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Alert Information 19.3% County Coverage

Special Weather Statement issued March 22 at 7:32PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Event Type

Special Weather Statement

Status

Actual EXPIRED

Severity

Moderate

Urgency

Expected

Certainty

Observed

Message Type

Alert

Description

At 732 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Columbus Grove, or 8 miles north of Lima, moving east at 80 mph. HAZARD...Half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lima, Bluffton, Columbus Grove, Elida, Pandora, Cairo, Beaverdam, Vaughnsville, Rimer, Rockport, and Gomer. This includes Interstate 75 between mile markers 131 and 141.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Affected Areas

Putnam; Allen

SAME Codes:

039137 Putnam County, OH

039003 Allen County, OH

UGC: OHZ016 OHZ025

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-03-22 19:32 EDT
07:32 PM EDT

Expires:

2026-03-22 20:00 EDT
08:00 PM EDT

Added:

2026-03-22 19:34 EDT
07:34 PM EDT

Updated:

2026-03-29 08:59 EDT
08:59 AM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0359cdcd5fe9c8e80f9ce3e7f2905c4fb83b6bd.001.1

Database ID
#113

Scope Public

Category Met

Coverage Type Localized

Exact Coverage 19.3% of Putnam County — approx. 93.5 sq mi

Source times converted from NWS format to local Eastern Time.

Affected Boundaries 19

Localized County Impact

This alert covers 19.3% of Putnam County (~93.5 sq mi) , affecting some emergency service boundaries.

Coverage by Service Type:

Electric: 22.9%

Villages: 100.0%

Fire: 37.8%

Electrics 4 Partial Coverage (11 of 24 electrics)

Hancock-Wood Electric
Midwest Electric
Ohio Power
Paulding-Putnam Electric

Fires 6 Partial Coverage (6 of 12 fires)

COLUMBUS GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FORT JENNINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
GILBOA FIRE DEPARTMENT
KALIDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
OTTAWA FIRE DEPARTMENT
PANDORA FIRE DEPARTMENT

Villages 2 Full Coverage (2 of 15 villagess)

COLUMBUS GROVE
PANDORA

19.3%

Localized Coverage

~93.5 sq mi affected

19 Affected Boundaries
3 Service Types

NOAA Alert Details

Alert Origin

Originator NWS Northern Indiana

Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Scope Public

Category Met

Effective 2026-03-22T19:32:00-04:00

Web http://www.weather.gov

Alert Feed

https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=OHC003,OHZ016,OHC137,OHZ025,OHZ004,OHC039,OHZ017,OHC063,OHZ005,OHC069,OHZ015,OHC125,OHZ024,OHC161,OHZ006,OHC173

NOAA

Geocodes

SAME Geocodes

039137 Putnam County, OH

039003 Allen County, OH

UGC Codes OHZ016 OHZ025

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier SPSIWX

WMOidentifier WWUS83 KIWX 222332

NWSheadline A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT

eventMotionDescription 2026-03-22T23:32:00-00:00...storm...259DEG...70KT...40.86,-84.1

maxWindGust Up to 30 MPH

maxHailSize 0.50

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason Suppressed event Special Weather Statement

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Last Updated: 2026-03-29 08:59 EDT (12:59 UTC)