Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Kankakee County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 15, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kankakee County, IL, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
538 WFUS53 KLOT 152354 TORLOT ILC091-INC073-089-111-127-160045- /O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0018.110615T2354Z-110616T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 654 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY... SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY... NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN PORTER COUNTY... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 650 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF GRANT PARK...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE VILLAGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWELL AROUND 710 PM. LAKE DALECARLIA AROUND 715 PM. HEBRON AROUND 735 PM. LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AROUND 740 PM. BOONE GROVE AROUND 745 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4146 8718 4123 8701 4112 8751 4127 8759 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 243DEG 21KT 4123 8749 $$ RODRIGUEZ
2 follow-up statements
987 WWUS53 KLOT 160002 SVSLOT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 702 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ILC091-160012- /O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110616T0045Z/ KANKAKEE IL- 702 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4113 8747 4128 8752 4146 8718 4123 8701 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 243DEG 21KT 4125 8743 $$ INC073-089-111-127-160045- /O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110616T0045Z/ PORTER IN-NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-LAKE IN- 702 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAKE... NORTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWELL AROUND 710 PM CDT. LAKE DALECARLIA AROUND 715 PM CDT. HEBRON AROUND 735 PM CDT. LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AROUND 740 PM CDT. BOONE GROVE AROUND 745 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4113 8747 4128 8752 4146 8718 4123 8701 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 243DEG 21KT 4125 8743 $$ RODRIGUEZ
018
WWUS53 KLOT 160018
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
718 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
INC111-160028-
/O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110616T0045Z/
NEWTON IN-
718 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4119 8720 4117 8727 4118 8727 4122 8728
4118 8733 4118 8737 4131 8745 4146 8718
4123 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 243DEG 21KT 4129 8732
$$
INC073-089-127-160045-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110616T0045Z/
PORTER IN-JASPER IN-LAKE IN-
718 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HEBRON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
BOONE GROVE AROUND 745 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 8720 4117 8727 4118 8727 4122 8728
4118 8733 4118 8737 4131 8745 4146 8718
4123 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 243DEG 21KT 4129 8732
$$
RODRIGUEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 4:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 116 min | |
| Jun 15, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 106 min | |
| Jun 15, 9:40 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | LOT | Lake | 3 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.