Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:46 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Wabash, IN | UTILITY POLES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF WABASH. TREE ALSO BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF WABASH ONTO A CAR. |
| Jul 26, 8:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Se Wabash, IN | TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 8:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 40 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.