Nagios event handler ignoring check interval - event-handling

Question

I have recently created an event handler for a service check which will restart Tomcat on 3 different boxes.
The check settings are:
5 checks
2 Minute checks when Ok
5 Minute checks otherwise
In the event handler script I have:
# What state is the iOS PN in?
case "$1" in
OK)
# The service is ok, so don't do anything...
;;
WARNING)
# Is this a "soft" or a "hard" state?
case "$2" in
SOFT)
case "$3" in
#Check number
2)
echo "`date` Restarting Tomcat on Node 1 for iOS PN (2nd soft warning state)..." >> /tmp/iOSPN.log
;;
3)
echo "`date` Restarting Tomcat on Node 2 for iOS PN (3rd soft warning state)..." >> /tmp/iOSPN.log
;;
4)
echo "`date` Restarting Tomcat on Node 3 for iOS PN (4th soft warning state)..." >> /tmp/iOSPN.log
;;
esac
;;
HARD)
# Do nothing let Nagios send alert
;;
esac
;;
CRITICAL)
# In theory nothing should reach this point...
;;
esac
exit 0
So the event handler should restart Tomcat on node 1 after the 2nd warning check, wait 5 minutes before checking again, then restart node 2 if it is still an issue, then wait 5 minutes and check again then restart node 3 if it is still an issue.
However when I check the log file I can see the following:
Thu Apr 18 15:09:13 2019 Restarting Tomcat on Node 1 for iOS PN (2nd soft warning state)...
Thu Apr 18 15:09:23 2019 Restarting Tomcat on Node 2 for iOS PN (3rd soft warning state)...
Thu Apr 18 15:09:33 2019 Restarting Tomcat on Node 3 for iOS PN (4th soft warning state)...
As you can see it would have restarted each box after 10 seconds not 5 minutes, I have removed the lines which actually call the restart of Tomcat as this cannot be done in this short amount of time.
I cannot see anything in the Nagios logs detailing why it did the next check so quickly after, so any help would be appreciated.
Additional:
This is the service definition:
define service{
use 5check-service
host_name ACTIVEMQ1
contact_groups tyrell-admins-non-critical
service_description ActiveMQ - iOS PushNotification Queue Pending Items
event_handler restartRemote_Tomcat!$SERVICESTATE$ $SERVICESTATETYPE$ $SERVICEATTEMPT$
check_command check_activemq_queue_item2!http://activemq1:8161/admin/xml/queues.jsp!IosPushNotificationQueue!100!300
}
define service{
name 5check-service ; The 'name' of this service template
active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled
passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems)
obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'
notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
is_volatile 0 ; The service is not volatile
check_period 24x7 ; The service can be checked at any time of the day
max_check_attempts 5 ; Re-check the service up to 5 times in order to determine its final (hard) state
normal_check_interval 2 ; Check the service every 5 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 5 ; Re-check the service every two minutes until a hard state can be determined
contact_groups support ; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group
notification_options w,u,c,r ; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events
notification_interval 5 ; Re-notify about service problems every 5 mins
notification_period 24x7 ; Notifications can be sent out at any time
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
}