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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Northern Indiana

May 9, 2000Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 7:17 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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: May 9, 2000, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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
May 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, MI	Numerous trees down.
May 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hillsdale, MI	Barn blown down. Numerous trees down.
May 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Hillsdale, MI

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
May 9, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 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 092318
SVRFWA
MIC059-100015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HILLSDALE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT(715 PM EST)

* AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ANGOLA INDIANA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  MONTGOMERY
  CAMDEN
  READING
  HILLSDALE
  JONESVILLE
  NORTH ADAMS

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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

LAT...LON 4178 8498 4166 8481 4194 8437 4211 8460

NNNN

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, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
215 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT TONIGHT...WITH ETA PERHAPS
BEST WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE FEATURES.

5H VORT MOVES FROM KS THIS AFTERNOON TO SC IL BY 06Z WED AND TO
IN/OH BORDER BY 12Z...AS SFC LOW OVER C IL MOVES TO LE BY 06Z AND LO
BY 12Z...ALLOWING SFC COLD FRONT TO EXIT MY CWA AROUND DAWN
WEDNESDAY.

TONIGHT NORTH AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF CWA HAVE BEST MOISTURE...LIFT...
AND THETA E ADV. PWATS ARE 1.5 TO 1.6 WITH QPFS OF ABOUT AN INCH
OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FALL...BUT AM ON THE FENCE
ABOUT NECESSITY OF FFA. WHILE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES MAY
BE REQUIRED LATER WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...THINK FFA CAN BE
DROPPED DUE TO DRY GROUND AND LACK OF HEAVY RAINFALL LAST
NIGHT/TODAY. FFG VALUES ARE 3.5 TO 4 INCHES PER SIX HOURS IN CENTRAL
AND EAST COUNTIES...2.5 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST.

SPC CURRENTLY MONITORING WESTERN CWA FOR WW. WILL MENTION
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES ATTM...WILL MAKE APPROPRIATE
WORDING/HEADLINE CHANGES IF/WHEN WW IS ISSUED.

WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN THE EAST IN THE MORNING...
BUT OTHERWISE DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WILL KEEP POPS IN WESTERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY BUT WILL KEEP THEM
LOW. AVN IS PROGGING A STRONG CAP WITH LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT AND NOT
ALL THAT MUCH MOISTURE. MAIN SHOW WILL BE CLOSER TO THE SYSTEM WELL
WEST OF HERE.

IN THE EXTENDED WILL BUMP SATURDAYS SHOWERS UP TO FRIDAY AND WILL
KEEP WEEKEND DRY AS RIDGE BUILDS IN.

TEMPS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW.

TKS TO DTX FOR COORD.

.IWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES.

REAUGH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 6:34 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
534 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0511 PM    LORANE                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   WHITLEY                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    SOUTH WHITLEY             IN   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   WHITLEY                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    ALBION                    IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   NOBLE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0530 PM    NORTH MANCHESTER          IN   TREES DOWN
05/09/00   WABASH                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0515 PM    WOLFLAKE                  IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   NOBLE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0530 PM    NORTH MANCHESTER          IN   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   WABASH                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, May 9, 6:42 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
542 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0516 PM    6 N THREE RIVERS          MI   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   ST.JOSEPH

N

Local storm report, May 9, 6:52 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
552 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0545 PM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   NOBLE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

N

Local storm report, May 9, 6:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
554 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0551 PM    ASHLEY                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   STEUBEN                        REOPRTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER

N

Local storm report, May 9, 7:02 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
602 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0551 PM    MARKLE                    IN   TREES AND POWER LINES 5/09/00    HUNTINGTON                     DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

N

Local storm report, May 9, 7:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
609 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

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

0559 PM    1 N GARRETT               IN   TORNADO
05/09/00   DEKALB

0605 PM    ANGOLA                    IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   STEUBEN

0558 PM    FT WAYNE                  IN   TREES DOWN...ONE 1 1/2  05/09/00   ALLEN                          FOOT IN DIAMETER AT
                                          THE CORNER OF I 69
                                          AND US 24
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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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 9, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien	28 min
May 9, 1:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	35 min
May 9, 2:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	27 min
May 9, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	34 min
May 9, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien	29 min
May 9, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	28 min
May 9, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	32 min
May 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	31 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.