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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

June 6, 2010Hillsdale County, Michigan

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 10:11 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$


JC
1 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

$$


JC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHillsdale49 min
Jun 5, 10:56 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch21 min
Jun 5, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass59 min
Jun 5, 11:33 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien, Cass27 min
Jun 5, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph65 min
Jun 6, 12:00 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph30 min
Jun 6, 12:33 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph27 min
Jun 6, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph54 min
Jun 6, 12:48 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph27 min
Jun 6, 1:00 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale30 min
Jun 6, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale62 min
Jun 6, 4:24 AM EDTRip Current StatementIWX19 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.