Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 3:29 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 5, 2005, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 051929 TORIWX MIC021-052015- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0004.050605T1929Z-050605T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 329 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 323 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR AVERY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THREE OAKS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRAIL CREEK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... AVERY... GALIEN... BERRIEN SPRINGS... 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 4176 8678 4177 8657 4190 8624 4206 8636 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 051956 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 254 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005 MIC021-052015- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/ BERRIEN MI- 354 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AT 330 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR AVERY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARODA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUCHANAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... BERRIEN SPRINGS AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4176 8678 4177 8657 4190 8624 4206 8636 $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS53 KIWX 052015 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 315 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005 MIC021-052024- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/ BERRIEN MI- 415 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AT 412 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 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. LAT...LON 4176 8678 4177 8657 4190 8624 4206 8636 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.