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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 5:30 AM EST for Fulton County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 5:30 AM EST (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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.
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 |
| Mar 13, 4:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
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 Mar 13, 4:57 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 4:57 AM EST, 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 12:19 PM EST, 17 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1219 PM EST SUN MAR 12 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-131115- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1119 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 /1219 PM EST SUN MAR 12 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A COLDWATER TO PERU LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG A INTENSIFYING WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO MICHIGAN THIS EVENING WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 OVER INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WITH RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH AND MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO DURING MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME SHOULD BE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO ONCE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS REGION. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THERE WILL BE AN ISOLATED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON MONDAY. LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE WIND ADVISORY IF FORECAST GUSTS INCREASE TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. ALSO...SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING OR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-131115- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 1219 PM EST SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM A LINE AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ALSO...SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT... POSING A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN DURING MONDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WAVES WILL BUILD IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET MONDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 13, 3:33 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
333 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 AM TSTM WND DMG EDWARDSBURG 41.80N 86.08W
03/13/2006 CASS MI AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTTAGES
&&
EBREONLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:46 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
346 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 AM TSTM WND DMG ELKHART 41.69N 85.97W
03/13/2006 ELKHART IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 LARGE TREE DOWN
&&
EBREONLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:52 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
352 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 ESE CASSOPOLIS 41.86N 85.83W
03/13/2006 CASS MI AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD M60
&&
EBREONThe 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, 3:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 21 hr |
| 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 |
| Mar 13, 2:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 3:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 21 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.