Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2011, 8:38 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jay County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914 WFUS53 KIWX 150038 TORIWX INC075-150115- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0005.110515T0038Z-110515T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 838 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR PORTLAND...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL JAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BRYANT. 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 4049 8507 4055 8493 4045 8492 4044 8496 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 154DEG 3KT 4046 8494 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
779 WWUS53 KIWX 150056 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 856 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 INC075-150115- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110515T0115Z/ JAY IN- 856 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL JAY COUNTY... AT 854 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WALL CLOUD ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTCHESTER AND DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMS ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL JAY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRYANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4050 8504 4055 8493 4045 8492 4044 8496 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 154DEG 3KT 4048 8494 $$ JC
933 WWUS53 KIWX 150108 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 908 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 INC075-150118- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110515T0115Z/ JAY IN- 908 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT... AT 907 PM EDT...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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4050 8504 4055 8493 4045 8492 4044 8496 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 154DEG 3KT 4049 8495 $$ JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 36 min |
| May 14, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| May 14, 9:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Miami and 2 more | 12 hr |
| May 14, 10:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 days |
| May 15, 12:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington | 9 hr |
| May 15, 2:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 29 hr |
| May 15, 2:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 21 hr |
| May 15, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 6 hr |
| May 15, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 24 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.