050005 TORIWX INC003-OHC125-050030- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0005.120805T0005Z-120805T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 805 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... WEST CENTRAL PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRABILL...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... WOODBURN... PAYNE AND ANTWERP... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CECIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HASH TAG... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. && LAT...LON 4122 8458 4106 8472 4113 8504 4121 8498 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 275DEG 32KT 4115 8498 $$
1 follow-up statement
648 WWUS53 KIWX 050016 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 816 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 INC003-OHC125-050030- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120805T0030Z/ ALLEN IN-PAULDING OH- 816 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL PAULDING AND EAST CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTIES... AT 810 PM EDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR HARLAN WITH THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS STORMS THAT ARE LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBURN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WAS INCLUDE... ANTWERP AND PAYNE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HASH TAG... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. && LAT...LON 4110 8492 4118 8492 4122 8458 4106 8472 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 275DEG 32KT 4114 8484 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 8:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 83 min |
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 18 min |
| Aug 4, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 5:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 6:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.