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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Northern Indiana

May 9, 2000Blackford County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 6:33 AM EST for Blackford County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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: May 9, 2000, 6:33 AM EST (11:33 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2000, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties Blackford County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 811 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -371 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 091134
SVRFWA
INC009-179-091200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
633 AM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 632 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MONTPELIER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTH OF UPLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  MONTPELIER
  MARKLE
  PONETO
  UNIONDALE
  BLUFFTON
  OSSIAN
  VERA CRUZ
  HARTFORD CITY

ONE INCH SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE 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.

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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 May 9, 1:30 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:30 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
130 AM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

FCST PROB THIS AM CNTRS ARND CURRENT SVR WX AND POTENTIAL THIS PM
FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

06Z SFC MAP SHOWING PLENTY OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY IN ADV OF
LG BOW ECHO OUTFLOW NOW CHARGING ACRS NW IND. MOST IMPRESSIVE WIND
FIELD ALG LEADING EDGE OF BOW WITH G80 REPORTED. SYS MOVG ALG
RAPIDLY AND NOT ALOT OF UPSTREAM REDEVELOPMENT OVR N IL SO WATER
PROBS FOR NOW AT A MINIMUM.

00Z MODELS DO NOT HANDLE CURRENT CONVECTION VRY WELL XPC FOR NGM
WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE OF CURRENT ACTIVITY...FNTL
POSITION AND SFC WAVE OVR C IL. BY FAR BIGGEST PROB TDA IS WHERE...
WHEN REDEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE LTR TDA. OUTFLOW BNDRY LIKELY TO
PUSH WELL INTO NW OH LTR THIS AM WITH S END HANGING UP ACRS S THIRD
OF FA. IN ADDITION...COLD FRONT PROGGED TO STALL AS SFC WAVE ASSOCD/W
POTENT SW TROF COMING OUT OF OK RIDES UP INTO NW IN THIS PM. SO
ONE OF THESE TWO BNDRYS PLACES MOST OF FA IN FVRBL AREAS FOR
REDEVELOPMENT. SECOND ISSUE IS AMT OF DESTABILIZATION. SIG MID LVL
CAPPING INVERSION NOW KILLING BOW ECHO TO DISAPPEAR WITH COOLING
ALOFT IN ADV OF SW TROF AS LOW LVL WIND FIELD BACKS IN ADV OF SFC
WAVE. WITH THIS IN MIND...XPC NW THIRD TO CONT STORMY THRU THE DAY
WHERE WATER COULD BECOME A PROB GIVEN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE
WITH PWATS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCH. MAY NEED FFA NW CORNER GIVEN
EXCESSIVE QPF PROGS BUT WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT ENDS UP FALLING UNTIL
ISSUANCE TIME. OTHERWISE STG MIXING IN ADV OF SYS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS
TO CLIMB WITHIN WARM SECTOR TO FWC NUMBERS EVEN IN THE FACE OF ALOT
OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLDS AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE THAN ENOUGH
INSTABILITY TO WARRANT MENTION OF SVR STORMS FOR TDA.

NO BONES WITH GUIDANCE NUMBERS THIS AM ALTHOUGH FAN LOOKING TAD COOL.

.IWX...NONE YET.

TEH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 12:52 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1252 AM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

1217 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/09/00   LAPORTE                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

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Local storm report, May 9, 12:53 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1253 AM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

1225 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAPORTE                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 9, 3:10 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
310 AM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

1217 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/09/00   LAPORTE                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1225 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAPORTE                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

1225 AM    NEW BUFFALO               MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   BERRIEN                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1225 AM    GALIEN                    MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   BERRIEN                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWNED.

0100 AM    ROCHESTER                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   FULTON                         POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0100 AM    ROCHESTER                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   FULTON                         POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0105 AM    SILVER LAKE               IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   KOSCIUSKO                      TREE DOWN.

0110 AM    1 N ELKHART               IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   ELKHART                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0110 AM    CASSOPOLIS                MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   CASS                           TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0110 AM    WINONA LAKE               IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   KOSCIUSKO                      TREE DOWN.

0115 AM    MARCELLUS                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   CASS                           TREES DOWN.

0115 AM    CONSTANTINE               MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   ST.JOSEPH                      POWER LINES AND
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0115 AM    2 SW NORTH WEBSTER        IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   KOSCIUSKO                      LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0125 AM    1 N SHIPSHEWANA           IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAGRANGE                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0125 AM    1 N SHIPSHEWANA           IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAGRANGE                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0130 AM    UNION CITY                MI   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   BRANCH                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN..
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0130 AM    LAGRANGE                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAGRANGE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN. .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Special weather statement, May 9, 3:21 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-091300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
321 AM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...EXTREME
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST OFtFICIAL WEATHER
INFORMATION.

MURPHY

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:38 AM EST, 55 minutes before

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-091700-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
538 AM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST INTO A
DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING IN
RESPONSE TO A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS
FRONT PARTICULARLY OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS THIS MORNING MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

THE SURFACE LOW AND ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARE FORECAST
TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADVANCE
OF THIS SYSTEM... CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE
WITH SEVERE STORMS LIKELY BY AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
A LOGANSPORT TO STURGIS LINE. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTAERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY
AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

TEH

Local storm report, May 9, 6:26 AM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
626 AM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0615 AM    LA FONTAINE               IN   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   WABASH                         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
May 8, 11:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	35 min
May 8, 11:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	35 min
May 8, 11:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke	55 min
May 9, 12:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Marshall	28 min
May 9, 12:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	28 min
May 9, 12:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	White	34 min
May 9, 12:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	35 min
May 9, 1:03 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	27 min
May 9, 6:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	29 min
May 9, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	50 min
May 9, 4:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall, Starke	47 min
May 9, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Wabash	18 min
May 9, 4:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Whitley	44 min
May 9, 4:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton	31 min
May 9, 4:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	35 min
May 9, 5:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami	51 min
May 9, 5:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	51 min
May 9, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Noble	35 min
May 9, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Wabash	29 min
May 9, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Whitley	28 min
May 9, 5:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	32 min
May 9, 5:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	30 min
May 9, 5:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	27 min
May 9, 5:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Wells	49 min
May 9, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	38 min
May 9, 6:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.