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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Northern Indiana

April 1, 2023Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2023, 12:58 AM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 15 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: Apr 1, 2023, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2023, 1:13 AM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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
Mar 31, 11:09 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 Mar 31, 7:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 9:48 AM EDT, 15 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:28 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1228 AM EDT SAT APR 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1131 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S GRISSOM AFB         40.63N 86.15W
03/31/2023  M56 MPH          MIAMI              IN   AWOS

            AWOS STATION KGUS GRISSOM AFB PERU.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:29 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1229 AM EDT SAT APR 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E WALTON              40.66N 86.22W
03/31/2023  M55 MPH          CASS               IN   MESONET

            MESONET STATION FW1989 WALTON.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:32 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1232 AM EDT SAT APR 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             SHIPSHEWANA             41.68N 85.58W
03/31/2023  E1.00 INCH       LAGRANGE           IN   PUBLIC

            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. REPORT FROM
            FACEBOOK.

0600 PM     HAIL             WANATAH                 41.43N 86.89W
03/31/2023  E0.88 INCH       LA PORTE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0605 PM     HAIL             KINGSBURY               41.53N 86.70W
03/31/2023  M0.88 INCH       LA PORTE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0700 PM     HAIL             PLYMOUTH                41.35N 86.32W
03/31/2023  M0.88 INCH       MARSHALL           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0727 PM     HAIL             1 E WALLEN              41.15N 85.14W
03/31/2023  E0.88 INCH       ALLEN              IN   PUBLIC

0622 PM     HAIL             LA PORTE                41.61N 86.71W
03/31/2023  M0.75 INCH       LA PORTE           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0658 PM     HAIL             1 SSW DONALDSON         41.35N 86.45W
03/31/2023  M0.75 INCH       MARSHALL           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0736 PM     HAIL             1 E SAINT JOSEPH        42.10N 86.48W
03/31/2023  U0.75 INCH       BERRIEN            MI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

0750 PM     HAIL             FREMONT                 41.73N 84.93W
03/31/2023  E0.75 INCH       STEUBEN            IN   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:38 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:47 AM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1247 AM EDT SAT APR 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSE WALLEN            41.14N 85.15W
04/01/2023  M64 MPH          ALLEN              IN   AWOS

            SMITH FIELD AIRPORT AWOS.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:53 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1253 AM EDT SAT APR 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTH LIBERTY           41.53N 86.43W
03/31/2023                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NORTH
            LIBERTY. A BUILDING ON N MAIN STREET THAT
            SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM A FIRE BACK IN FEBRUARY
            WAS FURTHER DAMAGED BY STRONG WINDS FRIDAY
            EVENING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. PHOTO ON
            TWITTER.

&&

The 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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Whitley	47 min
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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	IWX	Adams, Allen	57 min
Apr 1, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Allen	55 min
Apr 1, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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
Mar 31, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.