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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

June 14, 2000Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2000, 5:32 PM EST for Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 9 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, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, IN, Whitley County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 5:33 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Columbia City, IN
Jun 14, 5:36 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Tri Lakes, IN
Jun 14, 5:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Churubusco, IN	Siding torn off of a garage. Trees down.
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Wayne, IN	Several trees down.
Jun 14, 6:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntertown, IN	Trees down.
Jun 14, 6:09 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 51 E	(Fwa)Baer Fld Ft Way, IN
Jun 14, 6:09 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Wayne, IN	Tree down; minor house damage.
Jun 14, 6:12 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Ft Wayne, IN
Jun 14, 6:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Wayne, IN	More than 100 trees downed at Sycamore Hills Golf Club.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 142234
TORFWA
INC003-183-142315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
532 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA
  EASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 532 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...  
  CHURUBUSCO
  HUNTERTOWN
  GRABILL
  WOODBURN

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...TRY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

NNNN

The 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	Grant, Wabash	52 min
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, 5:37 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

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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.