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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Northern Indiana

August 24, 2016Fulton County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT for Fulton County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Catastrophic
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 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.

607 
WFUS53 KIWX 242254
TORIWX
OHC051-069-242330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0027.160824T2254Z-160824T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
654 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NAPOLEON OHIO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
  OBSERVED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFIANCE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

  TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NAPOLEON OHIO! THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DEADLY 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 700 PM EDT. 
  LIBERTY CENTER AROUND 705 PM EDT. 
  MCCLURE AROUND 710 PM EDT. 
  SWANTON AROUND 720 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OKOLONA...GRELTON...GERALD...BRAILEY...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...TEXAS...COLTON AND FLORIDA.

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 AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS.. MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4130 8423 4143 8423 4143 8428 4144 8429
      4160 8388 4136 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 246DEG 36KT 4139 8418 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

PBM

1 follow-up statement

498 
WWUS53 KIWX 242325
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
725 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

OHC051-069-242330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160824T2330Z/
HENRY OH-FULTON OH-
725 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 724 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BRAILEY...COLTON AND TEXAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4141 8395 4146 8399 4150 8399 4160 8388
      4136 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 246DEG 36KT 4152 8380 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PBM

The 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 Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	36 min
Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IWX	Van Wert	36 min
Aug 24, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IWX	Defiance, Henry, Paulding	31 min
Aug 24, 6:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IWX	Van Wert	36 min
Aug 24, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IWX	Defiance, Henry	46 min
Aug 24, 6:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IWX	Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	33 min
Aug 24, 7:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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.