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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 1:36 PM EDT for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 8, 2008, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 081737
TORIWX
INC003-033-081800-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0022.080708T1736Z-080708T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
136 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS ALSO
BEEN SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES WEST OF LEO-CEDARVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
GARRETT...AND MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
WOODBURN...GRABILL
GEORGETOWN...HARLAN AND SPENCERVILLE...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 4112 8480 4115 8514 4131 8512 4135 8480
4131 8480 4125 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 272DEG 40KT 4122 8503
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIWX 081744
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
143 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
INC003-033-081800-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080708T1800Z/
DE KALB IN-ALLEN IN-
143 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA...
AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRABILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN...
AND MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WOODBURN...
GEORGETOWN...
SPENCERVILLE...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH..
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4112 8480 4114 8503 4132 8502 4135 8480
4116 8480 4113 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 273DEG 40KT 4122 8493
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 96 min | |
| Jul 8, 12:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 114 min |
| Jul 8, 12:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 27 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.