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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana

November 15, 2005Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 7:11 PM EST for Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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: Nov 15, 2005, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 3:01 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 635 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 817 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 160012
TORIWX
INC069-179-160100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0012.051116T0011Z-051116T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
711 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 708 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARREN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MARION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  WARREN...
  MARKLE AND BLUFFTON...
  OSSIAN...
  UNIONDALE...
  ROCKFORD...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS 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 4094 8526 4074 8547 4055 8545 4072 8507
      4093 8508

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 160032
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
729 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC069-160039-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-051116T0100Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-
729 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR...
 SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 725 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF 
THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING 
FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4094 8525 4084 8535 4062 8533 4072 8507
      4093 8508

$$

INC179-160100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-051116T0100Z/
WELLS IN-
729 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR...

  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 725 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARKLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST
OF BLUFFTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  OSSIAN...
  KINGSLAND...
  UNIONDALE...
  TOCSIN...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS 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 4094 8525 4084 8535 4062 8533 4072 8507
      4093 8508

$$

HITCHCOCK

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 160058
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
758 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC179-160107-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-051116T0100Z/
WELLS IN-
758 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM EST FOR...
  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 757 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 4094 8525 4084 8535 4062 8533 4072 8507
      4093 8508

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 7:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Grant	13 min
Nov 15, 7:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	40 min
Nov 16, 1:42 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	10 hr

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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.