Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2008, 3:28 PM EDT for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 25, 2008, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2008, 4:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fulton County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 251928
TORIWX
INC049-252015-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.080625T1928Z-080625T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
328 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KEWANNA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF WINAMAC...AND MOVING
EAST AT 37 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...LAKE MANITOU AND TIOSA...
ATHENS...
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 4118 8612 4117 8610 4114 8608 4110 8608
4109 8606 4101 8602 4101 8617 4097 8617
4093 8646 4100 8648 4109 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 257DEG 32KT 4101 8638
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 251937
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
337 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
INC049-252015-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080625T2015Z/
FULTON IN-
337 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR FULTON
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KEWANNA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...LAKE MANITOU AND TIOSA...
ATHENS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4118 8612 4117 8610 4114 8608 4110 8608
4109 8606 4101 8602 4101 8617 4097 8617
4093 8646 4100 8648 4109 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 259DEG 26KT 4101 8631
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 252005
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
405 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
INC049-252015-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080625T2015Z/
FULTON IN-
405 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS
CANCELLED...
AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR
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.
LAT...LON 4118 8612 4117 8610 4114 8608 4110 8608
4109 8606 4101 8602 4101 8617 4097 8617
4093 8646 4100 8648 4109 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 259DEG 26KT 4107 8599
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 60 min |
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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.