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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2000Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 1:43 PM EST for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 13, 2000, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2000, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fulton County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 1:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Rochester, 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
Jun 13, 12:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 1542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 131844
SVRFWA
INC049-131930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
143 PM EST TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 143 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF KEWANNA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTH OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  ROCHESTER

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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

LAT...LON 4094 8656 4081 8639 4113 8589 4131 8613

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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 Jun 13, 3:10 AM EST, 10 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:10 AM EST, 10 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
310 AM EST TUE JUN 13 2000

SEVERAL FCST PROBLEMS THIS AM. FIRST IS ONGOING CONVECTION ACRS SERN
FA. OHP SHOULD STAY BLO FFG WL HOLD FOR NOW ON ANY FFA. MSAS PMSL
SHWNG LP NR AZO WITH COLD SIDE OF FNT DIPPING ALL THE WAY TO PIA.
WITH MESO FEATURES DOMINATING...POOR MODEL PERFORMANCE IN SHORT TERM
INCLUDING LTST RUC CONFIDENCE NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH. GOING ONLY WITH
LARGER SCALE ETA/NGM SIGNALS DY2. HI LWLVL MFLUX FM MO INTO IA
SHOULD KEEP REGENERATIVE CONVECTION NEXT 24 HRS. FIRST COMPLEX
ENTERING INTO NWRN IL...IF THIS SYS CONTS ON NRN EDGE LWLVL THETA E
GRAD SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE A MORE ESERLY TURN...THOUGH SAT IR/LTG DATA
HASN'T SHOWN THIS YET. THIS PCPN INTO NWRN FA BTWN 13-16Z. LTR THIS
AFTN ADDITIONAL CONV PSBL WITH MODIFIED CAPES TO 3.5 KJ/KG SLGT CHC
DMNG WINDS WITH HIR DAPE WITH DRIER MIDLVL ENVIRONMENTAL AIR. BOTTOM
LINE IS SHRA/TSRA LIKLY TODAY WITH NO TIMING. CHC TONIGHT. NRN
ROCKIES ENERGY CARVES SHARPENING MSVLY TROF AND APRCHG COLD FNT DY2.
CAPES TO 3 KJ/KG SWEAT 300 LI M7. FAIR  0-3KM SHEAR BUT HELICITY
VALUES RMN BLO 150 M2/S2...AFTN TSRA LKLY. MISFWA IN A FEW. WITH T
SEVERAL CONVECTIVE EVENTS NEXT 2 DAYS FFA WL LKLY BE NEEDED AT SOME
POINT BUT PREFER TO HOLD OFF UNTIL HIEST THREAT AREA CAN BE
DETERMINED.

.IWX...NONE
PBM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:47 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1047 AM EST TUE JUN 13 2000

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

1044 AM    SOUTH BEND                IN   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   ST.JOSEPH                      TRAINED WEATHER
                                          OBSERVER REPORT. SOUTH
                                          SIDE OF TOWN NEAR
                                          IRELAND ROAD.

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:55 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1055 AM EST TUE JUN 13 2000

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

1051 AM    MISHAWAKA                 IN   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   ST.JOSEPH                      ESTIMATED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER ON NORTH SIDE
                                          OF MISHAWAKAX.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 10:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	38 min
Jun 13, 10:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart	52 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	45 min
Jun 13, 2:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington	48 min
Jun 13, 3:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.