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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Northern Indiana

May 25, 2011Adams County, Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT for Adams County, Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 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 25, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 6:17 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, IN, Jay County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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
May 25, 9:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

713 
WFUS53 KIWX 252156
TORIWX
INC001-075-252230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0016.110525T2156Z-110525T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
556 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  GENEVA...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN JAY AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TRINITY AND NEW CORYDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4048 8506 4056 8508 4059 8504 4068 8480
      4063 8479 4049 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 251DEG 42KT 4055 8496

$$
1 follow-up statement
761 
WWUS53 KIWX 252217
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC001-075-252227-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110525T2230Z/
ADAMS IN-JAY IN-
617 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JAY AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4048 8506 4056 8508 4059 8504 4068 8480
      4063 8479 4049 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 251DEG 42KT 4063 8467

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White59 min
May 25, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White46 min
May 25, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph22 min
May 25, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite30 min
May 25, 9:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Starke24 min
May 25, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX95 min
May 25, 10:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph and 1 more24 min
May 25, 10:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White29 min
May 25, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Allen, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Wells and 1 more24 min
May 25, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall and 5 more60 min
May 25, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Steuben33 min
May 25, 12:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko, Miami, Wabash29 min
May 25, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange, Miami, Noble, Wabash, Whitley27 min
May 25, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley32 min
May 25, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb34 min
May 25, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Huntington, Whitley38 min
May 25, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more14 hr
May 25, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley62 min
May 25, 2:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Wells3 hr
May 25, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash29 min
May 25, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells57 min
May 25, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wells24 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells29 min
May 25, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen41 min
May 25, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington26 min
May 25, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Wells3 hr
May 25, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells45 min
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley5 days
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen7 days
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb9 days
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen6 days
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen52 hr
May 25, 6:19 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke10 days
May 25, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay32 min
May 25, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant42 min
May 25, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells65 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.