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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2007, 4:51 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- May 15, 2007, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2007, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 152051
TORIWX
INC131-149-152130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0014.070515T2051Z-070515T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
351 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT(530 PM EDT)
* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLARKS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF WINAMAC...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
DENHAM...NORTH JUDSON AND ENGLISH LAKE...
TOTO AND BEARDSTOWN...
BASS LAKE...ORA AND BREMS...
WINONA AND KNOX...
OBER AND HAMLET...
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 4123 8694 4101 8689 4111 8649 4144 8648
4143 8665 4129 8679
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 152123
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
523 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007
INC131-149-152133-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070515T2130Z/
STARKE IN-PULASKI IN-
423 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PULASKI AND STARKE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT(530 PM EDT)...
AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF
THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4123 8694 4101 8689 4111 8649 4144 8648
4143 8665 4129 8679
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| May 15, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble | 49 min |
| May 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| May 15, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 97 min | |
| May 15, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 41 min |
| May 15, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall | 52 min |
| May 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 62 min |
| May 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| May 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 25 min |
| May 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Starke | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble | 48 min |
| May 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 34 min |
| May 15, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| May 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 34 min |
| May 15, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Noble, Whitley | 47 min |
| May 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.