Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2005, 6:56 PM EDT for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 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, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se North Adams, MI | POWERLINES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN IN THE CITY OF PITTSFORD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 29 minutes after it went out.
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, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 302257 SVRIWX MIC023-059-010000- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0068.050630T2256Z-050701T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 656 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BRANCH COUNTY IN MICHIGAN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 655 PM EDT...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 NEAR QUINCY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF COLDWATER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... QUINCY... READING AND LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE... HILLSDALE... 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 4206 8503 4184 8501 4181 8438 4207 8437 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIWX 302320 RRA SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 619 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005 MIC023-302329- /O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050701T0000Z/ BRANCH MI- 719 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR... BRANCH COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND MICHIGAN AND OHIO. LAT...LON 4207 8473 4184 8480 4181 8438 4207 8437 $$ MIC059-010000- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050701T0000Z/ HILLSDALE MI- 719 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR... HILLSDALE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLSDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... HILLSDALE... NORTH ADAMS... PITTSFORD... 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 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND MICHIGAN AND OHIO. LAT...LON 4207 8473 4184 8480 4181 8438 4207 8437 $$
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, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 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, 6:04 PM EDT, 52 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, 6:19 PM EDT, 37 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.
&&
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:43 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
543 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM TSTM WND DMG BRONSON 41.87N 85.19W
06/30/2005 BRANCH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN FROM BRONSON TO COLDWATER.
&&
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:47 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM HAIL COLDWATER 41.94N 85.00W
06/30/2005 0.88 INCH BRANCH MI EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:49 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
549 PM EST THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM HAIL 2 SE AMBOY 40.58N 85.90W
06/30/2005 1.75 INCH MIAMI IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WAMSLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.