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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

July 4, 2003Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2003, 5:48 PM EST for Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2003, 5:48 PM EST (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2003, 6:15 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 718 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 042248
TORIWX
INC179-042315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
548 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PONETO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  PONETO
  BLUFFTON
  VERA CRUZ

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4058 8518 4067 8537 4081 8535 4084 8528
          4080 8518 4078 8506 4059 8507

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange49 min
Jul 4, 10:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble49 min
Jul 4, 10:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben60 min
Jul 4, 10:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley60 min
Jul 4, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen55 min
Jul 4, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton41 min
Jul 4, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke70 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen38 min
Jul 4, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko77 min
Jul 4, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall70 min
Jul 4, 4:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite78 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton74 min
Jul 4, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington39 min
Jul 4, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami69 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley63 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen46 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash76 min
Jul 4, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble59 min
Jul 4, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass80 min
Jul 4, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWells61 min
Jul 4, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams61 min
Jul 4, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford75 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXMiami38 min
Jul 4, 5:10 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXWabash50 min
Jul 4, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko44 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben35 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami51 min
Jul 4, 5:59 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAdams31 min
Jul 4, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant44 min
Jul 4, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.