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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana

May 28, 2017Huntington County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2017, 7:32 PM EDT for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2017, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2017, 7:50 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Huntington County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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.

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 28, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

417 
WFUS53 KIWX 282332
TORIWX
INC069-290000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0015.170528T2332Z-170529T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
732 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana  has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Huntington County in northeastern Indiana...

* Until 800 PM EDT
    
* At 732 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Van Buren, or 12 miles south of Huntington, moving
  east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southern Huntington County, including the following locations:
  Warren, Buckeye, Banquo, Lancaster, Mount Etna, Pleasant Plain and
  Plum Tree.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4066 8563 4077 8562 4074 8534 4066 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 287DEG 12KT 4071 8554 

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

$$

MCS

2 follow-up statements

185 
WWUS53 KIWX 282345
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
745 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

INC069-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170529T0000Z/
Huntington IN-
745 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY...
    
At 745 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Van Buren, or 12 miles west of
Bluffton, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

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. 

Locations impacted include...
Warren and Buckeye. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4066 8555 4067 8553 4071 8534 4066 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 281DEG 21KT 4069 8540 

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

$$

MCS

767 
WWUS53 KIWX 282350
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
750 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

INC069-282359-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170529T0000Z/
Huntington IN-
750 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the tornado warning has moved out of the 
area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However large hail 
and strong winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4066 8555 4067 8553 4071 8534 4066 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 287DEG 12KT 4069 8538 

$$

MCS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	30 min
May 28, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	26 min
May 28, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	36 min
May 28, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	46 min
May 28, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	28 min
May 28, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	23 min
May 28, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	40 min
May 28, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb, Noble, Steuben	28 min
May 28, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Noble	42 min
May 28, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Steuben	3 hr
May 28, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	35 min
May 28, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	4 hr
May 28, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	26 min
May 28, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	41 min
May 28, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	29 min
May 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	30 min
May 28, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Huntington, Wells	12 hr
May 28, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington, Wabash, Wells	40 min
May 28, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	43 min
May 28, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.