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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Northern Indiana

July 7, 2021Defiance County, Fulton County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT for Defiance County, Fulton County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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: Jul 7, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2021, 7:01 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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
Jul 7, 6:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Pleasant Bend, OH	LARGE LIMBS DOWNED.

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
Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 1092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

786 
WUUS53 KIWX 072239
SVRIWX
OHC039-051-069-072330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0056.210707T2239Z-210707T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
639 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Defiance County in northwestern Ohio...
  Henry County in northwestern Ohio...
  Southeastern Fulton County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 639 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Holgate, or 8
  miles southeast of Defiance, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Defiance, Napoleon, Deshler, Liberty Center, Holgate, Mcclure,
  Hamler, Texas, Malinta, Florida, New Bavaria, Jewell, Gallup,
  Grelton, Pleasant Bend, Ayersville, Colton, Okolona, Elery and
  Standley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4116 8409 4117 8432 4119 8434 4121 8434
      4121 8436 4127 8442 4154 8388 4120 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 237DEG 25KT 4123 8422 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MCD

1 follow-up statement

616 
WWUS53 KIWX 072301
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
701 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

OHC039-051-069-072311-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210707T2330Z/
Defiance OH-Henry OH-Fulton OH-
701 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE...HENRY
AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northwestern and west central Ohio.

Reports of damage and or severe weather are appreciated. Contact 
your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to 
the National Weather Service Northern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4116 8409 4117 8432 4119 8434 4121 8434
      4121 8436 4127 8442 4154 8388 4120 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 237DEG 25KT 4131 8405 

$$

MCD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 1:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Williams	3 hr
Jul 7, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	47 min
Jul 7, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	34 min
Jul 7, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	34 min
Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	2 hr
Jul 7, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Henry	27 min
Jul 7, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry, Putnam	17 min
Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Williams	45 min
Jul 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	52 min
Jul 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	48 min
Jul 7, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding, Van Wert	41 min
Jul 7, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams	51 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams	3 hr

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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.