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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Northern Indiana

October 26, 2010Allen County, DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio; Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 11:08 AM EDT for Allen County, DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio; Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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: Oct 26, 2010, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Hillsdale County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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
Oct 26, 11:35 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Nw Defiance, OH	8 POWER POLES DOWN ON SCOTT ROAD
Oct 26, 11:36 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Mark Center, OH	CAR PORT BLOWN INTO TREE TOPS
Oct 26, 11:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Archbold, OH	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 66 AND ROUTE 2.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

619 
WFUS53 KIWX 261508
TORIWX
INC003-033-151-MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-261600-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0049.101026T1508Z-101026T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1108 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  WESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA TO HAMILTON TO 5
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BUTLER...
  EDGERTON...
  MONTPELIER...EDON AND BRYAN...
  ARCHBOLD...WEST UNITY AND STRYKER...
  FAYETTE AND PIONEER...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
METZ...YORK...BERLIEN...ALVARADO...FARMER...NEY...WILLIAMS CENTER...
COLUMBIA...ARTIC...MELBERN...BLAKESLEE AND EVANSPORT.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4122 8506 4139 8506 4159 8520
      4161 8520 4180 8436 4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 213DEG 70KT 4166 8509 4151 8494
          4132 8499

$$

4 follow-up statements

378 
WWUS53 KIWX 261522 RRA
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1122 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC003-033-151-MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-261600-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1600Z/
STEUBEN IN-DE KALB IN-ALLEN IN-HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-
WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
1122 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN...DE KALB AND SOUTHERN STEUBEN COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN...AND WESTERN FULTON...WILLIAMS...NORTHERN DEFIANCE AND
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 1118 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO 
WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF ANGOLA TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDON TO 15 
MILES SOUTH OF HICKSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  PIONEER AND MONTPELIER...
  BRYAN...
  ARCHBOLD...WEST UNITY AND STRYKER...
  FAYETTE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LAKE SENECA...NETTLE LAKE...BLAKESLEE...MELBERN...BRIDGEWATER 
CENTER...FARMER...NEY...WILLIAMS CENTER...WEST JEFFERSON AND HALLOCK.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4122 8506 4139 8506 4159 8520
      4161 8520 4180 8436 4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 213DEG 70KT 4188 8492 4167 8479
          4112 8483

$$

789 
WWUS53 KIWX 261528
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1128 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC003-033-151-261537-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1600Z/
STEUBEN IN-DE KALB IN-ALLEN IN-
1128 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEN...DE KALB AND SOUTHERN
STEUBEN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA IS CANCELLED...

AT 1125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO 
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TUESDAY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4128 8479 4169 8479 4180 8436
      4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 240DEG 43KT 4169 8468 4155 8466
          4134 8468

$$

MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-261600-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1600Z/
HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
1128 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND WESTERN
FULTON...WILLIAMS...NORTHERN DEFIANCE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 1125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION 
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF PIONEER TO 4
MILES EAST OF EDON TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HICKSVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  PIONEER AND BRYAN...
  WEST UNITY AND STRYKER...
  FAYETTE...
  ARCHBOLD...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WEST JEFFERSON...HALLOCK...NEY...PULASKI...KUNKLE...BETZER...
ALVORDTON...PRATTVILLE...WALDRON AND EVANSPORT.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4128 8479 4169 8479 4180 8436
      4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 240DEG 43KT 4169 8468 4155 8466
          4134 8468

$$

211 
WWUS53 KIWX 261540
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1140 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-261600-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1600Z/
HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
1140 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND WESTERN
FULTON...WILLIAMS...NORTHERN DEFIANCE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 1136 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO 
WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF PIONEER TO 4 MILES WEST OF WEST UNITY TO 10 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRYAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  FAYETTE AND ARCHBOLD...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
PRATTVILLE...WALDRON...ZONE...ELMIRA AND BURLINGTON.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4128 8479 4169 8479 4180 8436
      4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 240DEG 43KT 4176 8451 4162 8446
          4136 8440

$$


NDM

694 
WWUS53 KIWX 261552
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1152 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-261602-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1600Z/
HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
1152 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN...AND WESTERN FULTON...WILLIAMS...NORTHERN DEFIANCE AND
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT
NOON EDT...

AT 1149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8426 4128 8479 4169 8479 4180 8436
      4171 8436 4172 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 240DEG 43KT 4183 8432 4169 8427
          4143 8422

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 4:11 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	12 hr
Oct 26, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		83 min
Oct 26, 9:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	59 min
Oct 26, 9:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more	52 min
Oct 26, 9:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		84 min
Oct 26, 9:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells	50 min
Oct 26, 10:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	35 min
Oct 26, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble and 3 more	55 min
Oct 26, 10:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble	29 min
Oct 26, 10:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay, Wells	55 min
Oct 26, 10:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Steuben, Whitley	33 min
Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Jay, Wells, Whitley	41 min
Oct 26, 10:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	47 min
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	22 hr
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX		11 hr
Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam	40 min
Oct 26, 11:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	43 min
Oct 26, 11:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	27 min
Oct 26, 11:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2010 Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2010 Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.