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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

February 28, 2017Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2017, 11:38 PM EST for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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: Feb 28, 2017, 11:38 PM EST (04:38 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2017, 11:56 PM EST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Fulton County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 7:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Feb 28, 11:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

319 
WFUS53 KIWX 010438
TORIWX
OHC051-010530-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.170301T0438Z-170301T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1138 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana  has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Fulton County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 1230 AM EST
    
* At 1138 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Fayette, or 10 miles west of Morenci,
  moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail. 

  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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Fulton County, including the following locations: Lyons,
  Oakshade, Denson, Metamora and Seward.

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 4164 8440 4170 8440 4172 8388 4168 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 266DEG 43KT 4170 8442 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

MARSILI

1 follow-up statement

996 
WWUS53 KIWX 010456
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1156 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

OHC051-010505-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170301T0530Z/
Fulton OH-
1156 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM EST for northwestern
Ohio.

LAT...LON 4164 8440 4170 8440 4172 8388 4168 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 266DEG 43KT 4171 8413 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 7:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Henry, Paulding	33 min
Feb 28, 7:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam	51 min
Feb 28, 11:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Williams	31 min
Feb 28, 11:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	36 min
Mar 1, 2:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more	61 min
Mar 1, 2:31 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Paulding	29 min
Mar 1, 3:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	52 min
Mar 1, 10:54 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more	11 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.