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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Northern 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
412
WWUS53 KIWX 022257
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
557 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
INC131-022330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110702T2330Z/
PULASKI IN-
557 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY...
AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINAMAC...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WINAMAC...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STAR
CITY AND LAWTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4108 8667 4105 8648 4096 8648 4094 8658
4102 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 308DEG 6KT 4102 8668
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski and 2 more | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 47 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.