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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2000, 10:31 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 3, 2000, 10:31 PM EST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2000, 11:10 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 10:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Peru, IN | Tree blown down on Highway 24. |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 2159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 040346 SVRFWA INC017-103-040410- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1031 PM EST SUN SEP 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 1110 PM EST * AT 1031 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ADAMSBORO PERU BUNKER HILL AMBOY 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. X
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 Sep 3, 1:55 PM EST, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:55 PM EST, 8 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 155 PM EST SUN SEP 3 2000 MODELS CONT DIFFERENCES WITH FNT MOVING THROUGH TNGT AND AMOUNT OF COOLING NEXT FEW DAYS. HAVE FOLLOWED ETA/NGM...AND AVN IN EARLY PDS. AFTN RADARS SHOWING WEAKENING AREA OF SHOWERS FM CENT IL TO WRN MI. THIS PCPN HAS BEEN DIMINISHING AS IT MOVES EAST INTO STABLE AIR LEFT BEHIND BY OUTFLOW THIS MORNING. MODELS DIG A S/W SOUTH TNGT ACRS IL AND IN RESPONSE SFC FNT FINALLY MAKES A PUSH SOUTH. STRONG HIGH MOVES ACRS GREAT LAKES THROUGH MID WEEK GIVING FA A COOL EASTERLY FLOW. MODELS GENERATING OMEGA TNGT ALONG FNT BUT LOCATIONS VARY. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE INCREASES SLIGHTLY AS S/W DIGS AND FNT PICKS UP MOMENTUM. WATER VAPOR SHOWS TROPICAL PLUME FEEDING INTO FRONT AND S/W ACRS CENTRAL IA...NR MODELS 18Z POSITION. PROFILER NETWORK SHOWING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KTS AT H8 AT 18Z...WHICH IS STRONGER THAN MODELS INDICATED. MODELS ALSO GENERATING SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN QPF ALONG FNT OVERNIGHT...WITH AVN BEING MOST AGRESSIVE. WITH THESE FACTORS OVR AREA AND WEAK RADAR RETURNS ALREADY INTO NW FA...WL CONT CHC POPS OVERNIGHT WITH FROPA. IA S/W WL PASS ACRS FA OVERNIGHT AND DROP FNT INTO SRN FA BY 12Z. DRYING BEGINS IN EARNEST EARLY BUT WL HOLD ONTO A SMALL CHC POP SOUTH FOR MONDAY WITH FNT AND LAGGING MOISTURE. DRIER AIR FILTERS IN DURING DAY AND SOME CU DEVELOPMENT LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTN. WL GO PARTLY CLOUDY...FOLLOWED BY MOSTLY CLEAR REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM. FAN IS CONSIDERABLY COOLER THAN FWC FOR MON AND TUE. HAVE COMPROMISED BTWN THE TWO BUT SIDED TOWARD WARMER FWC. SFC WINDS LOOK TO STAY UP THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH DECENT GRADIENT. NORTHEAST FLOW OVER RELATIVELY WARM GREAT LAKES SHLD ALSO HELP MODIFY LOW LEVEL AIR AT NIGHT. KEPT EXTENDED DRY WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND...CLOSE TO FMR NUMBERS. .IWX...NONE. LASHLEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:50 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
950 PM EST SUN SEP 03 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM REYNOLDS IN .88 INCH HAIL
09/03/00 WHITE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0945 PM REYNOLDS IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/03/00 WHITE NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN.
TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
ROAD. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEgMENT.
NThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 54 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.