Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 30, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fiat, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
928
WFUS53 KIWX 302145
TORIWX
INC001-009-075-179-302230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0011.170330T2145Z-170330T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
545 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Blackford County in east central Indiana...
Southeastern Wells County in northeastern Indiana...
Southern Adams County in northeastern Indiana...
Northern Jay County in east central Indiana...
* Until 630 PM EDT
* At 544 PM EDT, a tornado was reported in Delaware county, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* The tornado will be near...
Dunkirk around 550 PM EDT.
Pennville around 600 PM EDT.
Geneva around 620 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bryant, Nottingham, Westchester, Center, Trinity, Ceylon, Mill Grove,
Petroleum, Linn Grove and Domestic.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4036 8522 4038 8522 4038 8541 4068 8511
4060 8480 4052 8480 4036 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 227DEG 33KT 4040 8533
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SLL2 follow-up statements
234
WWUS53 KIWX 302207
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
607 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
INC009-302216-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170330T2230Z/
Blackford IN-
607 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BLACKFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northeastern
and east central Indiana.
LAT...LON 4047 8520 4052 8520 4068 8511 4060 8480
4052 8480 4042 8509 4044 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 227DEG 33KT 4054 8513
$$
INC001-075-179-302230-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170330T2230Z/
Wells IN-Adams IN-Jay IN-
607 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN JAY COUNTIES...
At 606 PM EDT, a tornado was reported earlier by storm chasers near
the Delaware and Blackford county line with this storm. The
storm is moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Geneva around 620 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bryant, Nottingham, Westchester, Center, Trinity, Linn Grove,
Domestic, New Corydon, Fiat and Ceylon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4047 8520 4052 8520 4068 8511 4060 8480
4052 8480 4042 8509 4044 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 227DEG 33KT 4054 8513
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SLL140
WWUS53 KIWX 302237
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
637 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
INC001-075-179-302247-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170330T2230Z/
Wells IN-Adams IN-Jay IN-
637 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND
NORTHERN JAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northeastern
and east central Indiana.
LAT...LON 4047 8520 4052 8520 4068 8511 4060 8480
4052 8480 4042 8509 4044 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 227DEG 33KT 4071 8489
$$
SLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 56 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 5 days |
| Mar 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Wells | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Wells | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 53 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.