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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2014, 11:04 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2014, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 27.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625
WFUS53 KIWX 010404
TORIWX
INC091-149-010430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0003.140701T0404Z-140701T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1104 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1103 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KOUTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND 100 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
LA CROSSE AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
NORTH JUDSON AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
KNOX AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAN PIERRE...LOMAX...ENGLISH
LAKE...BREMS...TOTO...BASS LAKE...WINONA...OBER AND OAK GROVE.
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 4142 8648 4118 8648 4117 8694 4138 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 271DEG 56KT 4128 8701
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JBALL1 follow-up statement
884
WWUS53 KIWX 010420
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1120 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
INC091-149-010430-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140701T0430Z/
STARKE IN-LA PORTE IN-
1120 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LA PORTE AND
STARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
AT 1118 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH JUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KNOX AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BASS LAKE...WINONA...OBER AND
OAK GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4118 8688 4139 8685 4142 8648 4118 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 272DEG 47KT 4127 8671
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JBALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 42 min | |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 37 min | |
| Jun 30, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 113 min | |
| Jun 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 44 min | |
| Jun 30, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.