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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana

April 20, 2000Noble County, Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 12:44 PM EST for Noble County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. 5 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2000, 12:44 PM EST (17:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2000, 1:30 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Noble County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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
Apr 20, 12:45 PM EST	Hail 0.88	North Webster, IN
Apr 20, 12:53 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Wolflake, IN
Apr 20, 1:16 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Wolcottville, IN
Apr 20, 1:16 PM EST	Hail 0.75	South Milford, IN
Apr 20, 1:26 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Kendallville, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 201745
SVRFWA
INC113-183-201830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1244 PM EST THU APR 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NOBLE COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 130 PM EST

* AT 1241 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...  
  COLUMBIA CITY
  TRI-LAKES
  CROMWELL
  LIGONIER
  CHURUBUSCO
  ALBION
  ROME CITY
  WOLCOTTVILLE
  AVILLA

THIS IS A DANGEROUS 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS~ IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR NORTHERN 
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4132 8594 4105 8582 4121 8500 4171 8516

NNNN

JLA/TEH

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 Apr 20, 2:40 AM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:40 AM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
240 AM EST THU APR 20 2000

A VARIETY OF WX TO DEAL WITH THIS PERIOD. FIRST CONCERN IS SVR WX
POTENTIAL TODAY. KLOT RADAR SHOWING NEW AREA OF TSRA DEVELOPING OVER
NE IL WITH ADDITIONAL LINE MOVING ACROSS NC IL ATTM. LATEST SFC
ANALYSIS HAS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NW MO WITH WARM FRONT
EXTENDING OUT THRU C IL. STORMS FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND ON
NOSE OF 45-50KT LLJ. AREA PROFILERS INDICATING GOOD LOW LEVEL
SHEAR IN BOTH SPEED AND DIRECTION ENHANCING SVR POTENTIAL FOR THESE
STORMS. W/NW CWA WILL BE UNDER THE GUN EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
ONGOING CONVECTION IN IL. AS SFC LOW TRACKS INTO C IL THIS AFTERNOON
FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TO STORMS ALONG COLD FRONT THAT ARE CURRENTLY
LINED UP THRU MO AND N AR. INSTABILITY NOT BAD AS LIS GO SLIGHTLY
NEGATIVE..K INDEX 30 AND TT AROUND 50. OVERALL PRECIP TRENDS
HANDLED PRETTY WELL IN CURRENT ZONES. WILL STAY WITH CAT POPS TODAY
AND LIKELY TONIGHT. MENTION OF MORNING SHRA FRI WILL JUST BE IN EAST
GROUPS. BREEZY AND COOL WX HIGHLIGHTED FOR LATE TONIGHT AND FRI
AS STRONG GRADIENT SETS UP ON BACKSIDE OF LOW. WARMER FWC PREFERRED
FOR HIGHS..COOLER FAN FOR LOWLS TONIGHT.

.IWX...NONE.

JAL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 AM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1105 AM    2 S CHALMERS              IN   TORNADO
04/20/00   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1115 AM    BROOKSTON                 IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   WHITE

1115 AM    REYNOLDS                  IN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   WHITE

1122 AM    1 N BROOKSTON             IN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   WHITE

1122 AM    BROOKSTON                 IN   1 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   WHITEQ

N

Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:49 AM EST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1149 AM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1148 AM    SOUTH BEND                IN   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ST.JOSEPH

N

Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:52 AM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1152 AM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1150 AM    MISHAWAKA                 IN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ST.JOSEPH

1150 AM    SOUTH BEND                IN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ST.JOSEPH

N

Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:57 AM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1157 AM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1156 AM    OSCEOLA                   IN   1 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ST.JOSEPH

N

Local storm report, Apr 20, 12:08 PM EST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1208 PM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1156 AM    1 N (EKM)ELKHART MUNI ARP IN   1 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ELKHART                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1156 AM    MISHAWAKA                 IN   1 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   ST.JOSEPH                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

N

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 3:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski	32 min
Apr 20, 4:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall	46 min
Apr 20, 5:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	29 min
Apr 20, 10:53 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	57 min
Apr 20, 11:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	White	42 min
Apr 20, 11:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton	60 min
Apr 20, 11:32 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Starke	48 min
Apr 20, 11:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	42 min
Apr 20, 11:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall	49 min
Apr 20, 11:56 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Kosciusko	44 min
Apr 20, 12:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Miami	48 min
Apr 20, 12:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Kosciusko	33 min
Apr 20, 1:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	48 min
Apr 20, 1:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	54 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.