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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Northern Indiana

August 13, 2005Adams County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2005, 3:51 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2005, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2005, 4:32 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adams County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 4:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Decatur, INLARGE TREE DOWN.
Aug 13, 4:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 N Decatur, INROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING NEAR THE TOWN OF MONMOUTH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2005-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 132052
TORIWX
INC001-132130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0010.050813T2051Z-050813T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
351 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 349 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF DECATUR...OR ABOUT OVER OSSIAN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...  
   DECATUR...MONROE AND PREBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4093 8508 4072 8507 4064 8481 4093 8480

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 132116
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
415 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005

INC001-132130-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050813T2130Z/
ADAMS IN-
415 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 413 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATUR...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

THE SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH DECATUR AND MONMOUTH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST 
SATURDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 4093 8508 4081 8506 4064 8481 4093 8480

$$
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 132132
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
431 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005

INC001-132141-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050813T2130Z/
ADAMS IN-
431 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005

...TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAMS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING THE COUNTY.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS TREES DOWN OR LARGE HAIL TO 
REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST 
SATURDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 4093 8508 4081 8506 4064 8481 4093 8480

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash34 min
Aug 13, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington66 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami56 min
Aug 13, 3:12 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wells63 min
Aug 13, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash37 min
Aug 13, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington23 min
Aug 13, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.