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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Northern Indiana

June 14, 2000Cass County, Fulton County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 3:41 PM EST for Cass County, Fulton County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 14, 2000, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 4:30 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Miami County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:15 PM ESTThunderstorm WindLewisburg, INTrees down.
Jun 14, 4:20 PM ESTThunderstorm WindRochester, INTrees down.
Jun 14, 4:35 PM ESTThunderstorm WindPeru, INTree downed against a house. Minor damage.
Jun 14, 4:40 PM ESTThunderstorm WindGilead, INTree 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 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 142046
SVRFWA
INC017-049-099-103-141-MIC021-142130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
341 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA
  FULTON COUNTY IN INDIANA
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN INDIANA
  MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
  ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN INDIANA
  BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 430 PM EST(530 PM EDT)

* AT 341 PM EST(441 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING MICHIGAN    
  CITY TO NORTH JUDSON TO CHALMERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  WALKERTON
  NEW CARLISLE
  GRISSOM AFB
  ROCHESTER
  LOGANSPORT
  NORTH LIBERTY
  BRIDGMAN
  PLYMOUTH
  SOUTH BEND

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST 6LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams49 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White50 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke50 min
Jun 14, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph49 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams3 hr
Jun 14, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Wabash52 min
Jun 14, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko52 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami31 min
Jun 14, 4:50 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXWabash50 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Noble46 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley46 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko31 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko, Whitley35 min
Jun 14, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant39 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAllen, Whitley43 min
Jun 14, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington53 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben50 min
Jun 14, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Blackford, Wells46 min
Jun 14, 6:10 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb40 min
Jun 14, 6:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams40 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.