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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Northern Indiana

October 18, 2007Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 10:30 PM EDT for Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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: Oct 18, 2007, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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
Oct 18, 10:40 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Santa Fe, IN	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AROUND SANTA FE

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
Oct 18, 4:23 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 190230
TORIWX
INC103-169-190315-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0043.071019T0230Z-071019T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1030 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BENNETTS SWITCH...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  WABASH...
  NEAD...
  SANTA FE...AMBOY AND FLORA...
  PEORIA...
  RICHVALLEY...
  TREATY...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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 4071 8616 4095 8565 4076 8564 4066 8586
      4059 8589 4057 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 233DEG 37KT 4057 8605

$$

JC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 190242
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1041 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC103-169-190315-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-071019T0315Z/
WABASH IN-MIAMI IN-
1041 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTIES...

AT 1036 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL NEAR 
SANTA FE. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PERU...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHVALLEY...TREATY...WABASH...SERVIA...LINCOLNVILLE...SPEICHERVILLE
AND LAGRO.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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 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 MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4076 8564 4066 8586 4059 8589 4062 8604
      4076 8605 4095 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 224DEG 49KT 4071 8589

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 190310
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1110 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC103-169-190320-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-071019T0315Z/
WABASH IN-MIAMI IN-
1110 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHERN WABASH
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1115 PM EDT...

AT 1108 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 MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4076 8564 4066 8586 4059 8589 4062 8604
      4076 8605 4095 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 224DEG 49KT 4099 8552

$$

JC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	54 min
Oct 18, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	51 min
Oct 18, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Noble, Whitley	50 min
Oct 18, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		87 min
Oct 18, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Starke	39 min
Oct 18, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	40 min
Oct 18, 8:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	47 min
Oct 18, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	66 min
Oct 18, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Marshall, Starke	48 min
Oct 18, 10:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall	47 min
Oct 18, 10:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaGrange	34 min
Oct 18, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange	60 min
Oct 18, 10:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Huntington, Whitley	28 min
Oct 18, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble	45 min
Oct 19, 12:03 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	12 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.