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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2007, 10:26 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 15, 2007, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S La Crosse, IN | HALF MILE STRETCH OF SNAPPED POWERLINES ALONG US421 |
| Aug 15, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W North Judson, IN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG US421 |
| Aug 15, 10:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | North Judson, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 4066 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 160226 TORIWX INC131-149-160315- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0024.070816T0226Z-070816T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1026 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT(1015 PM CDT) * AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LOMAX...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF HEBRON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... SAN PIERRE AND ENGLISH LAKE... NORTH JUDSON...CLARKS AND MEDARYVILLE... FRANCESVILLE... DENHAM... RIPLEY...BEARDSTOWN AND LAKESIDE... VANMETER PARK AND WINAMAC... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 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 4132 8693 4092 8693 4092 8648 4115 8650 $$ JC
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 160245
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1044 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007
INC131-149-160315-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070816T0315Z/
STARKE IN-PULASKI IN-
1044 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT(1015 PM CDT)
FOR PULASKI AND SOUTHWESTERN STARKE COUNTIES...
AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DENHAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KNOX...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
RIPLEY...
BEARDSTOWN...WINAMAC AND PULASKI...
VANMETER PARK...
LAWTON...STAR CITY AND THORNHOPE...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY
MORNING(300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING) FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4126 8690 4124 8693 4092 8693 4092 8648
4115 8650 4127 8681
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 11:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 11:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 12:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 12:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 1:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Jay | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 16 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.