Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 7:35 PM EST for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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, 7:35 PM EST (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 160036
TORIWX
INC001-003-160115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0013.051116T0035Z-051116T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
735 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 734 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 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OSSIAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
DECATUR...
MONROEVILLE...
WOODBURN...
HOAGLAND...
MIDDLETOWN...
POE...
WILLIAMS...
PREBLE...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 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 4102 8509 4094 8518 4094 8508 4072 8507
4082 8480 4120 8479
$$
HITCHCOCK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 160107
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
805 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
INC003-160115-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051116T0115Z/
ALLEN IN-
805 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR...
ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA
AT 759 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING.
LAT...LON 4094 8506 4094 8508 4072 8507 4082 8479
4096 8479
$$
INC001-160115-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051116T0115Z/
ADAMS IN-
805 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR...
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA
AT 759 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER DECATUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RURAL
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY.
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.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4094 8506 4094 8508 4072 8507 4082 8479
4096 8479
$$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, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 49 min |
| Nov 16, 1:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 10 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.