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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana

July 2, 2011Pulaski County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 2, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pulaski County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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
Jul 2, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2626 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

220 
WFUS53 KIWX 022244
TORIWX
INC131-022330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0022.110702T2244Z-110702T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
544 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES WEST OF WINAMAC...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  WINAMAC...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STAR
CITY AND LAWTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.


&&

LAT...LON 4105 8648 4096 8648 4094 8658 4102 8672
      4110 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 298DEG 16KT 4104 8664

$$


JC
1 follow-up statement
412 
WWUS53 KIWX 022257
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
557 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

INC131-022330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110702T2330Z/
PULASKI IN-
557 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINAMAC...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  WINAMAC...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STAR
CITY AND LAWTON.

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 4108 8667 4105 8648 4096 8648 4094 8658
      4102 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 308DEG 6KT 4102 8668

$$


JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph57 min
Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke62 min
Jul 2, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange54 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke51 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph65 min
Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke3 hr
Jul 2, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange55 min
Jul 2, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke60 min
Jul 2, 6:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, LaGrange3 hr
Jul 2, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley52 min
Jul 2, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White59 min
Jul 2, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski and 2 more67 min
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley60 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite40 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White47 min

Nearby

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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.