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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2017, 8:42 PM EDT for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 10, 2017, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2017, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Huntington County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Lincolnville, IN | DEBRIS REPORTED UNDER WALL CLOUD, 1.5 MILES WEST OF 900W AND 200S. |
| Jul 10, 9:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Andrews, IN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
178
WFUS53 KIWX 110042
TORIWX
INC069-110130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0022.170711T0042Z-170711T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
842 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Huntington County in northeastern Indiana...
* Until 930 PM EDT
* At 842 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Andrews, or 7 miles east of Wabash, moving east at
15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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 dangerous storm will be near...
Andrews around 900 PM EDT.
Huntington around 915 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Majenica.
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 4078 8564 4087 8564 4086 8542 4075 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 271DEG 15KT 4082 8569
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JBALL2 follow-up statements
159
WWUS53 KIWX 110116
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
916 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017
INC069-110130-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170711T0130Z/
Huntington IN-
916 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HUNTINGTON COUNTY...
At 916 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Andrews, or near Huntington, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Huntington County, including the following locations:
Majenica.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 8563 4085 8562 4086 8542 4075 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 273DEG 18KT 4083 8560
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JBALL866
WWUS53 KIWX 110121
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
921 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017
INC069-110131-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170711T0130Z/
Huntington IN-
921 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUNTINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
northeastern Indiana.
LAT...LON 4082 8563 4085 8562 4086 8542 4075 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 271DEG 15KT 4083 8558
$$
JBALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 5 days |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 days |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 56 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 11:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 27 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more | 7 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.