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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
- May 15, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cass County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Logansport, IN | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 152111
TORIWX
INC017-152200-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0017.070515T2111Z-070515T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF LAKE CICOTT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
DUNKIRK AND ROYAL CENTER...
LUCERNE AND LOGANSPORT...
METEA...LEASES CORNER AND ADAMSBORO...
HOOVER AND NEW WAVERLY...
TWELVE MILE...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.
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 4091 8658 4075 8660 4074 8652 4070 8652
4074 8617 4092 8617
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 152156
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
556 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007
INC017-152206-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070515T2200Z/
CASS IN-
556 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT...
AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF
THE AREA THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 600 PM EDT.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4091 8658 4075 8660 4074 8652 4070 8652
4074 8617 4092 8617
$$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, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 39 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, 5:12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.