Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2000, 8:21 PM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 12, 2000, 8:21 PM EST (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2000, 9:10 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 12, 8:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mishawaka, IN | Power lines 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 31.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017 WUUS53 KIWX 130123 SVRFWA INC039-141-130210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 821 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IN INDIANA EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 910 PM EST * AT 812 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH BEND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... GRANGER OSCEOLA ELKHART SIMONTON LAKE DUNLAP MIDDLEBURY THIS IS A DANGEROUS 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. LAT...LON 4175 8639 4150 8635 4165 8542 4192 8549 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 12, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 315 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000 FCST CONCERN IN EXTENT OF SVR WX THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERN HALF OF CWA CURRENTLY UNDER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 01Z. CONVECTION OCCURRING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT IN VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS. DP/S ARE IN THE 70S AS FAR N AS CNTRL LWR MI. CLDY SKIES OVER CWA HAS KEPT TEMPS DOWN AND MAY HAVE HELPED TO KEEP SVR WX FROM STARTING SOONER. 12Z MODELS INITIALIZED PRETTY WELL WITH PLACEMENT OF COLD FRONT FROM NRN IL SW THRU MO TO OK. NOT MUCH DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WITH FRONT BUT GOOD SPEED SHEAR CAN BE SEEN IN PROFILER DATA AND AREA VWP/S. AIR MASS IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH 12Z UNMODIFIED CAPES ALREADY OVER 4000 J/KG. MODIFIED KILX SOUNDING GENERATED CAPES TO GREATER THAN 5000 J/KG. LI/S ALSO VERY UNSTABLE AT -7 TO -9. LOOKS LIKE WIND AND HAIL WILL BE MAIN THREATS. ISOLD TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. COLD FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY WITH CONVECTION MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG FRONT. AGREE WITH KGRR THAT TRAINING COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. HOWEVER...OVER KIWX CWA FF GUIDANCE AMNTS ARE FAIRLY HIGH SO DO NOT EXPECT FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER OUR CWA. FRONT SHOULD MOVE THRU ENTIRE KIWX CWA BY 09Z. AFTER FROPA TIGHT WIND GRADIENT WILL MOVE INTO RGN. BREEZY CONDITIONS SHOULD CONT THRU DAY SAT. TEMPS WILL RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE CONDITIONS. H8-H7 TEMPS ALSO DECREASE SO NEAR NORMAL TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE THRU EARLY WEEK. MISFWA SENT. THANKS FOR COORD...KGRR. .IWX...NONE. OHARA
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 6:32 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
632 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0618 PM NORTH JUDSON IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 STARKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0618 PM 1 N NORTH JUDSON IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 STARKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0621 PM 4 W BEARDSTOWN IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/12/00 PULASKI REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0624 PM MEDARYVILLE IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 PULASKI REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0625 PM 6 W BASS LAKE IN 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 STARKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NLocal storm report, May 12, 7:07 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
707 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0644 PM 2 N BEARDSTOWN IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 PULASKI REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0705 PM ARGOS IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 MARSHALL REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NLocal storm report, May 12, 7:19 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
719 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM MONTEREY IN TORNADO
05/12/00 PULASKI REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN IN A CORN
FIELD REPORTED BY
MONTEREY FIRE
DEPARTMENT. NO DAMAGE.
NLocal storm report, May 12, 7:37 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
737 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0657 PM BOURBON IN WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 MARSHALL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
TREE DOWN.
0721 PM 2 N ATWOOD IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 KOSCIUSKO REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NSpecial weather statement, May 12, 8:04 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ003>006-012>016-020-022-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 804 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000 THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO PERU. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. OHARA
Local storm report, May 12, 8:06 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
806 PM EST FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM 3 N ROCHESTER IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 FULTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0750 PM 2 N PIERCETON IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 KOSCIUSKO REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
NThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 57 min |
| May 12, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 43 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.