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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Northern Indiana

June 14, 2000Grant County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 5:21 PM EST for Grant County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2000, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Grant County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 142226 COR
SVRFWA
INC053-142300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
521 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 521 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWAYZEE...MOVING        
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  SWAYZEE
  JONESBORO
  GAS CITY
  MARION
  VAN BUREN

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE STORM! SEEK 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4067 8588 4034 8590 4042 8546 4A069 8547

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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.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 2:14 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:14 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
214 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TSTMS SCATTERED ACROSS CWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAIN SQUALL LINE
APPROACHING FROM IL WELL AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROF.
PREFRONTAL ACTIVITY WILL TAKE BULK OF LLVL MOISTURE EAST OF CWA
BY LATE TNGT WITH LEFTOVER CLDS AS FRONT MOVES THRU. IN BETWEEN
SYSTEMS ON THURSDAY WITH LESS HUMID AIRMASS. WARM ADVECTION
THEN STARTS AHEAD OF NEXT SHRTWV THURSDAY NIGHT. TSTMS COULD
MAKE IT INTO WRN CWA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT BUT WILL LEAVE OUT
UNTIL FRIDAY FOR NOW. CAT POPS TNGT THEN TOWARD HIGHER FAN POPS
FRI. OPENED RANGES ON TEMPS BETWEEN FWCS AND FANS. MAV LOOK TOO
WARM FRI. EXTENDED CHC OF SHWRS THRU SUNDAY WITH NEXT FRONT AND
UPPER TROF. WILL GO DRY ON MONDAY FOR NOW.

.IWX...NONE

RES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:13 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
213 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    CONVOY                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   VAN WERT                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.  LIMBS AND
                                          POLES DOWN.

0145 PM    2 S PAULDING              OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   PAULDING                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT. TREES DOWN.

0207 PM    STEVENSVILLE              MI   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/14/00   BERRIEN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

N

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:17 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
417 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0331 PM    WOLCOTT                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   WHITE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR. TREES DOWN.

0340 PM    VAN WERT                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/00   VAN WERT                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0355 PM    HAMLET                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   STARKE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TREES DOWN.

N

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:26 PM EST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
426 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    LA PORTE                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   LAPORTE                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0407 PM    3 N LEIPSIC               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   PUTNAM                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT. POWER POLES
                                          AND LINES DOWN.

N

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:35 PM EST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
435 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...q.

0410 PM    1 N BEARDSTOWN            IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT. TREES DOWN.

N

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:59 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
459 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   MARSHALL                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0415 PM    5 S SOUTH BEND            IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   ST.JOSEPH                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF#ICIAL.

0415 PM    LEWISBURG                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   CASS                           TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

N

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:10 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0502 PM    5 W NORTH MANCHESTER      IN   TORNADO
06/14/00   WABASH                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

N

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 1:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	49 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	50 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Starke	50 min
Jun 14, 3:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall, Saint Joseph	49 min
Jun 14, 3:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami	49 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Adams	3 hr
Jun 14, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Wabash	52 min
Jun 14, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	52 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami	31 min
Jun 14, 4:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Wabash	50 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Noble	46 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Whitley	46 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko	31 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Whitley	35 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Whitley	43 min
Jun 14, 5:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington	53 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	50 min
Jun 14, 5:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Blackford, Wells	46 min
Jun 14, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	40 min
Jun 14, 6:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	40 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.