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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 31, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 31, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 67 min | |
| Mar 31, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 39 min | |
| Mar 31, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Starke | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Wabash, Whitley | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Wabash | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Wells, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash, Wells, Whitley | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Wells, Whitley | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 24 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.