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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 3:45 AM EST for LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County LaGrange County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:23 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 130847 SVRIWX INC087-130930- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0013.060313T0845Z-060313T0930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 345 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAGRANGE COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 430 AM EST * AT 344 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAGRANGE TO 6 MILES WEST OF STURGIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE... LAGRANGE... SHIPSHEWANA... HOWE... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4177 8566 4158 8566 4154 8530 4177 8523 $$ HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIWX 130919 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 417 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 INC087-130930- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060313T0930Z/ LAGRANGE IN- 417 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR... LAGRANGE COUNTY IN INDIANA AT 414 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BRIGHTON TO NEAR TOPEKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE... STROH... MONGO... WOODRUFF... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4177 8539 4157 8557 4154 8530 4177 8523 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 2:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 60 min | |
| Mar 13, 3:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 3:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 8:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 8:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Starke | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 8:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall | 18 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.