Tornado Warning 45, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Oct 18, 2007, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)

Expired

Oct 18, 2007, 11:27 PM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Huntington County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 190300
TORIWX
INC069-183-190345-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0045.071019T0259Z-071019T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1059 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1057 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA CITY...
  SOUTH WHITLEY...GOBLESVILLE AND LUTHER...
  LAUD...RABER AND WASHINGTON CENTER...
  COESSE...
  COLLINS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND NICKLE 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.

LAT...LON 4109 8564 4123 8536 4098 8535 4084 8564
      4096 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 225DEG 61KT 4091 8560

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 190327
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1127 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC069-183-190337-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-071019T0345Z/
WHITLEY IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
1127 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHERN WHITLEY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND 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 MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4109 8564 4123 8536 4098 8535 4084 8564
      4096 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 225DEG 61KT 4124 8515

$$

JC

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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.