Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT for Marshall County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 12, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Marshall County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Culver, IN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545
WFUS53 KIWX 122330
TORIWX
INC099-149-130000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0003.130612T2330Z-130613T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
730 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/
* AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CULVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND
GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...CULVER...ARGOS...BOURBON...OAK GROVE...BURR OAK...
MAXINKUCKEE...HIBBARD...DONALDSON...RUTLAND...TWIN LAKES...
INWOOD...OLD TIP TOWN...TIPPECANOE AND LINKVILLE.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG... #NWSIWX.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8639 4143 8617 4123 8606 4122 8607
4117 8629 4118 8654 4129 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 248DEG 23KT 4122 8648
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
693
WWUS53 KIWX 122345
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
745 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
INC099-149-130000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130613T0000Z/
STARKE IN-MARSHALL IN-
745 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN
STARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/...
AT 742 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CULVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...ARGOS...BOURBON...TWIN LAKES...INWOOD...OLD TIP TOWN...
TIPPECANOE AND LINKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8639 4143 8617 4123 8606 4122 8607
4117 8627 4118 8648 4127 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 248DEG 23KT 4125 8637
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FISHER479
WWUS53 KIWX 130000
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
800 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
INC099-149-130010-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130613T0000Z/
STARKE IN-MARSHALL IN-
800 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 4141 8639 4143 8617 4123 8606 4122 8607
4117 8627 4118 8648 4127 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 248DEG 23KT 4128 8625
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:08 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 49 hr | |
| Jun 12, 10:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 49 hr | |
| Jun 12, 12:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 116 min | |
| Jun 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall, Noble, Whitley | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 41 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.