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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Northern Indiana

April 14, 2026Allen County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2026, 7:30 PM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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 14, 2026, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Allen County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:33 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:13 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
713 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

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

0704 PM     Hail             1 S Montpelier          40.54N 85.28W
04/14/2026  M1.00 Inch       Blackford          IN   Public

&&

MCS

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
717 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

OHZ016-024-025-150000-
Allen OH-Putnam OH-Van Wert OH-
717 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...EAST
CENTRAL VAN WERT AND ALLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

At 717 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elida, or near Delphos, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lima, Delphos, Bluffton, Fort Shawnee, Spencerville, Columbus Grove,
Elida, Spencerville In Allen County, Cairo, Fort Jennings, Harrod,
Beaverdam, Westminster, Yoder, Gomer, Rushmore, Rimer, Conant,
Vaughnsville, and Hume.

This includes Interstate 75 between mile markers 119 and 141.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
west central Ohio.

&&

LAT...LON 4064 8411 4066 8411 4066 8422 4069 8422
      4069 8438 4091 8439 4091 8388 4065 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 270DEG 39KT 4077 8426

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 9:50 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		10 hr
Apr 14, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		115 min
Apr 14, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	64 min
Apr 14, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph	54 min
Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more	43 hr
Apr 14, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White	34 min
Apr 14, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, White	24 min
Apr 14, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami	33 min
Apr 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami	34 min
Apr 14, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami	30 min
Apr 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Whitley	30 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash	37 min
Apr 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Miami	35 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble	29 min
Apr 14, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells	38 min
Apr 14, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant	37 min
Apr 14, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells	27 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	26 min
Apr 14, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells	34 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Jay	23 min
Apr 14, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay	26 min
Apr 14, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	21 min
Apr 14, 10:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	12 days
Apr 14, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	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.