Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2023, 11:13 PM EDT for Allen County, Huntington County, Whitley County, Indiana; Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min. 14 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
- Mar 31, 2023, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 11:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne New Haven, IN | 5 SEMIS BLOWN OVER. DAMAGE TO COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. TREE ON HOME ON NEARBY DOTY RD. VEHICLES BLOWN INTO YARD. |
| Mar 31, 11:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 S Coesse, IN | MESONET STATION PDU05 NORTHEAST PURDUE AGRICULTURAL CE. |
| Mar 31, 11:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Nne Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 31, 11:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 Ene Nine Mile, IN | |
| Mar 31, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 Ene Nine Mile, IN | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Mar 31, 11:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N New Haven, IN | EF2 TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR 7.9 MILES, ENDING 1 MILE SOUTH OF HARLAN INDIANA. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 400 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N New Haven, IN | TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR 7.9 MILES, ENDING 1 MILE SOUTH OF HARLAN INDIANA. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 400 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harlan, IN | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED. ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT OF VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROAD. |
| Mar 31, 11:44 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 E Harlan, IN | EF0 TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED 1.1 MILES NORTHEAST, ENDING 2 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:44 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 E Harlan, IN | TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED 1.1 MILES NORTHEAST, ENDING 2 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Antwerp, OH | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 3 NE ANTWERP. TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED 0.8 MILES NORTH, ENDING 3 NE ANTWERP. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Antwerp, OH | EF0 TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED 0.8 MILES NORTH, ENDING 3 NE ANTWERP. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS. |
| Mar 31, 11:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Antwerp, OH | TORNADO BEGAN HERE AND TRAVELED 0.8 MILES NORTH, ENDING 3 NE ANTWERP. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS. |
| Apr 1, 12:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 Sse Wallen, IN | SMITH FIELD AIRPORT AWOS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
303
WUUS53 KIWX 010313
SVRIWX
INC003-069-183-OHC125-010400-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.230401T0313Z-230401T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1113 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Allen County in northeastern Indiana...
Southeastern Whitley County in northeastern Indiana...
Northeastern Huntington County in northeastern Indiana...
Western Paulding County in west central Ohio...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 1112 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Churubusco to Huntington to near La Fontaine,
moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, New Haven, Huntertown, Paulding, Churubusco, Antwerp,
Woodburn, Monroeville, Payne, Grabill, Aboite, Leo-cedarville,
Middletown, Roanoke, Dixon, Latty, Cecil, Laud, Yoder and Edgerton
In Allen County.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 30.
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 294 and 321.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for northeastern
Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM EDT for
west central Ohio.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8474 4099 8480 4095 8480 4093 8484
4092 8555 4126 8534 4127 8480 4125 8480
4125 8460 4110 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 256DEG 74KT 4118 8531 4089 8548 4074 8573
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MARSILI1 follow-up statement
123
WWUS53 KIWX 010328
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1128 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
INC183-010337-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230401T0400Z/
Whitley IN-
1128 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for northeastern
Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM EDT for
west central Ohio.
LAT...LON 4099 8474 4099 8480 4095 8480 4093 8484
4092 8553 4101 8539 4101 8534 4106 8534
4126 8518 4127 8484 4127 8480 4125 8480
4125 8460 4110 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 243DEG 79KT 4128 8505 4107 8512 4095 8522
$$
INC003-069-OHC125-010400-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230401T0400Z/
Allen IN-Huntington IN-Paulding OH-
1128 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR ALLEN...NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON AND WESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
At 1127 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Auburn to Fort Wayne to near Ossian, moving
northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, New Haven, Huntertown, Paulding, Antwerp, Woodburn,
Monroeville, Payne, Grabill, Aboite, Leo-cedarville, Middletown,
Roanoke, Dixon, Latty, Cecil, Yoder, Edgerton In Allen County, Zulu
and Mcgill.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 30.
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 294 and 321.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for northeastern
Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM EDT for
west central Ohio.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8474 4099 8480 4095 8480 4093 8484
4092 8553 4101 8539 4101 8534 4106 8534
4126 8518 4127 8484 4127 8480 4125 8480
4125 8460 4110 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 243DEG 79KT 4128 8505 4107 8512 4095 8522
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
MARSILIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | White | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash, White | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 10:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 10:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble and 2 more | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 55 min |
| Apr 1, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 16 min |
| Apr 1, 10:44 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 15 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.