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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 27, 1996Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1996, 6:19 AM EST for Saint Joseph County, Michigan. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1996, 6:19 AM EST (11:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1996, 6:45 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Joseph County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KSBN 271120 RRA
SVRSBN
MIC149-271145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
619 AM EST TUE FEB 27 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

...SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ST JOSEPH COUNTY
 
AT 615 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE INDIANA
MICHIGAN STATE LINE SOUTH OF WHITE PIGEON OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF
KALAMAZOO THIS STORM WHICH PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN NORTHERN INDIANA
IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

CITIES OR TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OAKWOOD AND STURGIS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

SIMMONS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 27, 2:09 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
INZ010-011-013-015-019>024-028>031-035>038-043>045-051-052-060-
270800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 AM EST TUE FEB 27 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH XAND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAS
EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

JAS
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 2:10 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
INZ010-011-013-015-019>024-028>031-035>038-043>045-051-052-060-
270800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 AM EST TUE FEB 27 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAS
EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

JAS

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.