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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 3:07 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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 17, 2013, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Miami County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 17, 3:07 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 N Burnettsville, IN | EF1. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 90 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 75 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 0.6 MILES. TOUCHDOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1400 E BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 400 N AND 500 N |
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 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655
WFUS53 KIWX 172007
TORIWX
INC017-049-103-181-172030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0013.131117T2007Z-131117T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST/230 PM CST/
* AT 306 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL CENTER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCHESTER AROUND 325 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUCERNE...LEASES CORNER...
GRASS CREEK...METEA...FULTON...FLETCHER...MARSHTOWN...NYENA LAKE...
MACY AND LAKE MANITOU.
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 4092 8661 4092 8648 4097 8648 4108 8619
4096 8596 4074 8656 4074 8665 4088 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 242DEG 66KT 4082 8659
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MARSILI1 follow-up statement
362
WWUS53 KIWX 172021
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
321 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
INC017-049-103-181-172030-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131117T2030Z/
FULTON IN-MIAMI IN-CASS IN-WHITE IN-
321 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE...
NORTHERN CASS...NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL
330 PM EST/230 PM CST/...
AT 316 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF ROYAL CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
WHITE...NORTHERN CASS...NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHERN FULTON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MACY...LAKE MANITOU
AND GILEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4092 8661 4092 8648 4097 8648 4108 8619
4096 8596 4074 8656 4074 8665 4088 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 242DEG 66KT 4093 8628
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MARSILIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:08 AM EST | High Wind Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:07 AM EST | Storm Warning | IWX | 23 hr | |
| Nov 17, 12:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 1:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 3:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 4:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams | 39 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.