Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KIWX 100036
TORIWX
INC181-100115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.120810T0036Z-120810T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
836 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT/815 PM CDT/
* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
REMINGTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF RENSSELAER...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
BROOKSTON...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BADGER
GROVE AND CHALMERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS SEVERE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 8677 4058 8677 4057 8678 4057 8706
4063 8711 4075 8711 4076 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 306DEG 25KT 4072 8711
$$3 follow-up statements
644
WWUS53 KIWX 100046
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
846 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
INC181-100115-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
WHITE IN-
846 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT/815 PM CDT/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY...
AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LOCATED 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BROOKSTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKSTON...BADGER GROVE AND CHALMERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS SEVERE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 8677 4058 8677 4057 8678 4057 8706
4063 8711 4075 8711 4076 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 305DEG 27KT 4067 8702
$$006
WWUS53 KIWX 100100
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
900 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
INC181-100115-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
WHITE IN-
900 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY...
AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LOCATED 4 MILES
WEST OF BROOKSTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS SEVERE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 8699 4067 8705 4072 8695 4064 8678
4058 8677 4057 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 305DEG 27KT 4060 8690
$$324
WWUS53 KIWX 100116
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
916 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
INC181-100123-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
WHITE IN-
916 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EDT...
AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 8699 4067 8705 4072 8695 4064 8678
4058 8677 4057 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 305DEG 27KT 4054 8680
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Wells | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay, Wells | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 4:35 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 17 hr |
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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.