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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 28 at 12:22AM EDT until April 28 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Event Type

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Status

Actual

Severity

Severe

Urgency

Future

Certainty

Possible

Message Type

Update

Description

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 165 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN NORTHWEST OHIO

ALLEN OH

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLUFFTON, LIMA, AND SPENCERVILLE.

Affected Areas

Allen, OH

SAME Codes:

039003 Allen County, OH

UGC: OHC003

This covers virtually all emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.

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Alert Area Affected Boundaries

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-27 23:22 CDT
11:22 PM CDT

Onset:

2026-04-28T00:22:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-28 03:00 CDT
03:00 AM CDT

Event Ends:

2026-04-28T04:00:00-04:00

Added:

2026-04-27 23:23 CDT
11:23 PM CDT

Updated:

2026-04-27 23:48 CDT
11:48 PM CDT

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

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d73680f3d5ff1cf01ee31e26c58237df105304f7.002.1

Database ID
#573

Scope Public

Category Met

Coverage Type County-Wide

Estimated Coverage 100.0% of Dane County — approx. 407.0 sq mi Estimated from SAME broadcast area, not the storm polygon.

Source times converted from NWS format to local Eastern Time.

Emergency Service Coverage - All County Boundaries

Major County Impact

This alert covers 100.0% of Dane County (~407.0 sq mi) , affecting most emergency service boundaries.

Coverage estimated from SAME broadcast area. Recalculate intersections to use the storm polygon.

Coverage by Service Type:

Boundary Analysis Pending

Alert geometry exists (100.0% county coverage), but service boundary intersections have not been calculated yet.

100.0%

Major County Coverage

~407.0 sq mi affected

* Estimated from SAME broadcast area.

NOAA Alert Details

Alert Origin

Originator NWS Northern Indiana

Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Scope Public

Category Met

Effective 2026-04-28T00:22:00-04:00

Language en-US

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

EAS Parameters

EAS Originator (EAS-ORG) WXR — National Weather Service

Block Channels EAS NWEM CMAS

Geocodes

SAME Geocodes

039003 Allen County, OH

UGC Codes OHC003

Affected Zones OHC003

Event Codes

SAME SVA

NationalWeatherService SVA

CAP References

Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b4de43c0f789e1aad49b58bbd0f5bf8c89ed4094.002.1

Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Sent 2026-04-27T22:16:00-04:00

Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7c9f232be7cb3acfedbc4d159b07baf9f99c473c.002.1

Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Sent 2026-04-27T23:02:00-04:00

VTEC

Continuing Severe Thunderstorm Watch #165

Office KIWX · Ongoing at issuance · Ends 2026-04-28 08:00 UTC

/O.CON.KIWX.SV.A.0165.000000T0000Z-260428T0800Z/

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Event Lifecycle (3 alerts)

Extended (Area) 2026-04-28 02:16 UTC View →

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 27 at 10:16PM EDT until April 28 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Continuing 2026-04-28 03:02 UTC View →

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 27 at 11:02PM EDT until April 28 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

★

Continuing This alert 2026-04-28 04:22 UTC

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier WCNIWX

WMOidentifier WWUS63 KIWX 280422

eventEndingTime 2026-04-28T04:00:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason VTEC action 'CON' indicates a continuing/routine update — rebroadcast suppressed

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Raw CAP Alert Data

Original JSON data received from NOAA National Weather Service

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Source: NOAA
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Last Updated: 2026-04-27 23:48 CDT (04:48 UTC)