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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana

August 24, 2016Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 6:36 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nne Brunersburg, OHVIOLENT TORNADO ON THE GROUND. .
Aug 24, 6:43 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nne Brunersburg, OHMULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED.
Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDTTORNADO2 Wnw Okolona, OH.
Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDTTORNADO3 Wnw Napoleon, OHSTRUCTURE DAMAGE. BIG HEALTHY TREES, BARNS, HOMES, CROPS ALSO DAMAGED.
Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDTTORNADO3 Wnw Napoleon, OHSEVERAL GRAIN BINS BLOWN DOWN AT TV TIME POPCORN FACILITY.
Aug 24, 6:56 PM EDTTORNADO3 Ne Okolona, OHPROPANE TANK TIPPED OVER AND LEAKING. POWER POLES DOWN AMONGST OTHER DAMAGE.
Aug 24, 6:56 PM EDTTORNADO3 Ne Okolona, OHPROPANE TANK TIPPED OVER AND LEAKING. POWER POLLS DOWN AMONGST OTHER DAMAGE.
Aug 24, 6:57 PM EDTTORNADO2 Wnw Napoleon, OHUTILITY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

PBM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 5:39 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXDefiance, Paulding36 min
Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXVan Wert36 min
Aug 24, 5:59 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXDefiance, Henry, Paulding31 min
Aug 24, 6:24 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXVan Wert36 min
Aug 24, 6:54 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatIWXFulton, Henry36 min
Aug 24, 6:57 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXPaulding, Putnam, Van Wert33 min
Aug 24, 7:28 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXDefiance, Henry, Putnam32 min
Aug 24, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPaulding28 min
Aug 24, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHenry, Putnam49 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.