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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2005, 5:37 PM EST for Grant County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2005, 5:37 PM EST (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 30, 6:12 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Marion, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 30, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIWX 302237
SVRIWX
INC053-302330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0067.050630T2237Z-050630T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
537 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 535 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES WEST OF SWAYZEE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREENTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
SWAYZEE...
SWEETSER...
MARION AND FAIRMOUNT...
GAS CITY AND JONESBORO...
UPLAND AND VAN BUREN...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4040 8555 4040 8568 4045 8586 4066 8586
4067 8546 4039 8545
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 302253
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
552 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
INC053-302330-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-050630T2330Z/
GRANT IN-
552 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. GOLBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CONVERSE AT 547 PM EST.
THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAYZEE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST
OF GREENTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MARION AND FAIRMOUNT...
GAS CITY AND JONESBORO...
FOWLERTON...
UPLAND AND VAN BUREN...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND MICHIGAN AND OHIO.
LAT...LON 4040 8555 4040 8568 4045 8586 4066 8586
4067 8546 4039 8545
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 302320
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
619 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
INC053-302330-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-050630T2330Z/
GRANT IN-
619 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
AT 615 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAS CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
HAIL IN MARION AT 612 PM EST.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF EASTERN GRANT COUNTY.
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.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND MICHIGAN AND OHIO.
LAT...LON 4040 8555 4040 8568 4045 8586 4066 8586
4067 8546 4039 8545
$$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 30, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
400 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
.UPDATE...
MAINLY FOR ADDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND MODIFIED
EVENING WORDING ACCORDINGLY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THERE IS A FCST QUANDARY THIS AFTN AS VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ONLY
SHOWING SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS POPPING FROM FAR SWRN MICHIGAN
...SOUTHWARD INTO NRN INDIANA. SFC ANALYSIS AND RUC40 DEPICT A
PREFRONTAL TROF IN THIS SAME LOCATION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE
STILL REMAINS A WEAK CAP IN PLACE BASED ON RUC SOUNDINGS. THE
QUESTION OF THE AFTN IS: WILL THERE BE ENOUGH LOW LVL CONVERGENCE
ASSOCD WITH THE PREFRONTAL TROF TO KICK OFF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS? AT THIS POINT...BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
SOME SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BASED ON THE THETA E RIDGE
AXIS...SEVERE THREAT REMAINS SE OF A LINE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
MICHIGAN (NEAR CENTREVILLE) TO LOGANSPORT. WILL TAILOR POPS FROM 30
PERCENT FAR WEST (NO SEVERE MENTION) TO 50 EAST (SEVERE MENTION FOR
DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL) DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...AS NIGHT
TIME FALLS...SBCAPES SHOULD DROP OFF...AND THREAT FOR SVR WX WILL
DIMINISH. A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM ERN WISCONSIN INTO WRN
ILLINOIS THIS AFTN. THIS FRONT IS FCST TO PASS SOUTH BEND AROUND
MIDNIGHT EST AND FORT WAYNE AROUND 3 AM EST. WITH UPR SUPPORT
LAGGING WELL BEHIND FRONT...AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH ACTIVITY WITH ITS
PASSAGE. ONCE FRONT PASSES...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR AS A
DRY SLOT IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT.
FOR FRIDAY...AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CWFA.
CAA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COOL TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S
FOR HIGHS. SOME DIURNAL CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE
GREATEST COVERAGE OVER THE NE CWFA WHERE 850 TEMPS ARE THE COOLEST
(PROVIDING FOR THE BEST LOW LVL LAPSE RATES).
&&
.LONG TERM...
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...DRY WEATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
PERIOD WILL GIVE WAY TO SLIGHT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AND A
RETURN TO WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH EACH OTHER AND PREVIOUS RUNS, SO DONT INTEND TO MAKE MANY
CHANGES, ALTHOUGH TIMING WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKY FOR LATER PERIODS
IN THE FORECAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE FROM HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S
OVER THE WEEKEND TO HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
SFC ANALYSIS AT 17Z DEPICTED A PREFRONTAL TROF AXIS NEAR THE
ILLINOIS/INDIANA BORDER. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM
SERN WISCONSIN...SWWD INTO NW ILLINOIS...SRN IOWA...THEN INTO CNTRL
KANSAS.
THE COLD FRONT WAS ASSOCD WITH A COOL UPR LVL LOW PRES SYSTEM OVER
WRN ONTARIO/WRN GREAT LAKES REGION. FOR THIS AFTN...IT APPEARS
CONVECTION WILL BE ASSOCD WITH THE PREFRONTAL TROF AXIS. WITH
DEWPOINTS FCST TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 70S AND TEMPS INTO THE LOWER
90S AHEAD OF THIS AXIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
ERUPT NEAR KSBN BY 21Z...PROPAGATING EASTWARD AND REACHING KFWA BY
23Z. ONCE PREFRONTAL TROF MOVES THROUGH...AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH
WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. ONCE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH TAF SITES
OVERNIGHT...SKIES SHOULD BECOME GENERALLY CLEAR AS REGION WILL BE IN
A DRY SLOT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WITH CAA AND DAY TIME HEATING ON
FRIDAY...SOME FAIR WX CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP ACRS THE FCST
AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY DUE TO DAY TIME
HEATING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 10 PM EST TODAY FOR INZ004...
INZ005...INZ006...INZ007...INZ008...INZ009...INZ012...
INZ013...INZ014...INZ015...INZ016...INZ017...INZ018...
INZ020...INZ022...INZ023...INZ024...INZ025...INZ026...
INZ027...INZ032...INZ033...INZ034.
.MI...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT TODAY FOR MIZ078...
MIZ079...MIZ080...MIZ081.
.OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT FOR OHZ001...
OHZ002...OHZ004...OHZ005...OHZ015...OHZ016...OHZ024...OHZ025.
.LK MI...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:04 PM EST, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 504 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-011000- 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 504 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR AND EAST OF A CASSOPOLIS TO LOGANSPORT LINE WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING EAST OF THIS LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WELL AS ON WEDNESDAY. IT REMAINS TO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-011000- 504 AM EST THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS ON WEDNESDAY. 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 30, 5:19 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
519 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM HAIL COLON 41.96N 85.32W
06/30/2005 1.00 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
0458 PM TSTM WND DMG STURGIS 41.80N 85.42W
06/30/2005 ST. JOSEPH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES KNOCKED DOWN COUNTYWIDE. THE MOST
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE REPORTS WERE REPORTED OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
&&
WAMSLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 5:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 30, 7:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 72 min |
| Jun 30, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.