Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2007, 11:30 PM EDT for Allen County, DeKalb County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2007, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Noble County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 11:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garrett, IN | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIWX 190331
SVRIWX
INC003-033-113-190430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0165.071019T0330Z-071019T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1130 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
11 MILES EAST OF TRI-LAKES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
GARRETT...
AUBURN...
BUTLER...
HUNTERTOWN...
AVILLA...
WATERLOO...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4109 8525 4116 8535 4119 8535 4120 8532
4127 8531 4128 8536 4154 8516 4153 8480
4137 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 219DEG 46KT 4123 8526
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 190347
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1147 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
INC003-113-190357-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-071019T0430Z/
NOBLE IN-ALLEN IN-
1147 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLEN AND
SOUTHEASTERN NOBLE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
AT 1142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4137 8480 4128 8495 4128 8496 4128 8506
4128 8507 4128 8519 4149 8519 4154 8516
4153 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 230DEG 40KT 4134 8506
$$
INC033-190430-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-071019T0430Z/
DE KALB IN-
1147 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR DE KALB COUNTY...
AT 1142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SAINT JOHNS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF GARRETT...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CORUNNA...AUBURN...SEDAN...FAIRFIELD CENTER...CONCORD...HELMER...ST.
JOE...SAINT JOE...WATERLOO...MOORE...HUDSON...ASHLEY...NEWVILLE...
STEUBENVILLE...BUTLER AND ARTIC.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4137 8480 4128 8495 4128 8496 4128 8506
4128 8507 4128 8519 4149 8519 4154 8516
4153 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 230DEG 40KT 4134 8506
$$
JC000
WWUS53 KIWX 190415 RRA
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1216 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007
INC033-190426-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-071019T0430Z/
DE KALB IN-
1216 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DE KALB COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4137 8480 4128 8495 4128 8496 4128 8506
4128 8507 4128 8519 4149 8519 4154 8516
4153 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 230DEG 40KT 4155 8473
$$
JCWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 18, 7:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 7:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
748 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
.AVIATION...
AT 2330Z...A CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHERN INDIANA. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD
OF A FRONT OVER IL. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH THROUGH QUITE FAST
TONIGHT...BUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS
ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS. AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH...SOME
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. CIGS SHOULD
BE MAINLY VFR.
&&
.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED GRIDS/ZFP TO ADD TORNADO WATCH 724. ONGOING FORECAST
ALREADY INDICATED TORNADO POTENTIAL...SO NO CHANGES NEEDED
OTHERWISE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 258 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007/
NEAR TERM...
..DANGEROUS SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK APPEARS IMMINENT...
CONVECTIVE INITIATION IMMINENT ACRS ERN/CNTRL IL AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA AS
SECONDARY SW OVR MO STEAMS NEWD W/CORRESPONDING INCREASING FORCED
ASCENT. 18Z SPECIAL SNDG SHOWS DRAMATIC MID LVL COOLING IN RESPONSE
TO THIS FEATURE AND ALREADY VIS SAT SHOWING AGGRAVATED CU DVLPMNT
AND
ISOLD SHRA ATTM FM NE IL INTO SW MI IN RESPONSE TO ROBUST SFC
DESTABILIZATION THAT HAD OCCURRED WITHIN DRYSLOT OF DEPARTING LEAD
WAVE AND ENHANCED BY SIG NWD LL MSTR RTN OUT OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. ALL THIS COMBINED W/DRAMATIC DEEP LYR SHEAR...MID LVL WIND
MAX 120 KTS...AND AUGMENTED THROUGH SFC BACKING IN CONJUNCTION
W/INCREASING MID LVL HGT FALLS ASSOCD W/UPR TROUGH SUGGESTS EXTREME
HIGH END DAMAGING WIND EVENT W/POSSIBILITY OF LONG LIVED SIGNIFICANT
TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING ONCE STORMS GET GOING.
WILL EXPAND ZFP TORNADO MENTION EWD TO INCLUDE NW OH FOR EARLY THIS
EVENING AND WHICH WAS LEFT OUT OF EARLIER UPDATE GIVEN EARLIER STORM
INITIATION WINDOW. IN ADDITION...WILL EXTEND SVR MENTION A BIT LTR
TO ACCOUNT FOR BIT LATER FROPA. OTHERWISE GRADIENT WINDS WILL
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT GIVEN NOCTURNAL COOLING AND SOME
STABILIZATION IN THE BNDRY LYR SO WILL LET EARLIER ISSUED WIND
ADVISORY PLAY OUT AT 00Z.
SHORT TERM...
