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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

April 20, 2000DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 1:06 PM EST for DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2000, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2000, 2:00 PM EST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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
Apr 20, 1:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, IN	Large tree limbs downed throughout county.
Apr 20, 1:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	St Joe, IN	Trees 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 20, 1:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 201808
SVRFWA
INC033-151-201900-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DE KALB COUNTY IN INDIANA
  STEUBEN COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 101 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF CORUNNA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES    
  SOUTHEAST OF LIGONIER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  GARRETT
  CORUNNA
  AUBURN
  WATERLOO
  HUDSON
  ASHLEY
  ST. JOE
  BUTLER
  ANGOLA
  HAMILTON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

QUARTER SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR NORTH EASTERN 
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 Apr 20, 2:40 AM EST, 10 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:40 AM EST, 10 hours 26 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 41 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

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:49 AM EST, 1 hour 17 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

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:52 AM EST, 1 hour 14 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

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 11:57 AM EST, 1 hour 9 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, 58 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.

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 12:54 PM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1254 PM EST THU APR 20 2000

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

1243 PM    WINONA LAKE               IN   .88 INCH HAIL
04/20/00   KOSCIUSKO                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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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, 12:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Noble, Whitley	46 min
Apr 20, 1:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	48 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.