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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2007, 11:26 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 11:26 PM EDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2007, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 3514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 190326 TORIWX INC085-099-190415- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0022.070719T0326Z-070719T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1126 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT * AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARGOS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... TIPPECANOE AND OLD TIP TOWN... SEVASTOPOL AND MENTONE... BURKET...BEAVER DAM AND PALESTINE... BEAVER DAM LAKE... 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 4135 8625 4123 8635 4101 8603 4121 8589 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 190350 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1149 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 INC099-190359- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070719T0415Z/ MARSHALL IN- 1149 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4126 8603 4112 8610 4104 8601 4121 8589 $$ INC085-190415- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070719T0415Z/ KOSCIUSKO IN- 1149 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY... AT 1144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEVASTOPOL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEAVER DAM LAKE. 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 4126 8603 4112 8610 4104 8601 4121 8589 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 190406 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1204 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 INC-085-190414- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070719T0415Z/ KOSCIUSKO IN- 1204 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS CANCELLED... AT 1158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN WABASH COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4126 8603 4112 8610 4104 8601 4121 8589 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 43 min |
| 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, 10:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 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 |
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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.