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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana

May 29, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 6 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: May 29, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
May 29, 2:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Hanna, IN	4 POWER POLES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
May 29, 2:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Wanatah, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN CAUSING ROUTE 421 TO BE CLOSED BETWEEN ROUTE 30 AND ROUTE 8. TWO RESIDENCES ALSO DAMAGED BY HIGH WINDS.
May 29, 2:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hamlet, IN	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN TOWN AND AT INTERSECTIONS OF 23 AND 300 N AND INTERSECTION OF 39 AND SR 8
May 29, 2:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Lakeville, IN	TREES DOWN AT US 31 AND NEW ROAD. ONE TREE BLOCKING ROAD
May 29, 2:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	N Bremen, IN	TREE DOWN IN THE 1800 BLOCK OF US 6
May 29, 2:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Bremen, IN	TREE DOWN ON FIR RD AND 6TH ROAD

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
May 29, 12:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 2176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

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The text

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

820 
WFUS53 KIWX 291856
TORIWX
INC091-099-141-149-291945-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0019.110529T1856Z-110529T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
256 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/

* AT 155 PM CDT...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 WESTVILLE TO WANATAH TO LA CROSSE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...
  HAMLET...
  WALKERTON AND KOONTZ LAKE...
  NORTH LIBERTY...
  LAKEVILLE...
  GULIVOIRE PARK...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TRACY...SOUTH CENTER...SALEM HEIGHTS...KINGSBURY...STILLWELL...FISH
LAKE...DONALDSON...GROVERTOWN...TYNER...TEEGARDEN...LINKVILLE AND LA
PAZ.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND 
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 70 MPH.. 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 4164 8610 4136 8611 4136 8694 4155 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 269DEG 49KT 4157 8682 4143 8683
          4134 8683

$$

3 follow-up statements

059 
WWUS53 KIWX 291912
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
312 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

INC091-099-141-149-291945-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110529T1945Z/
STARKE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-
312 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE AND NORTHEASTERN STARKE
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 211 PM CDT...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. THIS 
LINE OF DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 
MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSFORD HEIGHTS TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
KINGSFORD HEIGHTS TO HAMLET...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GULIVOIRE PARK...BREMEN...KOONTZ LAKE...WALKERTON...NORTH
  LIBERTY...LAKEVILLE...FISH LAKE...GROVERTOWN...DONALDSON AND TYNER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING/700
PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4136 8670 4157 8672 4164 8610 4136 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 269DEG 49KT 4158 8659 4144 8658
          4135 8657

$$

388 
WWUS53 KIWX 291922
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
322 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

INC091-099-141-149-291945-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110529T1945Z/
STARKE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-
322 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE AND NORTHEASTERN STARKE
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 322 PM 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. THIS 
LINE OF DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 
MILES NORTH OF NORTH LIBERTY TO KOONTZ LAKE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF 
KOONTZ LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GULIVOIRE PARK...BREMEN...LAKEVILLE...LA PAZ...LINKVILLE...LAKE OF
  THE WOODS...WOODLAND AND WYATT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING/700
PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4136 8655 4159 8654 4164 8610 4136 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 265DEG 55KT 4160 8638 4144 8637
          4136 8637

$$

599 
WWUS53 KIWX 291942
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
342 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

INC091-099-141-149-291950-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110529T1945Z/
STARKE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-
342 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH
COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE AND
NORTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AT 345
PM EDT/245 PM CDT/...

AT 340 PM 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. HOWEVER...A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 
SOUTHEAST ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL 
INDIANA. IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING/700
PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4136 8655 4159 8654 4164 8610 4136 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 265DEG 55KT 4162 8601 4146 8600
          4138 8600

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant	25 min
May 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	28 min
May 28, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells	51 min
May 28, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	3 hr
May 28, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	22 min
May 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	34 min
May 28, 7:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 4 more	3 hr
May 28, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Whitley	32 min
May 29, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	10 hr
May 29, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	46 hr
May 29, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	49 hr
May 29, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		112 min
May 29, 12:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	5 hr
May 29, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
May 29, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White	68 min
May 29, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	52 min
May 29, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall and 6 more	56 min
May 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph	39 min
May 29, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley	33 min
May 29, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and 1 more	49 min
May 29, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	43 min
May 29, 4:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart	4 days

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.