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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 8 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 24, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 24, 6:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Brunersburg, OH | VIOLENT TORNADO ON THE GROUND. . |
| Aug 24, 6:43 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Brunersburg, OH | MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. |
| Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Okolona, OH | . |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Napoleon, OH | STRUCTURE DAMAGE. BIG HEALTHY TREES, BARNS, HOMES, CROPS ALSO DAMAGED. |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Napoleon, OH | SEVERAL GRAIN BINS BLOWN DOWN AT TV TIME POPCORN FACILITY. |
| Aug 24, 6:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Okolona, OH | PROPANE TANK TIPPED OVER AND LEAKING. POWER POLES DOWN AMONGST OTHER DAMAGE. |
| Aug 24, 6:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Okolona, OH | PROPANE TANK TIPPED OVER AND LEAKING. POWER POLLS DOWN AMONGST OTHER DAMAGE. |
| Aug 24, 6:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Napoleon, OH | UTILITY POLES SNAPPED. |
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 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
705
WFUS53 KIWX 242229
TORIWX
OHC039-069-242315-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0023.160824T2229Z-160824T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 628 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NAPOLEON AROUND 705 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OKOLONA...MALINTA...BRUNERSBURG...GERALD...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...JEWELL... FLORIDA AND ELERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW!
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4127 8440 4137 8445 4143 8438 4143 8434
4146 8434 4149 8431 4149 8413 4142 8406
4129 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 248DEG 23KT 4133 8438
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PBMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 49 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.