Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT for Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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
- May 30, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Wabash, IN | ROOF BLOWN OFF...POSSIBLE TORNADO...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED |
| May 30, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Lagro, IN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO HOUSE |
| May 30, 6:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Wabash, IN | TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED AND TORNADO CONFIRMED BY SURVEY TEAM AND EM. |
| May 30, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Andrews, IN | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN INCLUDING SOME OVER 2 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH POWERLINES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Wabash, IN | SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE...POWER OUT TO PARTS OF WABASH COUNTY...STATE ROAD 13 CLOSED SOUTH OF WABASH...EMERGENCY MANAGER TO DO DAMAGE SURVEY SATURDAY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 302205 TORIWX INC069-169-302245- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0003.080530T2206Z-080530T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 606 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WABASH...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... LINCOLNVILLE... BANQUO... MOUNT ETNA AND PLEASANT PLAIN... LANCASTER... MAJENICA AND WARREN... 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. 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 8538 4067 8542 4070 8588 4083 8586 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 270DEG 30KT 4078 8575 $$ SCHOTT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 302224
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
624 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC069-169-302245-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
624 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTIES...
AT 619 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT ETNA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MAJENICA AND LANCASTER...
WARREN...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4070 8576 4084 8569 4085 8568 4085 8563
4085 8558 4086 8557 4087 8538 4067 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 270DEG 30KT 4078 8554
$$
SCHOTT000
WWUS53 KIWX 302242
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
642 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC069-169-302252-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
642 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
WABASH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/...
AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 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.
LAT...LON 4070 8576 4084 8569 4085 8568 4085 8563
4085 8558 4086 8557 4087 8538 4067 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 270DEG 30KT 4078 8534
$$
SCHOTTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:46 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | IWX | 15 hr | |
| May 30, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 21 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 55 min |
| May 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 22 min |
| May 30, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | White | 113 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.