Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2015, 1:14 PM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- May 11, 2015, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ene New Haven, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077
WFUS53 KIWX 111714
TORIWX
INC001-003-179-111745-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0004.150511T1714Z-150511T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
114 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 111 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSSIAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSSIAN...NEW HAVEN...MONROEVILLE...MAGLEY...YODER...POE...
MIDDLETOWN...HESSEN CASSEL...WILLIAMS...HOAGLAND...MAPLES...
TILLMAN...ZULU AND TOWNLEY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 25.
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 4086 8535 4118 8497 4104 8480 4101 8480
4073 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 224DEG 40KT 4087 8517
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
496
WWUS53 KIWX 111726
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
126 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
INC179-111735-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150511T1745Z/
WELLS IN-
126 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WELLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4090 8508 4093 8508 4093 8513 4095 8517
4118 8497 4104 8480 4101 8480 4088 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 226DEG 32KT 4095 8505
$$
INC001-003-111745-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150511T1745Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-
126 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ADAMS AND
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 123 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSSIAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HAVEN...HOAGLAND...MAPLES...TILLMAN...ZULU AND TOWNLEY.
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 4090 8508 4093 8508 4093 8513 4095 8517
4118 8497 4104 8480 4101 8480 4088 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 226DEG 32KT 4095 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$886
WWUS53 KIWX 111734
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
134 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
INC001-111744-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150511T1745Z/
ADAMS IN-
134 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4096 8497 4102 8508 4118 8497 4104 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 226DEG 32KT 4100 8497
$$
INC003-111745-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150511T1745Z/
ALLEN IN-
134 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM EDT...
AT 133 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HAVEN...TILLMAN...ZULU AND TOWNLEY.
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 4096 8497 4102 8508 4118 8497 4104 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 226DEG 32KT 4100 8497
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$930 WWUS53 KIWX 111747 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 147 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 INC003-111756- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150511T1745Z/ ALLEN IN- 147 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4096 8497 4102 8508 4118 8497 4104 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 227DEG 34KT 4102 8493 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:50 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 4 hr | |
| May 11, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant, Wells | 35 min |
| May 11, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 34 min |
| May 11, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 38 min |
| May 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 33 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 30 min |
| May 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 26 hr |
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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.