Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2013

Tornado Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana

November 17, 2013Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 3:19 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 10 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 17, 2013, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 3:45 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 17, 3:20 PM EST	TORNADO	2 Sse Dunkirk, IN	EF0. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 80 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 0.9 MILES. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED 2 MILES SW OF LOGANSPORT AND LIFTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT.
Nov 17, 3:23 PM EST	TORNADO	3 S Logansport, IN	SW SIDE OF LOGANSPORT AT LEAST 1 HOUSE DESTROYED ANOTHER SEVERELY DAMAGED... MULTIPLE TREES DOWN...EVACUATED COMPLEXES DUE TO GAS LEAKS.
Nov 17, 3:24 PM EST	TORNADO	Young America, IN	SOUTH OF 400S TO YOUNG AMERICA TO GRISSOM POSSIBLE TORNADO LEARGE TREES DOWN BARN DESTROYED TRAILER IN TREE...SEMI FLIPPED NEAR YOUNG AMERICA
Nov 17, 3:25 PM EST	TORNADO	1 Wsw Lincoln, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. MODERATE STRUCURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES.
Nov 17, 3:27 PM EST	TORNADO	1 N Young America, IN	EF0. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 80 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 1.6 MILES. TOUCHDOWN AROUND 1 MILES NORTH OF YOUNG AMERICA AND LIFTED 2 MILES NE OF YOUNG AMERICA
Nov 17, 3:30 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 84	Grissom Afb, IN	MEASURED 84MPH GUST AT 2030Z
Nov 17, 3:30 PM EST	TORNADO	1 S Nead, IN	EF1. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 110 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 250 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 2.85 MILES. TOUCHDOWN 1.5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GRISSON AFB TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRISSOM AFB.
Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST	TORNADO	Peru, IN	MIAMI COUNTY LEO REPORTS TORNADO AT MAPLE LAWN TRAILER PARK
Nov 17, 3:35 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	Peru, IN	ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60MPH MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES HALF INCH HAIL
Nov 17, 3:48 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 69	1 Nne Wabash, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 7 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

863 
WFUS53 KIWX 172019
TORIWX
INC017-103-169-172045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0015.131117T2019Z-131117T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
319 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 316 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTON...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...
  WALTON AND GRISSOM AFB AROUND 325 PM EST.
  PERU AND BUNKER HILL AROUND 330 PM EST.
  MEXICO AROUND 335 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ANOKA...ONWARD...ADAMSBORO...
NEW WAVERLY...NEAD...HOOVER...WELLS...FLORA...CHILI AND DENVER.

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 4058 8638 4070 8638 4070 8646 4096 8599
      4084 8577 4057 8626 4057 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 230DEG 66KT 4063 8634

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MARSILI

1 follow-up statement

142 
WWUS53 KIWX 172027
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
327 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC017-103-169-172045-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-131117T2045Z/
WABASH IN-MIAMI IN-CASS IN-
327 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS...
CENTRAL MIAMI AND WEST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EST...

AT 321 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTON...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...
  MEXICO AROUND 335 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLORA...DENVER...ERIE...
CHILI...RICHVALLEY...ROANN AND STOCKDALE.

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 4058 8638 4070 8638 4070 8646 4096 8599
      4084 8577 4057 8626 4057 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 230DEG 66KT 4071 8620

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MARSILI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 17, 2:34 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 2:34 PM EST, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
234 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 650 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM IOWA
THIS MORNING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR AREA AND CAUSE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT... WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. IT WILL TURN MUCH COLDER TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 228 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTN/EARLY EVE...

A STRONGLY FORCED LINE OF CONVECTION IN THE ACT OF CONGEALING INTO A
LEWP/QLCS (AS OF 19Z) NEAR THE INDIANA/ILLINOIS BORDER WILL CONTINUE
EAST AND IMPACT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. PDS TORNADO WATCH WARRANTED GIVEN INCREDIBLE
SHEAR/FLOW (0-1 KM SHEAR TO 45 KNOTS AND DEEP LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR
TO 70 KNOTS) AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT A HIGH RISK FOR
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THIS LINE.
SOME MLCIN EXISTS THANKS TO PERSISTENT LOW STRATUS AND SHOWERS SO
FAR TODAY. HOWEVER...NARROW CORRIDOR OF LOW 60S SFC DEWPOINTS ON
EASTERN FRINGE OF COLD POCKET ALOFT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO REDUCE MLCIN
AND INCREASE MLCAPE TO BTW 400-800 J/KG JUST AHEAD OF THIS LINE.

SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DANGEROUS WX IS EXTREMELY DYNAMIC WITH
NEGATIVE TILT TO DEEP PV ANOMALY (NOW NEAR THE IL/IA BORDER) AND
IMPRESSIVE 120 KT MID LVL JET UNDERCUTTING INTO THE OH VALLEY.
THIS, STRONG MID LVL DCVA, UPPER LVL DVRG, AND DEEP MOISTURE WITH
WAVE WILL ALLOW A 992 MB SFC LOW ACROSS SRN WI (AS OF 19Z) TO
DEEPEN NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED
STRONG ISALLOBARIC GRADIENT / RISE FALL COUPLET / SHOULD SUPPORT
A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH JUST BEHIND THE SFC COLD FRONT
LATER THIS AFTN AND EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY AS SYSTEM LIFTS OUT AND LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE/DRYING
OVERSPREADS THE LOWER LAKES AND OH VALLEY. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW
LAKE EFFECT SPRINKLES/FLURRIES IN LOW LEVEL CAA REGIME AND WNW
BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW TRAJECTORIES...ALTHOUGH DRY AIR SHOULD WIN OUT
WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LINGERING MODEST SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT IN WAKE OF SYSTEM WILL KEEP WINDS UP A BIT TOMORROW WITH
GUST 25-30 MPH POSSIBLE.

&&

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 409 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

MUCH QUIETER LONG TERM PERIOD COMPARED TO CURRENT SHORT TERM AS MUCH
LESS AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL FLOW ESTABLISHES ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL
TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.

SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD WITH
WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW MID-LATE WEEK. HAVE
CONTINUED WITH SLGT CHC/CHC POPS WEDS-FRI BUT NOT EXPANDED ANY
FURTHER IN TIME AS MODELS STRUGGLE WITH EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THESE
FEATURES AND INTERACTION WITH SFC RIDGE OFF THE EAST COAST.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1220 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON IN MOIST/STRONG
SSW FLOW IN WARM SECTOR OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM APPROACHING THE GREAT
LAKES REGION. CONVECTION BLOSSOMING IN UNCAPPED WARM SECTOR ACROSS
ILLINOIS WILL EVENTUALLY WORK THROUGH SBN AROUND 20-22Z AND FWA
22-23Z IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. HIGH SHEAR ENVIRONMENT
COMBINED WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY PER COOLING ALOFT IN ADVANCE
OF FRONT WILL SUPPORT AN AIRMASS RIPE FOR SEVERE STORMS (WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES). ISO/SCT PRE-
FRONTAL CONVECTION IS ALSO A CONCERN WITH SHRA/VCTS MENTION
RETAINED BEFORE MAIN BATCH OF CONVECTION. STRONG ISOLLABARIC
GRADIENT AND DEEP MIXING/STEEP LAPSE RATES IN WAKE OF FRONT LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY SUPPORT A PERIOD OF STRONG SYNOPTIC
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS. VFR WITH DIMINISHING WINDS
BEYOND THIS EVENING.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY FOR
     INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR MIZ077>081.

OH...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-
     015-016-024-025.

LM...STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ043-046.

     GALE WARNING UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JT
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...FISHER
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 5:25 AM EST, 9 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
525 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-181030-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
525 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 /425 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES... ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN TRANSITION TO A LINE OF
SEVERE STORMS WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 50
TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION... IT WILL BE VERY WINDY TODAY AND
TONIGHT... EVEN OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... ESPECIALLY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-181030-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
525 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN
ADDITION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS AND
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY
NIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
125 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S PIERCETON             41.20N  85.71W
11/17/2013                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN SOUTH OF PIERCETON

&&

KG

Special weather statement, Nov 17, 1:37 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
137 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INZ006>009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-171915-
BRANCH MI-DE KALB IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI-LAGRANGE IN-NOBLE
IN-STEUBEN IN-WILLIAMS OH-
137 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FULTON...
WILLIAMS...SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH...SOUTHERN HILLSDALE...EXTREME
NORTHERN ALLEN...DE KALB...NORTHEASTERN NOBLE...STEUBEN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAGRANGE COUNTIES...

AT 137 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ANGOLA TO WATERLOO TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ANGOLA AND BUTLER...
  MONTPELIER...
  HAMILTON...
  FREMONT...EDON AND EDGERTON...
  READING...WEST UNITY AND PIONEER...
  SILVER LAKE AND CROOKED LAKE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4194 8459 4177 8441 4162 8435 4142 8471
      4143 8480 4137 8480 4127 8499 4140 8515
      4157 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 236DEG 56KT 4156 8514 4146 8503
          4137 8492

MARSILI

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:02 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
302 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0136 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE MICHIGAN CITY     41.68N  86.81W
11/17/2013                   LA PORTE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55MPH TREES AND POWER LINES
            DOWN IN MICHIGAN CITY PEA SZ HAIL

&&

KG

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:15 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     TORNADO          3 S MEDARYVILLE         41.04N  86.89W
11/17/2013                   PULASKI            IN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR MEDARYVILLE

&&

KG

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:17 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
317 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W CHALMERS            40.66N  86.96W
11/17/2013                   WHITE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROTATION REPORTED ROOF OFF GARAGE TREE AND BRANCHES
            DOWN

&&

KG

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:19 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
319 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW SOUTH BEND         41.70N  86.31W
11/17/2013  M68 MPH          ST. JOSEPH         IN   ASOS

&&

KG

The 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, 3:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, White	23 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, 3:33 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every tornado warning in 2013 Tornadoes in 2013

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.