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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Northern Indiana

June 19, 2001Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2001, 6:03 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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 19, 2001, 6:03 PM EST (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2001, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

County Kosciusko County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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
Jun 19, 6:42 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster, IN	Large tree blown down on Armstrong Rd.

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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 192304
SVRFWA

INC085-200000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
603 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF CLAYPOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  PIERCETON
  WARSAW
  LEESBURG
  NORTH WEBSTER
  MILFORD
  SYRACUSE

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! HAIL UP TO THE 
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM.

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...LO	N 4129 8565 4131 8567 4145 8567 4144 8590
          4118 8599 4108 8581

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 19, 2:49 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:49 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
249 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

...FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE FIRST PERIOD FORECAST CONCERNING
THUNDERSTORMS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...

17Z SURFACE CHART SHOWS WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTH
CENTRAL MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND THEN INTO EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI. A CU FIELD HAS BROKEN OUT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
FRONT AT 18Z.  KIWX RADAR HAS A FEW CELLS POP WITH THE STRONGEST
CELL OVER FOUNTAIN COUNTY. 12Z DTX AND ILX SOUNDINGS SHOW DRY
AIR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...BUT IT IS UNSTABLE WITH
LI'S BETWEEN -8 AND -10. UNMODIFIED CAPES RANGE FROM 2800 TO 3100
J/KG. LITTLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING AT THE FRONTAL
SURFACE AT THIS TIME.

MODELS AVAILABLE ARE THE ETA...MESOETA AND THE AVN. ALL MODELS
ARE SIMILAR IN MOVING THE FRONT EAST OF THE CWA BY 06Z. BASED ON PAST
MOVEMENT...WILL LEAN TOWARD A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT IN
MAKING THE FORECAST.   A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES FOLLOW THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE WHICH WILL PROLONG THE CHANCE OF RAIN INTO THURSDAY WHEN THE
FINAL SHORT WAVE FROM CENTRAL CANADA MOVES THROUGH.

WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE CONTINUES TO BE
A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
THE BEST CHANCE EAST OF A LINE FROM COLDWATER MICHIGAN TO MARION
INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE NIGHT...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH.

FWC GUIDANCE WAS A LITTLE COOL FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...BUT IT LOOKS
TO BE TOO WARM FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS NORTHWEST.  FWC GUIDANCE LOOKS
CLOSE AND WILL FOLLOW FOR SOUTHEAST HALF.

EXTENDED...FINAL SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY USHERING IN A
COOLER AND DRY WEEKEND...BUT WARM AIR RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK.  THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS TO BE CAPPED SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY THROUjGH
TUESDAY. INDMISFWA AVAILABLE.

.IWX...NONE.

GLL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:33 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0400 PM    3 SE SOUTH WHITLEY        IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   WHITLEY                        REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:11 PM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0440 PM    PIERCETON                 IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   KOSCIUSKO                      REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0440 PM    7 NW FT WAYNE             IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0444 PM    2 S HUNTERTOWN            IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0450 PM    5 NNW FT WAYNE            IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0450 PM    5 S COLUMBIA CITY         IN   LIGHTNING
06/19/01   WHITLEY                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          ONE PERSON STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTENING. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0454 PM    7 N FT WAYNE              IN   1 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0459 PM    MEXICO                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/01   MIAMI                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          HOUSE DAMAGED. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

0500 PM    5 NW FT WAYNE             IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:21 PM EST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
521 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0503 PM    3 S LOGANSPORT            IN   .25 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0515 PM    5 N LOGANSPORT            IN   .25 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Whitley	32 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	45 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	38 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Noble, Whitley	41 min
Jun 19, 4:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami	28 min
Jun 19, 5:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	43 min
Jun 19, 5:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Wabash	48 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Miami	29 min
Jun 19, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Whitley	43 min
Jun 19, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Noble	40 min
Jun 19, 5:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	60 min
Jun 19, 5:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	46 min
Jun 19, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	33 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	62 min
Jun 19, 6:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Whitley	49 min
Jun 19, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	58 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.