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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

July 26, 2005Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:37 PM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 26, 2005, 8:37 PM EST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 9:09 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 8:46 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 N Wabash, INUTILITY POLES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF WABASH. TREE ALSO BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF WABASH ONTO A CAR.
Jul 26, 8:47 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG10 Se Wabash, INTREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINE.

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
Jul 26, 5:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1516 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 270138
TORIWX
INC169-270215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.050727T0137Z-050727T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
837 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 832 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
  SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WABASH...OR ABOUT 
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERU...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT 830 PM 
  EST...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF 
  GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  WABASH...
  LA FONTAINE...
  
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4088 8594 4066 8594 4067 8566 4094 8565

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 270148
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
847 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INC169-270215-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050727T0215Z/
WABASH IN-
847 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR...

  SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 842 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE 
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF WABASH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 
MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  SEEK 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

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 4088 8594 4066 8594 4067 8566 4094 8565

$$
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 270209
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
909 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INC169-270219-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050727T0215Z/
WABASH IN-
909 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR...
  WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 907 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST 
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND OHIO. 

LAT...LON 4088 8594 4066 8594 4067 8566 4094 8565

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite45 min
Jul 26, 7:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, White56 min
Jul 26, 8:12 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXCass, Miami48 min
Jul 26, 8:44 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHuntington37 min
Jul 26, 8:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant35 min
Jul 26, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells59 min
Jul 26, 9:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay40 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.