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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 16 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 11, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN, Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 11, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Woodburn, IN | ESTIMATED 3 INCH DIAMETER ROTTED BRANCH DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 47-54 MPH. |
| Aug 11, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Nnw Uniondale, IN | SHINGLES REMOVED FROM OLD BARN. AUTOMATED WX STATION RECORDED 61 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Leo-Cedarville, IN | REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. |
| Aug 11, 2:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W New Haven, IN | REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. |
| Aug 11, 2:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Wayne, IN | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED BY ALLEN COUNTY DISPATCH. |
| Aug 11, 2:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 73 | 3 Sse Hicksville, OH | TRAINED SPOTTER 73 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST AT THE CORNER OF OHIO STATE ROUTE 49 AND PAULDING/DEFIANCE COUNTY LINE RD. SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND IN THE AREA. |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hicksville, OH | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN BLOCKING ROAD. BETWEEN 300 WEST ARTHUR STREET AND WEST HIGH STREET. |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hicksville, OH | TREE DOWN ON WEST HIGH STREET NEAR SPENCERVILLE. |
| Aug 11, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Bluffton, IN | ROTTED TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 11, 2:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | Van Wert, OH | 47 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AS THE GUST FRONT GOES THROUGH IN VAN WERT. |
| Aug 11, 2:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Hicksville, OH | ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A SHED AND INTO POWER LINES. |
| Aug 11, 2:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | Fort Wayne Internationa, IN | |
| Aug 11, 2:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Middle Point, OH | EF-U TORNADO SURVEYED WITH DRONE BY RICK MCCOY, VAN WERT CO. EMA. TRACK LENGTH 0.5 MILES, 30 YARDS WIDE. START LAT/LONG: 40.8482/-84.4776 END LAT/LONG: 40.8481/-84681. |
| Aug 11, 2:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Hoagland, IN | 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS MEASURED. |
| Aug 11, 2:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Jewell, OH | 40 MPH WINDS SUSTAINED. |
| Aug 11, 3:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 N Converse, OH | EFU WITH TRACK LENGTH 4.7 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ONLY CROPS, RESULTING IN A UNKNOWN MAXIMUM WIND SPEED AND INTENSITY OF THE 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 11, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
766
WUUS53 KIWX 111814
SVRIWX
INC001-003-033-069-075-179-OHC039-125-137-161-111900-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0092.210811T1814Z-210811T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
214 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Allen County in northeastern Indiana...
Southeastern De Kalb County in northeastern Indiana...
Southeastern Huntington County in northeastern Indiana...
Wells County in northeastern Indiana...
Adams County in northeastern Indiana...
Northeastern Jay County in east central Indiana...
Northwestern Putnam County in west central Ohio...
Defiance County in northwestern Ohio...
Paulding County in west central Ohio...
Van Wert County in west central Ohio...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 214 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from St. Joe to near Decatur to 7 miles north of
Montpelier, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, Defiance, New Haven, Auburn, Van Wert, Bluffton,
Decatur, Berne, Hicksville, Ossian, Paulding, Antwerp, Woodburn,
Geneva, Monroeville, Payne, Markle, Convoy, Grabill and Monroe.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 6, and between mile
markers 9 and 30.
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 276 and 289, and
between mile markers 311 and 323.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Northern Indiana.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 8549 4101 8522 4141 8503 4137 8423
4069 8443 4069 8446 4073 8446 4073 8480
4046 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 301DEG 35KT 4134 8490 4090 8497 4066 8529
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CM2 follow-up statements
190
WWUS53 KIWX 111836 RRA
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
236 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
INC033-111846-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210811T1900Z/
De Kalb IN-
236 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
northeastern and east central Indiana...and northwestern and west
central Ohio.
LAT...LON 4070 8549 4096 8515 4127 8484 4127 8480
4139 8479 4137 8423 4069 8443 4069 8446
4073 8446 4073 8480 4046 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 301DEG 35KT 4122 8464 4078 8471 4054 8503
$$
INC001-003-069-075-179-OHC039-125-137-161-111900-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210811T1900Z/
Allen IN-Huntington IN-Wells IN-Adams IN-Jay IN-Putnam OH-
Defiance OH-Paulding OH-Van Wert OH-
236 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ALLEN...SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON...WELLS...ADAMS...
NORTHEASTERN JAY...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...DEFIANCE...PAULDING AND VAN
WERT COUNTIES...
At 236 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Antwerp to near Ohio City to near
Geneva, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, Defiance, New Haven, Van Wert, Bluffton, Decatur, Berne,
Hicksville, Ossian, Paulding, Antwerp, Woodburn, Geneva, Monroeville,
Payne, Markle, Convoy, Monroe, Ohio City and Westchester.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 469 near mile marker 6, and between mile markers 9 and
23.
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 276 and 282.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Northern Indiana.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 8549 4096 8515 4127 8484 4127 8480
4139 8479 4137 8423 4069 8443 4069 8446
4073 8446 4073 8480 4046 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 301DEG 35KT 4122 8464 4078 8471 4054 8503
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CM665
WWUS53 KIWX 111853
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
253 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
INC003-069-111903-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210811T1900Z/
Allen IN-Huntington IN-
253 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
HUNTINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
northeastern and east central Indiana...and northwestern and west
central Ohio.
LAT...LON 4062 8527 4071 8512 4081 8487 4097 8461
4116 8443 4138 8445 4137 8423 4069 8443
4069 8446 4073 8446 4073 8480 4046 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 273DEG 39KT 4122 8418 4078 8426 4054 8458
$$
INC001-075-179-OHC039-125-137-161-111900-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210811T1900Z/
Wells IN-Adams IN-Jay IN-Putnam OH-Defiance OH-Paulding OH-
Van Wert OH-
253 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WELLS...ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN JAY...NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM...EASTERN DEFIANCE...EASTERN PAULDING AND VAN WERT COUNTIES...
At 253 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Holgate to near Elida to Celina, moving east at
45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Defiance, Van Wert, Berne, Geneva, Convoy, Monroe, Ohio City,
Westchester, Oakwood, Middlebury, Nottingham, Middle Point, Grover
Hill, Willshire, Scott, Melrose, Bryant, Wren, Venedocia and Vera
Cruz.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Northern Indiana.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4062 8527 4071 8512 4081 8487 4097 8461
4116 8443 4138 8445 4137 8423 4069 8443
4069 8446 4073 8446 4073 8480 4046 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 273DEG 39KT 4122 8418 4078 8426 4054 8458
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 86 min | |
| Aug 10, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Saint Joseph | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, White | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 54 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski and 2 more | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 56 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami and 3 more | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 46 min | |
| Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 7:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert | 57 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.