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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

May 30, 2008Adams County, Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 6:28 PM EDT for Adams County, Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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: May 30, 2008, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 6:50 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 302229
TORIWX
INC001-069-179-302330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0004.080530T2228Z-080530T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
628 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLUM CREEK...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  HUNTINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  BLUFFTON AND OSSIAN...
  DECATUR...
  MARKLE...
  MONROE...
  PLUM CREEK AND BUCKEYE...
  ROCKFORD AND LIBERTY CENTER...

THIS SEVERE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
WABASH AND HUNTINGTON COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE 
HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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 4066 8542 4091 8537 4094 8488 4093 8488
      4093 8481 4094 8481 4065 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 273DEG 35KT 4078 8546

$$

SCHOTT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 302250
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
650 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

INC001-069-179-302300-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080530T2330Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-
650 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WELLS...ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED 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 4066 8542 4091 8537 4094 8488 4093 8488
      4093 8481 4094 8481 4065 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 273DEG 35KT 4077 8518

$$

SCHOTT

The 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, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	39 min
May 30, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	White	113 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.