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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Northern Indiana

June 5, 2005Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 4:42 PM EST for Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 5, 2005, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2005, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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.

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
Jun 5, 1:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 052142
SVRIWX
INC103-169-052230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0038.050605T2142Z-050605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
442 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 437 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR BUNKER HILL...OR ABOUT OVER GRISSOM AFB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  PERU...
  MEXICO AND LA FONTAINE...
  WABASH...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4061 8627 4053 8597 4068 8564 4094 8563
      4102 8597

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 052206
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
506 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INC103-169-052230-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/
WABASH IN-MIAMI IN-
506 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR...

  MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 457 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF AMBOY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WABASH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
PERU...MEXICO...DENVER...ROANN...LA FONTAINE AND LAGRO.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SPOTTERS IN PERU REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN AT 455 PM EST.

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

LAT...LON 4061 8627 4053 8597 4068 8564 4094 8563
      4102 8597

$$

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 5, 4:05 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:05 PM EST, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
405 PM EST MON JUN 5 2005

.SHORT TERM...
INITIAL CONCERNS RELEGATED TO PENDING SVR OUTBREAK. ATTM ATMOSPHERE
PRIMED FOR DVLPMNT AS NOTED W/ENHANCING CU FIELD FM CNTRL MI SW INTO
EC IL W/VERY RECENT INITIATION NOTED WITHIN CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SAME
AREA WHERE MSTR FLUX MAXIMIZED WITHIN MAX INSTABILITY AHD OF WELL
DEFINED MCV TRANSLATING OUT OF CNTRL IL. EWD PROPAGATION OF MAIN SW
TROF OVR MN AND ARRIVAL OF STG MID LVL SPEED MAX ALG TAIL END OF UPR
TROF DICTATES A PRIMARY DAMAGING WIND THREAT ALTHOUGH PRESENCE OF
HIGH SFC THETA-E AIRMASS AND MODEST MID LVL DRYNESS W/WET BULB 0
HGTS AOB 12KFT FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL. NOT TOO KEEN ON TOR THREAT
HWVR GIVEN ABSENCE OF SIG SFC BNDRY NOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL BACKING TO
LL FLW AHD OF IL MCV BUT LK BREEZE BNDRY ACRS SW MI WILL HAVE TO BE
WATCHED W/DISCRETE SUPERCELL WINDOW EARLY.

&&

.LONG TERM...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...OVERALL...A WARM AND HUMID WEATHER
PATTERN WITH A CHANCE FOR STORMS MAINLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
LONGWAVE TROF WILL BECOME REESTABLISHED OVER THE WESTERN CONUS BY
LATE IN THE WEEK. CONCERN THAT COOL FRONT MAY BACKDOOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...BUT FOR THIS PACKAGE WILL KEEP THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
IN THE WARM SECTOR AS GFS/NAM BRINGS THE FRONT DOWN TO ABOUT THE
EDGE OF THE AREA BEFORE BECOMING A WARM FRONT AND LIFTING NORTH.
ALSO...GULF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AS A SERIES OF SHORT
WAVES EJECT EAST AND NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MAIN TROF. TIMING OF THESE
INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS LATE IN THE WEEK STILL TOO UNCERTAIN TO TRY TO
PIN DOWN AT THIS POINT...SO HAVE LEFT THE CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE
GRIDS/ZFP FOR EACH DAY LATE THIS WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
WATCHING CONV DVLPMNTS BACK W IN ASSOCN/W MCV OVR CNTRL IL AS IT
PERTAINS TO 18Z TAF FCST. LATEST VIS IMAGERY SHOWING ENHANCED CU
FIELD DVLPG IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM IN CONFLUENCE FM SW MI INTO NW IN
IN AREA OF MIN CINH...STG INSTABILITY AND MAX MSTR CVRG. ATTEMPTED
SOME TIMING OF TEMPO SVR THIS AFTN OTHERWISE WX NIL AFT MID EVENING
AS SFC COLD FRONT ACRS IA SURGES EWD EARLY TONIGHT. VFR CIGS EARLY
W/CLRG LATE.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EST ALL COUNTIES
.MI...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT ALL COUNTIES.
.OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT ALL COUNTIES
.LK MI...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT

&&

HOLSTEN/SKIP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 10:00 AM EST, 6 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1000 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-061010-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-
CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN-
GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-
PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN...
BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN...
BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...
DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...
FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY...
GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK...
HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE...
KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION...
MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON...
NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA...
PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE...
SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE...
THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...
WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE
1000 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH A MODERATE RISK
FOR DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE BY MID AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A
FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL PEAK INTO THE
LOWER 90S AND WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES IN PLACE...WILL COMBINE TO ALLOW
HEAT INDICES TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT IT
REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL POSE A DISCRETE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-061-061010-
456 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH A MODERATE RISK
FOR DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE BY MID AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A
FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT IT
REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL POSE A DISCRETE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK.

&&

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

HOLSTEN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:59 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
359 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             MONTICELLO              40.75N 86.76W
06/05/2005  0.88 INCH        WHITE              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:01 PM EST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
401 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     REYNOLDS                40.75N 86.87W
06/05/2005                   WHITE              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:25 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E NEW PARIS           41.50N 85.73W
06/05/2005                   ELKHART            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            62 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST. TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROADS 18
            AND 19.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:28 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
428 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOSHEN                  41.58N 85.84W
06/05/2005                   ELKHART            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            62 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST. TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROADS 18
            AND 19.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:29 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
429 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E NEW PARIS           41.50N 85.73W
06/05/2005                   ELKHART            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 1/2 FOOT TREE DOWN IN BENTON.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:31 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
431 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0417 PM     TSTM WND GST     SYRACUSE                41.42N 85.75W
06/05/2005  60 MPH           KOSCIUSKO          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBOGUTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	40 min
Jun 5, 2:02 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	IWX		58 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	55 min
Jun 5, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Starke	45 min
Jun 5, 3:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Marshall	50 min
Jun 5, 3:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko	39 min
Jun 5, 3:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart	50 min
Jun 5, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	60 min
Jun 5, 4:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Noble	43 min
Jun 5, 4:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	43 min
Jun 5, 5:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant	43 min
Jun 5, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Huntington, Wells	51 min
Jun 5, 5:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Jay	38 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.