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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:25 PM EDT for Defiance County, Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
644
WFUS53 KIWX 250025
TORIWX
OHC039-125-250100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0034.160825T0025Z-160825T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
825 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 824 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF PAULDING...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
HICKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEFIANCE AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MARK
CENTER...THE BEND...BRUNERSBURG AND CECIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4120 8469 4134 8461 4136 8431 4114 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 277DEG 26KT 4126 8459
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
NG2 follow-up statements
596
WWUS53 KIWX 250041
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
841 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC039-125-250100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160825T0100Z/
DEFIANCE OH-PAULDING OH-
841 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE AND NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 841 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEFIANCE AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BRUNERSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4118 8460 4135 8445 4136 8431 4114 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 285DEG 24KT 4123 8444
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NG104
WWUS53 KIWX 250052
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
852 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC039-125-250101-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160825T0100Z/
DEFIANCE OH-PAULDING OH-
852 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE AND NORTHEASTERN
PAULDING COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHERN INDIANA .
LAT...LON 4118 8460 4135 8445 4136 8431 4114 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 277DEG 26KT 4123 8444
$$
NGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.