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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

July 26, 2023LaGrange County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2023, 9:20 PM EDT for LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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 26, 2023, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2023, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County LaGrange County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 26, 9:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lagrange, IN	Emergency manager reports multiple trees down.

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 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

750 
WFUS53 KIWX 270120
TORIWX
INC087-270145-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.230727T0120Z-230727T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
920 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Lagrange County in northeastern Indiana...

* Until 945 PM EDT.
    
* At 920 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lagrange, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Lagrange around 925 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Brushy
Prairie, Plato, Elmira, Stroh, Indianola, and Big Long 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 8519 4154 8520 4155 8521 4164 8547
      4170 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 297DEG 25KT 4166 8543 

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

$$

JBALL

2 follow-up statements

457 
WWUS53 KIWX 270132
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
932 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

INC087-270145-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230727T0145Z/
Lagrange IN-
932 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAGRANGE COUNTY...
    
At 932 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lagrange, moving southeast at 30 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
east central Lagrange County, including the following locations...
Elmira, Stroh, Indianola, and Big Long 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4154 8520 4155 8521 4160 8536 4164 8535
      4163 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 297DEG 25KT 4162 8533 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
<50 MPH

$$

JBALL

183 
WWUS53 KIWX 270144
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
944 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

INC087-270153-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230727T0145Z/
Lagrange IN-
944 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAGRANGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 945 PM EDT...
    
The radar indicated rotation has weakened.  The tornado warning will 
be allowed to expire at 945 PM EDT.  However, a severe thunderstorm 
warning is in effect for southeast Lagrange County until 10:30 PM 
EDT.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
northeastern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4154 8520 4155 8521 4160 8536 4164 8535
      4163 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 297DEG 25KT 4157 8521 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	30 min
Jul 26, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	31 min
Jul 26, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	30 min
Jul 26, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble	33 min
Jul 26, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph	44 min
Jul 26, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	31 min
Jul 26, 9:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 3 more	3 hr
Jul 26, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	34 min
Jul 26, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	44 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	34 min
Jul 26, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko, Whitley	29 min
Jul 27, 3:26 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte and 7 more	6 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.