Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2006, 8:23 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 28, 2006, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jay County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 290022 TORIWX INC075-290115- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0020.060829T0023Z-060829T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 823 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTLAND...OR ABOUT OVER PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... BRICE AND BRYANT... WESTCHESTER AND BELLFOUNTAIN... TRINITY... NEW CORYDON... 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 4050 8518 4032 8517 4040 8480 4059 8480 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 290054 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 854 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 INC075-290115- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060829T0115Z/ JAY IN- 854 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EASTERN JAY COUNTY... AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRICE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... BELLFOUNTAIN... TRINITY AND NEW CORYDON... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4053 8497 4035 8503 4040 8480 4059 8480 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 290112 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 912 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 INC075-290122- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060829T0115Z/ JAY IN- 912 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JAY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT... AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4053 8497 4035 8503 4040 8480 4059 8480 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 28, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 655 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 .AVIATION... MCS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA/TAF SITES WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCT THUNDER. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE SITES...WITH MAINLY MVFR CIGS ACCOMPANIED BY SCT LIGHT SHOWERS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY. .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... SFC LOW AT 18Z WAS SOUTHWEST OF KANKAKEE...IL. THIS LOW APPEARS FARTHER NORTH THAN WHAT PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS AND CURRENT MODEL RUNS HAVE FORECASTED. AS A RESULT...ASSOCD LOW LVL DEFORMATION AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING HAS BEEN SHIFTED FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST THAN PREVIOUS FCST THINKING. THUS...LATEST MOSAIC RADAR DEPICTS WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FROM SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SRN LAKE MICHIGAN...NE ILLINOIS AND NW INDIANA. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...WHERE A FEW PEAKS OF SUN HAVE ALLOWED TEMPS TO CLIMB AROUND 80 DEGREES...SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE BLOSSOMED...AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY SOON FOLLOW. USING THE LATEST 3 MB PRESSURE FALLS...SFC LOW LOOKS POISED TO MOVE TOWARD KOKK AROUND 00Z AND NEAR KAOH AROUND 03Z. THEREAFTER...THE LOW IS FCST TO PIVOT NE INTO NORTHEAST OHIO. AS THE LOW PASSES BY MAINLY SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MORNING...ASSOCD DEFORMATION AXIS WILL PIVOT FROM NW TO SE BEHIND IT. THUS...HAVE EMPLOYED CATEGORICAL POPS FOR MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SRN COUNTIES. MODELS INDICATE THAT ONCE THE LOW MOVES FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY SFC WINDS...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY CUT OFF THE PCPN. FOR LOWS OVERNIGHT...HAVE BASICALLY KEPT THEM INTACT...WHICH WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 60 ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN TO NEAR 65 ACRS THE SE. ON TUESDAY...UPR LVL LOW ACRS THE CNTRL PLAINS WILL PIVOT EAST TOWARD THE REGION. WITH SOME WRAP AROUND LOW LVL MOISTURE BEHIND DEPARTING SYSTEM...SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPS WILL BE HELD DOWN INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND COOL NORTHERLY FLOW. LATEST 12Z NAM-WRF IS TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME PCPN ACRS THE FCST AREA ON TUESDAY...BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME...IT LOOKS SUSPECT...SO WILL MAINTAIN DRY FCST. && .LONG TERM... TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A MAJOR TROF WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND EVENTUALLY DEVELOP A CLOSED LOW ACROSS THE NORTH CONUS PER GFS...ECMWF AND CANADIAN MODEL CONSENSUS. THE GFS HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE TIMING ISSUES WITH THIS DEEP UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THE PAST FEW RUNS...WITH THE 12Z RUN A LITTLE DEEPER BUT MUCH SLOWER THAN THE 00Z RUN. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE/BLOCK DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PRECLUDE THE LINGERING WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE FORECAST AREA FROM MOVING OR LIFTING NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE NAM/WRF WAS INDICATING SOME WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE THE GFS AND NGM INDICATED A MAINLY DRY PATTERN. NAM/WRF ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS INDICATED THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE NORTH SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WHILE THE GFS WAS NOT AS ROBUST. GIVEN THE CURRENT DRY FORECAST AND INHERENT UNCERTAINTIES...HAVE ELECTED TO KEEP WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRY. HAVE INCREASED CLOUD COVER MID TO LATE WEEK WITH THIS LINGERING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND HAVE BUMPED TEMPS DOWN GIVEN ANTICIPATED CLOUD COVER. GIVEN BLOCKING PATTERN OVER THE EAST COAST AND THE TRACK OF ERNESTO...SHOULD ALSO BE AT LEAST SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WITH EAST TRAJECTORY AROUND THE LARGE ANTICYCLONE. GFS MEX ENSEMBLE MOS AVERAGES HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT THE LAST 2 DAYS... AND WILL FOLLOW GIVEN PATTERN. KEPT SUNDAY AND MONDAY DRY AS LARGE CUT OFF LOW SHOULD BE SLOWER TO MOVE EAST PER 12Z GFS. ANALOGS FROM 00Z AND 12Z STILL WERE INDICATING THE GFS WAS OVER DEVELOPING THE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS IN LIEU OF A LARGE BLOCK OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...SO PATTERN WILL BE VERY SLOW TO CHANGE. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && AVIATION...SKIPPER SHORT TERM...HICKMAN LONG TERM...SKIPPER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 452 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-292100- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 352 PM CDT MON AUG 28 2006 /452 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOCAL FLOODING. THERE IS AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AND ANY FLOODING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-292100- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 452 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. ALSO...NORTHEAST WINDS PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE MAY BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR OBSTRUCTIONS LIKE SANDBARS...JETTIES AND PIERS. WARREN DUNES STATE PARK IS REPORTING RED FLAG CONDITIONS...MEANING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH RIP CURRENTS PRESENT. THE BEACH WAS CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP SKIPPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:10 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
810 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TORNADO 3 E DECATUR 40.83N 84.87W
08/28/2006 ADAMS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
US 224 AND 300 E. POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA.Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:14 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
814 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0814 PM TORNADO 6 E DECATUR 40.83N 84.81W
08/28/2006 ADAMS IN EMERGENCY MNGR
1 NORTH OF 224 ON ADAMS/VAN WERT CO LINE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 40 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.