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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 5:10 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan; LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Apr 26, 2007, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:18 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne La Porte, IN | *** 1 INJ *** EF1 TORNADO DETERMINED BY NWS SURVEY AT CORNER OF FAIL ROAD AND 650 N. |
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne La Porte, IN | PATROL CAR FLIPPED OVER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 262110
TORIWX
INC091-MIC021-262145-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0005.070426T2110Z-070426T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT(445 PM CDT)
* AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF HESSTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LA
PORTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
HESSTON...
HUDSON LAKE...
UNION PIER...
THREE OAKS...
LAKESIDE AND TURNER SHORES...
GALIEN AND HARBERT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 4169 8683 4159 8662 4181 8643 4190 8631
4201 8656
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 262133
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
530 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
INC091-MIC021-262145-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070426T2145Z/
LA PORTE IN-BERRIEN MI-
530 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT(445 PM CDT)
FOR SOUTHERN BERRIEN AND NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE COUNTIES...
AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THREE OAKS ON THE MICHIGAN STATE LINE...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA PORTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 39 AND US 20.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
PIER...LAKESIDE...TURNER SHORES...SAWYER...NEW TROY...HARBERT...
GLENDORA...SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILLS...GALIEN...BRIDGMAN AND BARODA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...900 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4169 8683 4159 8662 4181 8643 4190 8631
4201 8656
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Berrien | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.