Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2007, 11:42 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 15, 2007, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 12 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 160344
TORIWX
INC085-183-160430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0029.070816T0342Z-070816T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1142 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST 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 NEAR HOFFMAN LAKE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...LEESBURG...
PIERCETON...COLUMBIA CITY...OSWEGO AND TIPPECANOE LAKE...
WOOSTER...BIG BARBEE LAKE AND IRISH LAKE...
PIERCETON AND RIDINGER LAKE...
LARWILL...
LORANE...GOOSE LAKE AND ETNA...
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 4136 8600 4128 8601 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 160405
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1204 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
INC085-183-160430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-WHITLEY IN-
1204 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO AND WHITLEY COUNTIES...
AT 1203 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCETON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WINONA
LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PIERCTON...LARWILL...ETNA...LOON LAKE...GOOSE LAKE...LORANE...
BIG LAKE...TRI-LAKES...COLUMBIA CITY...AND COESSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4136 8600 4128 8601 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 160406 CCA
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1204 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
INC085-183-160430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-WHITLEY IN-
1204 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO AND WHITLEY COUNTIES...
AT 1203 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCETON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WINONA
LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PIERCTON...LARWILL...ETNA...LOON LAKE...GOOSE LAKE...LORANE...
BIG LAKE...TRI-LAKES...COLUMBIA CITY...AND COESSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 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.
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 4136 8600 4128 8601 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 160409
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
INC085-160418-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4131 8567 4119 8568 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$
INC183-160430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
WHITLEY IN-
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY...
AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LARWILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA
CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOON
LAKE...GOOSE LAKE...LORANE...BIG LAKE...TRI-LAKES...COLLINS...
RABER...BLUE LAKE AND COESSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND 80 MPH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
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 4131 8567 4119 8568 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 160412 CCA
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
INC085-160418-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4131 8567 4119 8568 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$
INC183-160430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
WHITLEY IN-
1208 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
WHITLEY COUNTY...
AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LARWILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA
CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOON
LAKE...GOOSE LAKE...LORANE...BIG LAKE...TRI-LAKES...COLLINS...
RABER...BLUE LAKE AND COESSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND 80 MPH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
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 4131 8567 4119 8568 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 160434
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1231 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
INC183-160441-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070816T0430Z/
WHITLEY IN-
1231 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WHITLEY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING
EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4131 8567 4119 8568 4118 8569 4103 8534
4128 8533
$$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, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.