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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2007, 12:03 AM EDT for Williams County, Ohio; DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 19, 2007, 12:03 AM EDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2007, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 190404
TORIWX
INC033-151-OHC171-190445-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0047.071019T0403Z-071019T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1203 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MOORE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
MONTPELIER...
EDGERTON AND HAMILTON...
EDON...BUTLER...
ARTIC AND HAMILTON LAKE...
BLAKESLEE...ALVARADO AND METZ...
COLUMBIA...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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 4143 8475 4143 8479 4140 8479 4132 8492
4141 8507 4170 8476 4165 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 224DEG 42KT 4143 8489
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 190415
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1214 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007
INC033-151-OHC171-190424-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-071019T0445Z/
STEUBEN IN-DE KALB IN-WILLIAMS OH-
1214 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMS...EASTERN DE KALB
AND SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MONTPELIER...
COLUMBIA...
WEST JEFFERSON AND NETTLE LAKE...
BRIDGEWATER CENTER...
KUNKLE...
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4143 8475 4143 8479 4140 8479 4132 8492
4141 8507 4170 8476 4165 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 224DEG 42KT 4152 8477
$$
JCThe 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 | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 45 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 |
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.