Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT for Adams County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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
- Aug 4, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IN, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wren, OH | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN. REPORT RELAYED TO NWS BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Aug 4, 8:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Convoy, OH | |
| Aug 4, 8:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Ohio City, OH | REPORT RELAYED TO NWS BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 3062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
261
WFUS53 KIWX 050035
TORIWX
INC001-OHC161-050100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0006.120805T0035Z-120805T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
835 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR MONROE...OR 4 MILES
SOUTH OF DECATUR...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
CONVOY...
OHIO CITY AND VAN WERT...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PLEASANT
MILLS...WILLSHIRE...WREN...MIDDLEBURY...SCHUMM...DULL...ABANAKA...
GLENMORE...JONESTOWN...ELGIN...VENEDOCIA AND MONTICELLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS SEVERE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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 4068 8503 4093 8484 4094 8480 4099 8479
4097 8439 4068 8439 4068 8444 4072 8445
4072 8479 4067 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 270DEG 40KT 4077 8489
$$2 follow-up statements
496
WWUS53 KIWX 050051
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
851 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
INC001-050100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120805T0100Z/
ADAMS IN-
851 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER
POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HASH TAG... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE
TO THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8480 4099 8477 4097 8439 4068 8439
4068 8444 4072 8445 4072 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 268DEG 40KT 4075 8465
$$
OHC161-050100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120805T0100Z/
VAN WERT OH-
851 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR VAN WERT
COUNTY...
AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LOCATED 4 MILES
WEST OF OHIO CITY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN WERT...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG ROTATION IS ALONG A LINE OF STORMS
WITH WIDESPREAD 60 MPH WINDS MOVING ACROSS VAN WERT COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VAN WERT...OHIO CITY...CAVETT...JONESTOWN...ELGIN...VENEDOCIA...
MONTICELLO...MIDDLE POINT AND WETZEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT VAN WERT COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.
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 4067 8480 4099 8477 4097 8439 4068 8439
4068 8444 4072 8445 4072 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 268DEG 40KT 4075 8465
$$917
WWUS53 KIWX 050103
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
903 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
OHC161-050112-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120805T0100Z/
VAN WERT OH-
903 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VAN WERT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STRONG ROTATION WITHIN THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNDADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VAN WERT COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HASH TAG... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE
TO THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8480 4099 8477 4097 8439 4068 8439
4068 8444 4072 8445 4072 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 268DEG 40KT 4075 8463
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 25 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 |
| Aug 4, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 61 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 |
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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.