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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 4:16 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:39 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Banquo, IN | |
| Nov 14, 4:40 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Nw Warren, IN | ALSO SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN ON I69 MM76 |
| Nov 14, 4:43 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Plum Tree, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WFUS53 KIWX 142116 TORIWX INC009-053-069-169-179-142145- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0031.111114T2116Z-111114T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 416 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWEETSER...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERU...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... LA FONTAINE... VAN BUREN... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LINCOLNVILLE...BANQUO...HANFIELD...LANDESS...MOUNT ETNA...PLEASANT PLAIN...LANCASTER...MAJENICA...WARREN...MCNATTS...PLUM TREE AND BUCKEYE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 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 4079 8534 4055 8534 4057 8587 4075 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 265DEG 52KT 4063 8585 $$ JC
1 follow-up statement
352 WWUS53 KIWX 142145 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 445 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 INC009-053-069-169-179-142155- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-111114T2145Z/ WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-GRANT IN-BLACKFORD IN- 445 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD...NORTHERN GRANT... SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 442 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4079 8534 4055 8534 4057 8587 4075 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 265DEG 52KT 4062 8585 $$ 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, 2:15 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, 2:26 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, 4:20 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.