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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Northern 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2:55 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Lucerne, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 10:05 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 8 hr | |
| Nov 14, 9:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 23 min |
| Nov 14, 10:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 26 min |
| Nov 14, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White | 50 min |
| Nov 14, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 52 min |
| Nov 14, 2:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | White | 34 min |
| Nov 14, 2:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Nov 14, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash | 34 min |
| Nov 14, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 40 min |
| Nov 14, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 17 min |
| Nov 14, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 27 min |
| Nov 14, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 35 min |
| Nov 14, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 29 min |
| Nov 14, 4:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 31 min |
| Nov 14, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 28 min |
| Nov 14, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.