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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2007, 11:40 PM EDT for Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 11:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Wnw Peru, IN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON CORNER OF US31 AND US24 |
| Aug 15, 11:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Peru, IN | 14 INCH TREE DOWN ON 6TH STREET...8 TO 10 INCH TREES DOWN ON DANIELS |
| Aug 16, 12:18 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Treaty, IN |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 160341 TORIWX INC103-169-160430- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0028.070816T0340Z-070816T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1140 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 1137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEXICO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... MEXICO AND DENVER... PERU...WELLS AND NEAD... FLORA AND ERIE... PEORIA...SANTA FE AND RICHVALLEY... TREATY... IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. 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 4095 8617 4069 8616 4058 8598 4076 8568 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 160402 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1201 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 INC103-169-160430- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/ WABASH IN-MIAMI IN- 1201 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN MIAMI AND SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTIES... AT 1159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEORIA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF PERU...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... TREATY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4089 8603 4072 8614 4058 8598 4076 8568 $$ JC
000 WWUS53 KIWX 160430 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1227 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 INC103-169-160437- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/ WABASH IN-MIAMI IN- 1227 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST WABASH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... ...HOWEVER A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY... AT 1225 AM 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 4089 8603 4072 8614 4058 8598 4076 8568 $$ JC
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 | Cass, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 44 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.