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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

February 28, 2017Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2017, 9:54 PM EST for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 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: Feb 28, 2017, 9:54 PM EST (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2017, 10:30 PM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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
Feb 28, 7:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

307 
WFUS53 KIWX 010254
TORIWX
MIC023-059-010330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0002.170301T0254Z-170301T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
954 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana  has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Branch County in southwestern Michigan...
  Northwestern Hillsdale County in southeastern Michigan...

* Until 1030 PM EST
    
* At 954 PM EST, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
  were located along a line extending from Union City to Bronson to
  near Sturgis, moving east at 40 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. 

* These dangerous storms will be near...
  Union City around 1000 PM EST. 
  Coldwater around 1010 PM EST. 
  Quincy around 1020 PM EST. 
  Litchfield around 1025 PM EST. 
  Hillsdale, Jonesville and Reading around 1030 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Montgomery,
Girard, East Gilead, California, Allen, Kinderhook, Batavia, South
Butler, Long Lake and Matteson Lake.

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.

This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8461 4194 8462 4177 8479 4177 8529
      4186 8529 4188 8527 4207 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 262DEG 34KT 4207 8516 4189 8518 4178 8531 

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

$$

MARSILI

2 follow-up statements

819 
WWUS53 KIWX 010311
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1011 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

MIC023-059-010330-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T0330Z/
Branch MI-Hillsdale MI-
1011 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR EASTERN
BRANCH AND NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE COUNTIES...

At 1011 PM EST, a severe squall line capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located along a
line extending from 6 miles east of Burlington to near Coldwater to 6
miles southeast of Bronson, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. 

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. 

These dangerous storms will be near...
  Quincy around 1020 PM EST. 
  Litchfield around 1025 PM EST. 
  Hillsdale, Jonesville and Reading around 1030 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Montgomery,
Girard, East Gilead, California, Allen, Kinderhook, South Butler,
Long Lake, Marble Lake and Lake Of The Woods.

This includes INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN between MILE MARKERs 2 and
21.
 
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.

This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8461 4194 8462 4177 8479 4177 8517
      4182 8515 4191 8509 4207 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 262DEG 34KT 4209 8495 4191 8497 4180 8510 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MARSILI

657 
WWUS53 KIWX 010324
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1024 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

MIC023-059-010333-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T0330Z/
Branch MI-Hillsdale MI-
1024 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BRANCH AND NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EST...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appear capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 400 AM EST for
southeastern and southwestern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4207 8461 4194 8462 4177 8479 4177 8517
      4182 8515 4191 8509 4207 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 262DEG 34KT 4211 8479 4193 8481 4182 8494 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 7:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	30 min
Feb 28, 8:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	54 min
Feb 28, 8:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph	53 min
Feb 28, 9:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	50 min
Feb 28, 9:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	46 min
Feb 28, 10:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Berrien, Cass	6 hr
Feb 28, 10:17 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	6 hr
Feb 28, 11:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	25 min
Feb 28, 11:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	31 min
Feb 28, 11:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	37 min
Mar 1, 12:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	65 min
Mar 1, 1:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	45 min
Mar 1, 1:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph	40 min
Mar 1, 2:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	39 min
Mar 1, 2:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	61 min
Mar 1, 10:54 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	Hillsdale	11 hr

Nearby

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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.