Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 2:26 PM EST for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 2:26 PM EST (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2:35 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 Ssw Wolcott, IN | REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD POSSIBLY BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED...REPORT RELAYED FROM SPOTTER BY NWS IND |
| Nov 14, 2:45 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | 5 W Chalmers, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
863
WFUS53 KIWX 141926
TORIWX
INC181-142000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0029.111114T1926Z-111114T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
226 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST/200 PM CST/
* AT 224 PM EST/124 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF REMINGTON...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
WOLCOTT...
BROOKSTON...
MONTICELLO...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BADGER
GROVE...SMITHSON...CHALMERS...REYNOLDS...NORWAY...INDIANA BEACH...
IDAVILLE...SITKA AND BURNETTSVILLE.
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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES
OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4092 8659 4074 8658 4074 8674 4073 8676
4068 8676 4067 8677 4058 8677 4057 8678
4057 8699 4057 8709 4058 8710 4080 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 251DEG 43KT 4060 8726
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
505
WWUS53 KIWX 141943
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
243 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC181-142000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-111114T2000Z/
WHITE IN-
243 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST/200 PM CST/
FOR WHITE COUNTY...
AT 237 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF WOLCOTT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SMITHSON...REYNOLDS...NORWAY...IDAVILLE AND BURNETTSVILLE.
A RAIN WRAPPED FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING/700
PM CST MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 4092 8659 4074 8658 4074 8674 4073 8676
4068 8676 4067 8677 4058 8677 4057 8678
4057 8699 4057 8709 4058 8710 4080 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 255DEG 52KT 4065 8695
$$
JC319
WWUS53 KIWX 141958
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
258 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC181-142008-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-111114T2000Z/
WHITE IN-
258 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WHITE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM EST/200
PM CST/...
AT 254 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 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 4092 8659 4074 8658 4074 8674 4073 8676
4068 8676 4067 8677 4058 8677 4057 8678
4057 8699 4057 8709 4058 8710 4080 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 255DEG 52KT 4071 8665
$$
JCThe 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, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 52 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.