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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 1:15 AM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2010, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 5, 10:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430
WFUS53 KIWX 060515
TORIWX
MIC059-060545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.100606T0515Z-100606T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
115 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JONESVILLE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF HILLSDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT
70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILLSDALE...JONESVILLE...LAKE WILSON...BEAR LAKE...OSSEO...NORTH
ADAMS...SHADYSIDE AND PITTSFORD.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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.
LAT...LON 4201 8436 4180 8436 4179 8437 4186 8483
4204 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 277DEG 59KT 4194 8471
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
119
WWUS53 KIWX 060538
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
138 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
MIC059-060549-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100606T0545Z/
HILLSDALE MI-
138 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
145 AM EDT...
AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4201 8436 4180 8436 4179 8437 4186 8483
4204 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 277DEG 59KT 4189 8419
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 10:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 1:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 4:24 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 19 hr |
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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.