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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana

November 14, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 2:15 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Nov 14, 2011, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2011, 2:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 14, 2:55 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Lucerne, IN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2011-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 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.

481 
WFUS53 KIWX 141915
TORIWX
INC017-049-131-181-141945-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0028.111114T1915Z-111114T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
215 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EST/145 PM CST/

* AT 211 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES EAST OF MONON...OR
  9 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  ROYAL CENTER...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STAR
CITY...THORNHOPE...LUCERNE...GRASS CREEK...LEASES CORNER...
MARSHTOWN...METEA...FLETCHER...ADAMSBORO...FULTON...TWELVE MILE AND
HOOVER.

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 4103 8618 4079 8617 4076 8676 4094 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 265DEG 49KT 4088 8667

$$


JC
2 follow-up statements
605 
WWUS53 KIWX 141934
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
234 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INC017-049-131-181-141945-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-111114T1945Z/
FULTON IN-PULASKI IN-CASS IN-WHITE IN-
234 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST/145 PM CST/
FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE...NORTHERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

AT 233 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL CENTER...OR ABOUT 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  ROYAL CENTER...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LUCERNE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING/700
PM CST MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

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 4076 8672 4090 8674 4103 8618 4079 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 253DEG 45KT 4079 8667

$$


JC
168 
WWUS53 KIWX 141946
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
246 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INC017-049-131-181-141955-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-111114T1945Z/
FULTON IN-PULASKI IN-CASS IN-WHITE IN-
246 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE...NORTHERN CASS...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 241 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING/700
PM CST MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4076 8672 4090 8674 4103 8618 4079 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 253DEG 45KT 4079 8667

$$


JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 10:05 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX8 hr
Nov 14, 9:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington23 min
Nov 14, 10:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells26 min
Nov 14, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells36 min
Nov 14, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White50 min
Nov 14, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash52 min
Nov 14, 2:26 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXWhite34 min
Nov 14, 2:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb32 min
Nov 14, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Whitley43 min
Nov 14, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash34 min
Nov 14, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Whitley40 min
Nov 14, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Miami, Wabash36 min
Nov 14, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen17 min
Nov 14, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash27 min
Nov 14, 3:55 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXCass, Grant, Miami, Wabash35 min
Nov 14, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells29 min
Nov 14, 4:20 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami and 2 more3 hr
Nov 14, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells31 min
Nov 14, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams28 min
Nov 14, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.