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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2007, 9:02 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan; Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 18, 2007, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2007, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 190102
TORIWX
INC141-MIC021-190145-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.070719T0102Z-070719T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
902 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 859 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GLENDORA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF BUCHANAN...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
DAYTON...
BUCHANAN...
CHAIN-O-LAKES...
LYDICK AND NILES...
BERTRAND...
SOUTH BEND...
ROSELAND AND GEORGETOWN...
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 4185 8623 4176 8623 4176 8607 4168 8607
4156 8619 4156 8620 4173 8648 4177 8653
4179 8658 4195 8643
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 190124
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
924 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
INC141-MIC021-190145-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070719T0145Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN MI-
924 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUCHANAN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NILES...BERTRAND...ROSELAND...SOUTH BEND...GEORGETOWN...INDIAN
VILLAGE...MISHAWAKA...GULIVOIRE PARK AND GRANGER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4185 8623 4176 8607 4168 8607 4156 8619
4156 8620 4173 8648 4177 8653 4179 8658
4195 8643
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 190150
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
947 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
INC141-MIC021-190157-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070719T0145Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN MI-
947 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN EXPIRES AT 945 PM EDT...
AT 946 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS
EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN ELKHART COUNTY.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4185 8623 4176 8607 4168 8607 4156 8619
4156 8620 4173 8648 4177 8653 4179 8658
4195 8643
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Berrien | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 10:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 10:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 11:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Wells, Whitley | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 49 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.