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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

May 13, 2014Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2014, 4:51 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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 13, 2014, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 13, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mcclure, OH	LARGE TREE UPROOTED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ON SUMMIT STREET BETWEEN MAIN AND STATE ROUTE 65
May 13, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Grand Rapids, OH	LARGE LIMB DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

513 
WUUS53 KIWX 132051
SVRIWX
OHC069-132115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0013.140513T2051Z-140513T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
451 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 446 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MCCLURE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCCLURE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 8402 4133 8411 4145 8387 4137 8386
      4127 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 238DEG 46KT 4133 8394

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FISHER

1 follow-up statement

425 
WWUS53 KIWX 132104
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

OHC069-132114-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140513T2115Z/
HENRY OH-
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4122 8402 4133 8411 4145 8387 4137 8386
      4127 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 238DEG 46KT 4141 8373

$$

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Van Wert	45 min
May 13, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	26 min
May 13, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Henry, Putnam	32 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.