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Tornado Watch 79
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 13, 2006, 12:23 AM EST for 19 counties in Indiana; 13 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 12:23 AM EST (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties
Allen County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 2:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 3:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 3:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 3:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 3:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko | 30 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 130523
SEL9
SPC WW 130523
INZ000-MIZ000-LMZ000-131200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 79
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1225 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INDIANA
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
LAKE MICHIGAN
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1225 AM UNTIL 700 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO
MICHIGAN TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF VALPARAISO INDIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 76...WW 77...WW 78...
DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN IL WILL
SPREAD ACROSS WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. EXTREMELY STRONG WIND FIELDS
COUPLED WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. GREATEST TORNADO
RISK WILL BE WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELL MOVING INTO NORTHWEST IND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...HARTSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 17 more | 92 min |
| Mar 12, 8:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 24 more | 90 min |
| Mar 12, 8:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 47 more | 90 min |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun and 58 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 41 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll | 83 min |
| Mar 13, 1:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 11 more | 85 min |
| Mar 13, 2:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 9 more | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:08 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 7 more | 97 min |
| Mar 12, 11:39 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 96 min |
| Mar 13, 7:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 10:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 92 min |
| Mar 13, 3:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton and 26 more | 89 min |
| Mar 13, 3:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Wayne | 56 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.