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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 4:08 PM EST for Grant County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2000, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2000, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, IN, Wabash County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado F1 | North Manchester, IN | The initial tornado touchdown occurred near the intersection of SR 15 and 114. Two barns were deroofed and a grain silo was partially blown down. Several trees and limbs were taken down. The tornado lifted briefly as it crossed SR 15. It then continued on |
| Jun 14, 5:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | North Manchester, IN | Barn destroyed and windows blown out of a brick house. |
| Jun 14, 5:07 PM EST | Tornado F2 | North Manchester, IN | The tornado touched down again, hitting a farm at 1300 N and 100 W. A man suffered a broken leg here. Two hog sheds and a large grain bin were destroyed. A 200-yard swath of trees were uprooted to the northeast along the railroad tracks. Another man suffer |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIWX 142111
SVRFWA
INC039-053-085-169-MIC027-142200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ELKHART COUNTY IN INDIANA
GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN INDIANA
WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA
CASS COUNTY IN MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 500 PM EST(600 PM EDT)
* AT 408 PM EST(508 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR LAPORTE TO 10 MILES WEST OF PLYMOUTH TO WEST OF
LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
DOWAGIAC
ETNA GREEN
MENTONE
NAPPANEE
ELKHART
WABASH
SILVER LAKE
LEESBURG
WARSAW
MARION
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS!
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 420f9 8622 4121 8609 4042 8588 4039 8543
4133 8566 4209 8579
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 4:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 5:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 5:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Blackford, Wells | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 40 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.