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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

July 3, 2006Branch County, Michigan; LaGrange County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT for Branch County, Michigan; LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 3, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties LaGrange County, IN, Branch County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 040203
TORIWX
INC087-MIC023-040245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0013.060704T0200Z-060704T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1000 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF STURGIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...  
  BRIGHTON...
  GILEAD...
  MILE MARKER 121 AND 135 ON THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 
SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN SAINT JOSEPH 
COUNTY MICHIGAN. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO 
VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE 
COVER 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.

LAT...LON 4185 8557 4178 8559 4164 8517 4184 8506
      4188 8530 4181 8530

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 040229
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1027 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INC087-MIC023-040245-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060704T0245Z/
LAGRANGE IN-BRANCH MI-
1027 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH AND NORTHEASTERN LAGRANGE COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRONSON...JUST 
NORTH OF THE LAGRANGE AND BRANCH COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANY TORNADO WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE DUE TO 
DARKNESS AND HEAVY RAIN SURROUNDING THE TORNADO. MOVE TO A BASEMENT 
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 4181 8531 4175 8551 4164 8517 4184 8506
      4188 8530 4181 8530

$$

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 040248
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1047 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INC087-MIC023-040257-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060704T0245Z/
LAGRANGE IN-BRANCH MI-
1047 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH AND NORTHEASTERN
LAGRANGE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM EDT...

AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU HAVE DAMAGE OR OBSERVED THE TORNADO...PLEASE REPORT THIS 
INFORMATION TO YOUR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX.

LAT...LON 4181 8531 4175 8551 4164 8517 4184 8506
      4188 8530 4181 8530

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	44 min
Jul 3, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	67 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2006 Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2006 Every tornado warning in 2006 Tornadoes in 2006

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.