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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Northern 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.
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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, 1:52 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Wayne, IN | 75 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUST NEAR NORTHCREST MALL. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jul 1, 2:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N New Haven, IN | SIX INCH LIMBS DOWN ACROSS SR 37 NORTHEAST OF I 469 |
| Jul 1, 2:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 N Fort Wayne, IN | TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
BENTLEY1 follow-up statement
559
WWUS53 KIWX 010612
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
212 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
INC003-010615-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140701T0615Z/
ALLEN IN-
212 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY
UNTIL 215 AM EDT...
AT 209 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODBURN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
ALLEN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4106 8483 4106 8484 4106 8491 4124 8493
4127 8481 4125 8480 4106 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 262DEG 47KT 4114 8475
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 1:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley | 28 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, 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.