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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2006, 4:43 AM EDT for Blackford County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 18, 2006, 4:43 AM EDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2006, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Blackford County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 18, 4:21 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 4:21 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 331 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-181945- 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 231 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006 /331 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAT INDICES WILL BE BETWEEN 98 AND 102 WITH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-181945- 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- 331 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS. && 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, Jul 17, 11:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1155 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1154 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W HILLSDALE 41.93N 84.73W
07/17/2006 HILLSDALE MI EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON US 12
&&
MSCOTTLocal storm report, Jul 18, 12:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1248 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1244 AM TSTM WND GST CONSTANTINE 41.84N 85.67W
07/18/2006 E60 MPH ST. JOSEPH MI AMATEUR RADIO
&&
MSCOTTLocal storm report, Jul 18, 1:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
137 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 AM TSTM WND DMG EDWARDSBURG 41.80N 86.08W
07/18/2006 CASS MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWERLINES DOWN
&&
MSCOTTLocal storm report, Jul 18, 3:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 2:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph | 80 min |
| Jul 18, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 69 min |
| Jul 18, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 47 min |
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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.