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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Northern Indiana

June 20, 2000Kosciusko County, Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 4:50 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 20, 2000, 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2000, 5:40 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 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.

758 
WUUS53 KIWX 202151
SVRFWA
INC085-183-202240-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
450 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 540 PM EST

* AT 450 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF          
  WARSAW...TO WARSAW...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST     
  AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...      
  PIERCETON
  NORTH WEBSTER
  SOUTH WHITLEY
  TRI-LAKES
  COLUMBIA CITY
  CHURUBUSCO

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.

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

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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 20, 3:07 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:07 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

SFC LOW CURRENTLY OVER SRN MANITOBA.  WARM FRONT EXTENDS S THRU WI
AND IL INTO KY.  COLD FRONT TO W EXTENDS S THRU MN/WRN IA INTO ERN
KS.  CONVECTION CURRENTLY FIRING IN WARM SECTOR IN IL.  DP/S HAVE
RISEN INTO UPR 60S AND LWR 70S ACROSS RGN.  SCT CONVECTION SHOULD
CONT REST OF AFTN INTO EVNG.

MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN MOVEMENT OF SYSTEM THRU RGN NEXT 36 HRS.  H5
JET OF 70 KTS OVER CNTRL PLAINS WILL MOVE COLD FRONT THRU QUICKLY.
FARTHER S OVER TN AND LWR MS VLYS FRONT WILL STALL.  PRECIP SHOULD
END ACROSS KIWX FA BY 21Z WED.  DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND FRONT BUT
NOT MUCH DROP IN TEMP.  SCT STRATOCU POSSIBLE BEHIND COLD FROPA BUT
SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY 00Z THU.  PLENTY OF INSTABILITY W OF FA OVER IL
ATTM.  INSTABILITY IS GENERALLY ALONG COLD FRONT WITH MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AND GOOD UVVS.  OVERNIGHT MAIN INSTABILITY WILL MOVE S
ALONG COLD FRONT TO KS/OK RGN.  PWTR VALUES OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES
WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT ACROSS KIWX FA.  TSTMS
WILL CONT OVER SRN GRTLKS RGN THRU 21Z WED WITH GREATEST UPR DYNAMICS
OVER NWRN OH BTWN 15Z AND 21Z.  HOWEVER WITH COOLER MORNING TEMPS
THIS SHOULD HELP DECREASE INSTABILITIES.  PCLDY SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPS FRI THRU SUN.  MISFWA SENT.

.IWX...NONE.

OHARA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:31 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
331 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

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

0320 PM    NORTH JUDSON              IN   58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/20/00   STARKE                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:50 PM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
350 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

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

0340 PM    KNOX                      IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/00   STARKE                         TREE BLOWN DOWN

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:54 PM EST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
354 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

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

0352 PM    5 W PLYMOUTH              IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/00   MARSHALL                       WIND DAMAGE WITH SIDING
                                          BLOWN OFF BUILDING.
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:23 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
423 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

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

0400 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/00   MARSHALL                       TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0418 PM    ROCHESTER                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/00   FULTON                         TREE DOWN ON CAR.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:37 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
437 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

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

0400 PM    3 NW PLYMOUTH             IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/00   MARSHALL                       SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
                                          CAMPER TRAILERS BLOWN
                                          OVER. REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 3:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	55 min
Jun 20, 3:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall	38 min
Jun 20, 3:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	51 min
Jun 20, 3:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	51 min
Jun 20, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton	38 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Noble	38 min
Jun 20, 4:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami, Wabash	50 min
Jun 20, 5:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	51 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.