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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Northern Indiana

August 15, 2007Cass County, Pulaski County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2007, 11:16 PM EDT for Cass County, Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cass County, IN, Pulaski County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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, 11:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Twelve Mile, IN	TREES DOWN ON 2 HOUSES AND TREE DOWN ON MINIVAN BUSTING OUT REAR WINDOWS
Aug 15, 11:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Twelve Mile, IN	ALSO REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHEAST CASS COUNTY...ALONG WITH 50 MPH WIND GUSTS.

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
Aug 15, 10:35 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 160315
TORIWX
INC017-131-160400-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0026.070816T0316Z-070816T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1116 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR LAWTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINAMAC...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  FLETCHER...LEASES CORNER AND LUCERNE...
  METEA AND DUNKIRK...
  LOGANSPORT...
  TWELVE MILE...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 4106 8654 4096 8667 4070 8646 4086 8615
      4097 8639

$$

JC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 160332
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1131 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

INC131-160341-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070816T0400Z/
PULASKI IN-
1131 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PULASKI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 1129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED 
OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4098 8642 4087 8659 4070 8646 4086 8615
      4097 8639

$$

INC017-160400-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070816T0400Z/
CASS IN-
1131 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 1129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEASES CORNER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
METEA...DUNKIRK AND TWELVE MILE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

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
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4098 8642 4087 8659 4070 8646 4086 8615
      4097 8639

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 160356
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1156 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

INC017-160406-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070816T0400Z/
CASS IN-
1156 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
INDIANA EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED 
OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4098 8642 4087 8659 4070 8646 4086 8615
      4097 8639

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 10:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	49 min
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	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

Nearby

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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.