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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 8:01 PM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Woodburn, IN | |
| Jun 6, 8:22 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ne Monroeville, IN | POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD |
| Jun 6, 8:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Decatur, IN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN DECATUR |
| Jun 6, 8:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Craigville, IN | THREE 24 INCH DIAMETER BY 60 FOOT TALL TREES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 070001
TORIWX
INC001-003-179-070030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0013.080607T0001Z-080607T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
801 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION WHICH COULD
PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSLAND TO
MURRAY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAIGVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSSIAN TO 4 MILES NORTH OF
BLUFFTON TO BLUFFTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
DECATUR...
MONROEVILLE...
WOODBURN...
MIDDLETOWN...HESSEN CASSEL AND WILLIAMS...
TILLMAN AND MAPLES...
EDGERTON...ZULU AND DIXON...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE 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 4116 8480 4082 8480 4075 8522 4097 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 238DEG 60KT 4087 8520 4082 8515
4074 8511
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 070008
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
806 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
INC001-003-179-070030-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T0030Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-
806 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WELLS...NORTHERN ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
AT 803 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL
CLOUDS AND EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN WELLS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF
SEVERE STORMS REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YODER TO OSSIAN TO
CRAIGVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSIAN TO 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUFFTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
MONROEVILLE...
WOODBURN...
TILLMAN AND MAPLES...
DIXON...ZULU AND TOWNLEY...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
LINE OF SEVERE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND TORNADO LIKE
WIND DAMAGE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4116 8480 4082 8480 4075 8522 4097 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 238DEG 60KT 4094 8512 4089 8507
4081 8503
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 070029
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
828 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
INC001-003-179-070038-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T0030Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-
828 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WELLS...NORTHERN ADAMS AND
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM EDT/730 PM CDT/...
AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH 930 PM EDT. STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER.
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 FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4116 8480 4082 8480 4075 8522 4097 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 238DEG 60KT 4111 8469 4106 8464
4098 8460
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 116 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.