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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2017, 1:37 PM EST for Blackford County, Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 min. 5 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
- Nov 5, 2017, 1:37 PM EST (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2017, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Blackford County, IN, Jay County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Nne Dunkirk, IN | SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. SOME TREES SHEARED OFF. |
| Nov 5, 1:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Nw Como, IN | BUILDING DAMAGE. SCATTERED DEBRIS IN ALL DIRECTIONS ACROSS FIELDS. ROOF GONE FROM A BARN. |
| Nov 5, 1:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Center, IN | DAMAGE TO OHIO VALLEY PIPELINE SUBSTATION. GAS REPORTED LEAKING. PROBABLE TORNADO IMPACT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Nov 5, 1:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 W College Corner, IN | SMALL BARN DESTROYED. |
| Nov 5, 1:57 PM EST | TORNADO | Converse, IN | LOCATION CORRECTION. RESIDENTS REPORTED A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN; BARN GONE, MISSING ROOF ON HOUSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 12:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KIWX 051837
TORIWX
INC009-075-051900-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0028.171105T1837Z-171105T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
137 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Blackford County in east central Indiana...
Central Jay County in east central Indiana...
* Until 200 PM EST
* At 137 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dunkirk, moving northeast at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Dunkirk and Redkey around 140 PM EST.
Portland around 200 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bryant, Westchester, College Corner, Center, Liber, Blaine, Brice,
Mill Grove, Como and Bellfountain.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4038 8522 4038 8536 4057 8497 4052 8489
4044 8480 4034 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 244DEG 37KT 4039 8526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
FISHER1 follow-up statement
496
WWUS53 KIWX 051855
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
155 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017
INC009-075-051904-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-171105T1900Z/
Blackford IN-Jay IN-
155 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLACKFORD AND CENTRAL JAY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EST...
The Tornado Warning that was previously in effect has been reissued
for central Jay county and is in effect until 230 pm EST. Please
refer to that bulletin for the latest severe weather information.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for northeastern
and east central Indiana.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for central Jay
county with reports of damage in Dunkirk.
LAT...LON 4038 8522 4038 8536 4057 8497 4052 8489
4044 8480 4034 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 244DEG 37KT 4047 8505
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Starke and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Grant and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:57 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 40 hr | |
| Nov 5, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 9:54 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 3 hr | |
| Nov 5, 10:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 10:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Steuben | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 11:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 1:06 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Jay | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 2:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 2:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 21 min |
| Nov 5, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 27 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.