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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana

November 14, 20115 counties in 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 14, 4:39 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Banquo, IN
Nov 14, 4:40 PM ESTHAIL 0.882 Nw Warren, INALSO SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN ON I69 MM76
Nov 14, 4:43 PM ESTHAIL 11 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 493 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
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

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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.

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, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White30 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, 4:20 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.