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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT for Cass County, Fulton County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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
- Apr 26, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Miami County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 262149 TORIWX INC017-049-103-262245- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0008.070426T2150Z-070426T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 550 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR METEA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... FULTON... NYENA LAKE AND DEEDSVILLE... MACY... GILEAD...LAKE MANITOU AND ROCHESTER... ATHENS... AKRON... 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 4087 8643 4077 8626 4097 8592 4117 8613 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 262209 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 608 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 INC017-262218- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/ CASS IN- 608 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS CANCELLED... AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4097 8629 4090 8617 4097 8592 4117 8613 $$ INC049-103-262245- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/ FULTON IN-MIAMI IN- 608 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND EASTERN FULTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NYENA LAKE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... ATHENS...LAKE MANITOU AND ROCHESTER... AKRON... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY. 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 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4097 8629 4090 8617 4097 8592 4117 8613 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 262241 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 640 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 INC049-103-262246- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/ FULTON IN-MIAMI IN- 640 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND EASTERN FULTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRES AT 645 PM EDT... AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WERE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4097 8629 4090 8617 4097 8592 4117 8613 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 40 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.