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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Northern Indiana

July 6, 2003Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2003, 4:31 PM EST for Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2003, 4:31 PM EST (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2003, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 062131
SVRIWX
INC131-149-062230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
427 PM EST SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN INDIANA
  STARKE COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 427 PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  WITH LARGE HAIL 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDARYVILLE...MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 425 PM EST...SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER 
  SIZE HAIL NEAR MEDARYVILLE. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... 
  MEDARYVILLE
  NORTH JUDSON
  KNOX
  HAMLET

QUARTER SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE 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 4110 8709 4098 8694 4127 8648 4142 8649
          4142 8664 4129 8678

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 Jul 6, 2:04 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:04 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
204 PM EST SUN JUL 6 2003

NO MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FINALLY BEGINS TO WORK SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA.

BEFORE THEN...A COUPLE ROUNDS OF STRONG/SVR CONVECTION EXPECTED
ACROSS THE CWA. SCT CONVECTION ONGOING OVER THE CWA RIGHT NOW...BUT
MAIN THREAT WILL BE APPROACHING COMPLEX CURRENTLY IN EASTERN IOWA.
NEW SWOMCD MENTIONS WATCH LIKELY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE ZONE
ISSUANCE TIME. DAMAGING WINDS SEEMS THE GREATEST THREAT...BUT
ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR WHERE LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES INTERACT
WITH STORMS. HEAVY RAIN THREAT STILL EXISTS AND WITH FLASH FLOOD
VALUES STILL QUITE LOW IN THE SOUTH THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL/CONTINUED
FLOODING EXISTS. AFTER COLLABORATION WITH IND...WILL EXTEND FFA
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON(20Z). RATHER THAN TIME THINGS OUT...WILL GO
LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS TONIGHT. ANOTHER BUSY DAY EXPECTED FOR MONDAY.
NEW DAY 2 OUTLOOK HAS ENTIRE CWA IN MODERATE RISK. SEEMS REASONABLE
WITH BOUNDARY GETTING CLOSER TO THE CWA AND ABUNDANT
MSTR/INSTABILITY. CHCS FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIP TOMORROW WILL RIDE ON
DEVELOPMENT/MOVEMENT OF EXPECTED MCS OVERNIGHT. MODELS DISAGREEING
ON ITS MOVEMENT WITH SOME TAKING IT DUE EAST...SOME SOUTHEAST. WILL
GO WITH HIGH CHC POPS FOR NOW AND CONTINUE MENTION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS THROUGH WEDS AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES
THROUGH TUES/TUES NGT...BUT THEN STALLS OUT TUES NGT INTO WEDS
ACROSS THE CWA. REST OF GRIDS LOOK FINE.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
BASED ON GFS TRENDING SLOWER WITH OVERALL PATTERN...HAVE ADDED POPS
THURSDAY IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO
THE GRIDS.

.IWX...
IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR ZONES INZ013...INZ015...
INZ020...INZ022>027...INZ032>034.

MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.

FISHER/BARJENBRUCH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM EST, 11 hours 31 minutes before

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-071000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
500 AM EST SUN JUL 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.

FLOODING IS STILL A THREAT OVER PARTS OF INDIANA SOUTH OF US ROUTE
30 WHERE RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE MORE
FLOOD PROBLEMS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION ON
MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY. DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BUT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:56 PM EST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0356 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0326 PM    9 NW WINAMAC              IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   PULASKI                        650N 500W TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0314 PM    10 WNW WINAMAC            IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   PULASKI                        775N 500W TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0312 PM    8 NW WINAMAC              IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   PULASKI                        500N 575W TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:57 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0357 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0350 PM    NORTH LIBERTY             IN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:05 PM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0405 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0356 PM    7 NW LOGANSPORT           IN   2.75 IN HAIL
07/06/03   CASS                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0357 PM    2 S LAKEVILLE             IN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH
                                          WINDS REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:22 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0422 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0412 PM    2 N NORTH LIBERTY         IN   1.25 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:30 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0430 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0426 PM    MEDARYVILLE               IN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/06/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0425 PM    1 N SOUTH BEND            IN   2.50 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER. NORTH OF TOWN

0423 PM    2 E SOUTH BEND            IN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     REPORTED FROM SOUTH BEND
                                          AIRPORT

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:30 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT....CORRECTION ON LAST REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0430 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003

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

0426 PM    MEDARYVILLE               IN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/06/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0425 PM    1 N SOUTH BEND            IN   2.50 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER. NORTH OF TOWN

0423 PM    2 E SOUTH BEND            IN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/06/03   ST. JOSEPH                     REPORTED FROM SOUTH BEND
                                          AIRPORT BY STORM SPOTTER

WAMSLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 2:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski	66 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	White	118 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Starke	55 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, White	54 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	51 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Pulaski	2 hr
Jul 6, 4:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Whitley	63 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington	46 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Starke	61 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:40 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:45 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	White	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	23 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.