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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

May 13, 2005Cass County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 4:56 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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
May 13, 2005, 4:56 PM EST (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cass County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2005-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 132157
SVRIWX
INC017-132300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.050513T2156Z-050513T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
456 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 450 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  ONWARD...
  LOGANSPORT...
  ADAMSBORO...
  TWELVE MILE...


LAT...LON 4071 8654 4057 8638 4062 8617 4090 8616
      4092 8640

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIWX 132213
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INC017-132300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050513T2300Z/
CASS IN-
510 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 502 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LOGANSPORT. THIS SEVERE STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
INCLUDE...ONWARD...ADAMSBORO...AND TWELVE MILE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PENNEY SIZE HAIL AND MAY 
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 MPH SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4071 8648 4071 8637 4062 8637 4062 8619
      4090 8618 4092 8640

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall30 min
May 13, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford41 min
May 13, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells48 min
May 13, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami41 min
May 13, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash52 min
May 13, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko33 min
May 13, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami, Wabash53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.