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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Northern 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Decatur, IN | LARGE TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 13, 4:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Decatur, IN | ROOF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 3:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.