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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 3:46 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Jul 28, 2000, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 E | Parma, MI | |
| Jul 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield, MI | An 8 inch diameter tree down. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203 WUUS53 KIWX 281946 SVRFWA MIC059-282030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 346 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ALLEN LITCHFIELD JONESVILLE HILLSDALE 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. LAT...LON 4197 8495 4184 8478 4217 8427 4235 8451
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 Jul 28, 11:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1047 AM EST FRI JUL 28 2000 GOING FCST ON TRACK AND UPDATED TO REFRESH WORDING AND ADD STRONG STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FOR THIS AFTN. SATELLITE SHOWING SEVERAL FEATURES OF INTEREST THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR SHOWS DECENT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX MOVING INTO NW IL AND INTERACTING WITH S/W ROTATING AROUND MID LEVEL LOW. VIS PICS SHOW OUTFLOW FM OH VALLEY CONVECTION MOVING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. LATEST VIS SHOW IMPRESSIVE CU FIELD DEVELOPING AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE BEING REALIZED. ALREADY EVIDENT IS A LAKE BOUNDARY FM EAST OF BEH TO WEST OF SBN AND NORTH OF VPZ. SFC DWPTS ALSO POOLING AND INTO MID 70S ACRS ERN FA WHERE LAST NIGHTS RAINS OCCURRED. MODIFIED MORNING SOUNDINGS AND 14Z SATELLITE DERIVED SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPES IN EXCESS OF 1500J/KG AND PROGGED TO NEAR 3000 J/KG THIS AFTN. PWATS IN THE 1.0-1.5 RANGE AND WEAK LOWER LEVEL WINDS GIVE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE REMAINS HIGH WITH NEW 3HRLY VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES. INTERACTION OF MID LEVEL FEATURE WITH SFC BOUNDARIES AND INSTABILITY SHOULD YIELD SCT AFTN TSRA WITH STRONG STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. .IND...NONE. LASHLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-282300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1055 AM EST FRI JUL 28 2000 A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SCATTERED WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW THESE SEVERE LIMITS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LASHLEY
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1242 PM EST FRI JUL 28 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1215 PM DEFIANCE OH .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 DEFIANCE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
NThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.