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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2019, 4:06 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2019, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 13, 3:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 321 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 311 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 Showers and thunderstorms will continue until around 9pm with damaging wind and heavy rain the main threats, but hail cannot be ruled out of any storm. It'll be cooler tonight and Saturday with temperatures tonight dropping back into the 50s and then rising into the mid 70s to low 80s. Another chance for showers and perhaps a thunderstorm exists Sunday as a front drops into the area from the north. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Saturday) Issued at 311 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 Low level moisture in the form of light fog and a stratus deck to start the day was able to be eroded, but surface dew points were able to be realized around 70F just ahead of the front. 1500 to 2500 J/kg SBCAPE has been able to move in and an 850 mb jet progged between 30 and 35 is expected to pass through this evening allowing gusty winds and around 25 to 30 kts of shear for thunderstorms to work with. There is some looping to the lower portion of the hodograph, but it seems to be on the low end to get rotating cells. Soundings indicate low level moisture will be prevalent and low level lapse rates will be able to surpass 8 C/km. PWATs will be able to rise above 1.75 inch allowing any thunderstorms that do form to produce heavy rain and it appears to be a wet microburst type setup again with close to 900 J/kg of DCAPE. With mid level lapse rates only just over 6 C/km think the hail threat is lower than the wind threat because of how moist the profile looks. The cold front pushes through during the evening hours tonight allowing cooler and drier air to come through for Saturday with highs expected to rise into the mid 70s to the low 80s and sunny skies. && .LONG TERM...(Saturday Night through Friday) Issued at 311 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 Behind Saturday's nicer day, another weaker theta-e return moves in on Sunday. It is interesting to see that the ECMWF is a little bit later with the moisture return bring it into the area and stalling it across the area as opposed to pushing the moisture return through fairly quickly like on the GFS with a backdoor front type signal. Generally, these backdoor front type scenarios offer lacking support for thunderstorms as easterly winds generally eat the instability across the region. So, depending on the timing of the frontal passage with the front pushing through a theta-e surge, thunderstorms may initially be possible but as the front stalls across the area, would lean more towards shower coverage and a shrinking threat from thunderstorms. Heading towards Tuesday, a cyclonic wave break occurring over the West Coast of the CONUS will drive a large ridge over the center of the CONUS, all the while, allowing blocking to develop in the Atlantic Ocean on the downslope side of the building ridge. This allows high pressure to settle over the Northeast and affect us with cooler and drier air on its western periphery. This is as a result of those aforementioned easterly winds keeping us cooler on Tuesday and Wednesday and, depending on the timing of the next moisture surge, Thursday than what would normally be expected within a ridge of that magnitude. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon) Issued at 1145 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 Main TAF focus will be KFWA where convection is expected to develop near the site and move east. Confidence on impacts to the site remain low, warranting no more than the VCTS for the moment. If anything occurs, it should only be for a 30 to maybe 60 minute period. Winds will eventually shift to the west behind the front with VFR conditions prevailing. Threat for convection is almost zero at KSBN with any potential being right at the start of the period. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM EDT this evening for LMZ043-046. && SYNOPSIS...Roller SHORT TERM...Roller LONG TERM...Roller AVIATION...Fisher Visit us at www.weather.gov/iwx Follow us on Facebook...Twitter...and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/NWSNorthernIndiana www.twitter.com/nwsiwx www.youtube.com/NWSNorthernIndiana
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 3:46 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 13, 3:30 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
330 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019
INZ009-OHZ001-004-132000-
De Kalb-Defiance-Williams-
330 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN DE KALB...
NORTHWESTERN DEFIANCE AND WESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES...
At 327 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Butler, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Montpelier including the Williams County Fair, Butler, Edgerton,
Edon, Holiday City, West Jefferson, Newville, Blakeslee, Artic,
Hallock and Melbern.
This includes Interstate 80 in Ohio between mile markers 4 and 13.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 8447 4131 8486 4135 8495 4153 8482
4153 8481 4155 8481 4169 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 221DEG 36KT 4140 8483
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
FISHERSpecial weather statement, Sep 13, 3:44 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 344 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 OHZ002-005-132015- Henry-Fulton- 344 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES... At 344 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Napoleon, moving northeast at 50 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Napoleon, Wauseon, Swanton, Delta, Liberty Center, Colton, Brailey and Gerald. This includes Interstate 80 in Ohio between mile markers 43 and 48. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 4139 8417 4149 8423 4165 8388 4144 8388 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 246DEG 42KT 4147 8410 HAIL...0.25IN WIND...40MPH FISHER
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 8:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 63 min | |
| Sep 12, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Sep 13, 5:12 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 23 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 25 min |
| Sep 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 23 min |
| Sep 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 18 min |
| Sep 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 30 min |
| Sep 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 31 min |
| Sep 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 32 min |
| Sep 13, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 30 min |
| Sep 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 20 min |
| Sep 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 23 min |
| Sep 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 23 min |
| Sep 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 29 min |
| Sep 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Buren | 43 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.