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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 7:28 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 7:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Continental, OH | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Aug 24, 8:06 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 W Gallup, OH | CONFIRMED TORNADO. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957
WFUS53 KIWX 242328
TORIWX
OHC039-069-137-250000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0031.160824T2328Z-160825T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
728 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 727 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CONTINENTAL...OR 13 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GLANDORF AROUND 745 PM EDT.
LEIPSIC AND HOLGATE AROUND 800 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NORTH
CREEK...WEST LEIPSIC...PRENTISS...PLEASANT
BEND...GALLUP...STANDLEY...NEW BAVARIA...KIEFERVILLE...WISTERMAN AND
MILLER CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4108 8390 4097 8430 4099 8434 4111 8434
4118 8433 4134 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 230DEG 24KT 4105 8430
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
NG2 follow-up statements
489
WWUS53 KIWX 242340
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
740 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC039-069-137-250000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160825T0000Z/
DEFIANCE OH-HENRY OH-PUTNAM OH-
740 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE...SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...
AT 740 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CONTINENTAL...OR
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GLANDORF AROUND 745 PM EDT.
LEIPSIC AND HOLGATE AROUND 800 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NORTH
CREEK...WEST LEIPSIC...PRENTISS...PLEASANT
BEND...GALLUP...STANDLEY...NEW BAVARIA...KIEFERVILLE...WISTERMAN AND
MILLER CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4108 8390 4099 8423 4105 8427 4112 8429
4118 8432 4134 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 230DEG 24KT 4111 8421
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NG939
WWUS53 KIWX 242352
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
752 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC039-250001-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160825T0000Z/
DEFIANCE OH-
752 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4108 8390 4103 8410 4115 8422 4122 8422
4134 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 230DEG 24KT 4116 8413
$$
OHC069-137-250000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160825T0000Z/
HENRY OH-PUTNAM OH-
752 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 751 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLGATE...OR 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEIPSIC AND HOLGATE AROUND 800 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
LEIPSIC...PRENTISS...PLEASANT BEND...GALLUP...NEW BAVARIA AND MILLER
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4108 8390 4103 8410 4115 8422 4122 8422
4134 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 230DEG 24KT 4116 8413
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NGThe 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, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 46 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, 7:32 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.