Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2019, 4:04 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2019, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County LaPorte County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
093
WFUS53 KIWX 272104
TORIWX
INC091-272130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0002.190527T2104Z-190527T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
404 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern La Porte County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Westville, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
La Porte around 525 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Springville, Pinola, Otis, Waterford and Pinhook.
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 4165 8693 4172 8674 4155 8665 4155 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 260DEG 26KT 4159 8695
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CM1 follow-up statement
656
WWUS53 KIWX 272120
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
420 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019
INC091-272130-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190527T2130Z/
La Porte IN-
420 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LA PORTE COUNTY...
At 420 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near La Porte, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
La Porte around 525 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Springville, Pinola, Otis, Waterford and Pinhook.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4165 8693 4172 8674 4155 8665 4155 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 260DEG 26KT 4161 8679
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
CMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 57 min | |
| May 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 39 min |
| May 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 64 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 4 hr |
| May 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 86 min | |
| May 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| May 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 40 min |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White | 113 min |
| May 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 42 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Wabash | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 57 min | |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 37 min |
| May 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Miami, Wabash | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 31 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.