0600 UTC TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
CONVECTION LOCATION AND MOVEMENT WILL BE CRITICAL TO DETAILED GRIDS
FROM 06Z TO 12Z TONIGHT. USING NAM12 AND EXTRAPOLATION OF CURRENT
CONDITIONS HAVE TRIED TO TIME CONVECTION THROUGH AREA. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS POST FRONTAL THOUGH DRY SLOT LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. COULD BE
SOME MORNING SUN IN DRY SLOT BUT NOT TRYING TO GET FANCY WITH THIS.
MID SHIFT CAN OBSERVE SAT TRENDS AND PENCIL IN AS NECESSARY. COLD
POOL ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW ANY BREAKS TO FILL IN ON FRIDAY. MID LEVEL
SHORT WAVE PASSES MID DAY AND COULD HELP GENERATE SOME INSTABILITY
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST.
COOLER AIR TO FILTER INTO WEST LATE TONIGHT WITH FROPA BUT TEMPS MAY
STAY IN LOWER TO MID 60S EAST TIL CLOSE TO 12Z. EXPECT LITTLE
DIURNAL RISE ON FRIDAY UNLESS SUNSHINE FOR A FEW HOURS CAN OCCUR IN
DRY SLOT. OTHERWISE ABOUT A 3 TO 5 DEGREE RISE...IF THAT.
LONG TERM...
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...MUCH OF THIS PERIOD WILL HINGE ON
THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN
NORTH AMERICA. THE COMET/UCAR 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE CONFIDENCE FOR 2
METER TEMPS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE DIFFICULTY THE GFS HAS IN
HANDLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CUT OFF LOW OVER THE EASTERN CONUS.
AFTER MONDAY MORNING...CONFIDENCE IN ANY SOLUTION BECOME MUCH
BELOW NORMAL. SOLUTIONS RANGE FROM AN ECMWF SUPPORTED UPPER LOW
OVER THE SW CONUS TO A MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS OPEN TROF. IN SOMEWHAT
OF AN OPERATIONAL MODEL CONTRAST...THE ECMWF HAS BEEN CONSISTENT
IN FAVOR OF A SLOWER SOLUTION WITH A CUT OFF LOW OVER THE SW
CONUS. HOWEVER...FOR THIS PACKAGE...FAVOR A MORE GFS SUPPORTED
SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE REACHING THE
FORECAST AREA MONDAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD STILL BE MILD IN
DRY WITH WEAK RIDGING OVER THE AREA. THE ONGOING FORECAST FOR
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT APPEARS ON TRACK WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN.
COULD BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER AS 850 THETA E VALUES ATTEMPT TO RISE
ABOVE 325K. OTHERWISE...FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRY
CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL ARE EXPECTED.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>025-032.
MI...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MIZ077>080.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...LASHLEY
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
NEAR TERM...HOLSTEN
UPDATE...SKIPPER
AVIATION...SKIPPERHazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 11:13 AM EDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1113 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-191515- 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 1113 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 /1013 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HILLSDALE TO PORTLAND. SOUTH WINDS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-191515- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1113 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THE WINDS AND WAVES SHOULD THEN SUBSIDE SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 18, 9:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
932 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0906 PM HAIL NILES 41.83N 86.25W
10/18/2007 E1.00 INCH BERRIEN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00029
BJSLocal storm report, Oct 18, 10:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1013 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG INDIAN LAKE 42.00N 86.21W
10/18/2007 CASS MI AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ACROSS STREET...BROUGHT POWER LINES DOWN WITH
IT
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00030
BJSLocal storm report, Oct 18, 10:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1021 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 PM TORNADO 1 S NAPPANEE 41.43N 85.98W
10/18/2007 KOSCIUSKO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF NAPPANEE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00031
ELBLocal storm report, Oct 18, 10:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1029 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TORNADO NAPPANEE 41.45N 85.98W
10/18/2007 ELKHART IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED. SOME INJURIES
REPORTED. ONE SQUAD CAR REPORTED DAMAGED. MORE DETAILS
TO COME.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00032
ELBLocal storm report, Oct 18, 10:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1041 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM FUNNEL CLOUD SANTA FE 40.65N 85.99W
10/18/2007 MIAMI IN EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AROUND SANTA FE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00033
ELBLocal storm report, Oct 18, 11:09 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1109 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM TSTM WND DMG NAPPANEE 41.45N 85.98W
10/18/2007 ELKHART IN AMATEUR RADIO
8 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OFF 6 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND. MINOR HOUSE DAMAGE AND 2 AMATEUR RADIO ANTENAS
DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00034
ELBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 54 min |
| Oct 18, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 50 min |
| Oct 18, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 87 min | |
| Oct 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 66 min |
| Oct 18, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Starke | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 60 min |
| Oct 18, 10:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 28 min |
| Oct 19, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 12 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.