Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2014, 1:17 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
- Jul 1, 2014, 1:17 AM EDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2014, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:22 AM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Collamer, IN | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH THAT HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 0.4 MILES. THIS BRIEF TORNADO DESTORYED A BARN AND CHICKEN COOP AND SCATTERED CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS ONE QUARTER MILE TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE AN ADDITIONAL HORSE BAR |
| Jul 1, 1:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbia City, IN | TREES... TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. POWER LINE WAS DOWN ACROSS TRAIN TRACKS NEAR STATE ROUTES 9 AND 14. |
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 30, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084
WFUS53 KIWX 010517
TORIWX
INC069-085-169-183-010545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0008.140701T0517Z-140701T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
117 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 113 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO...SMALL HAIL AND 70 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
WABASH...NORTHERN HUNTINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO AND SOUTHERN
WHITLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SOUTH
WHITLEY...LUTHER...TUNKER...GOBLESVILLE...PEABODY...WASHINGTON
CENTER...LAUD AND RABER.
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 4119 8543 4098 8536 4100 8583 4109 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 266DEG 54KT 4104 8573
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BENTLEY1 follow-up statement
979
WWUS53 KIWX 010526 RRA
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
126 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
INC069-085-169-010536-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140701T0545Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
126 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HUNTINGTON...NORTHEASTERN WABASH
AND SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4110 8568 4119 8543 4101 8538 4101 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 266DEG 54KT 4101 8555
$$
INC183-010545-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140701T0545Z/
WHITLEY IN-
126 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 145 AM EDT...
AT 122 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH WHITLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 60
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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
WHITLEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAUD.
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 4110 8568 4119 8543 4101 8538 4101 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 266DEG 54KT 4101 8555
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BENTLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 42 min | |
| Jun 30, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 37 min | |
| Jun 30, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 113 min | |
| Jun 30, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 12:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 44 min | |
| Jul 1, 12:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 12:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 1:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 1:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 2:34 AM EDT | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.