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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana

July 1, 2014Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2014, 1:50 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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, 1:50 AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Allen County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 1:52 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGFort Wayne, IN75 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUST NEAR NORTHCREST MALL. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
Jul 1, 2:00 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 N New Haven, INSIX INCH LIMBS DOWN ACROSS SR 37 NORTHEAST OF I 469
Jul 1, 2:00 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 653 N Fort Wayne, INTREE LIMBS DOWN WITH ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 30, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

513 
WFUS53 KIWX 010550
TORIWX
INC003-010615-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0009.140701T0550Z-140701T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
150 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 148 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT WAYNE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 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 BE NEAR...
  NEW HAVEN AROUND 155 AM EDT.
  GRABILL AROUND 200 AM EDT.
  WOODBURN AROUND 205 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEO-CEDARVILLE...CUBA...
HARLAN...GEORGETOWN AND EDGERTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 30.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 307 AND
317.

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 4127 8480 4106 8480 4108 8522 4117 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 262DEG 47KT 4113 8515

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BENTLEY
1 follow-up statement
559 
WWUS53 KIWX 010612
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
212 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INC003-010615-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140701T0615Z/
ALLEN IN-
212 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY
UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

AT 209 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODBURN...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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
ALLEN COUNTY.

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 4106 8483 4106 8484 4106 8491 4124 8493
      4127 8481 4125 8480 4106 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 262DEG 47KT 4114 8475

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BENTLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX42 min
Jun 30, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke48 min
Jun 30, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX37 min
Jun 30, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph44 min
Jun 30, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX113 min
Jun 30, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke48 min
Jul 1, 12:04 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke26 min
Jul 1, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski35 min
Jul 1, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX44 min
Jul 1, 12:16 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXPulaski29 min
Jul 1, 12:18 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke27 min
Jul 1, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke45 min
Jul 1, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph26 min
Jul 1, 12:36 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph24 min
Jul 1, 12:59 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko31 min
Jul 1, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben45 min
Jul 1, 1:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley43 min
Jul 1, 1:17 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXHuntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley28 min
Jul 1, 1:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Noble, Whitley26 min
Jul 1, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells47 min
Jul 1, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more54 min
Jul 1, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben46 min
Jul 1, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells44 min
Jul 1, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb37 min
Jul 1, 2:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay26 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.