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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Northern Indiana

July 18, 2006Blackford County, 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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, Jul 17, 3:31 PM EDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
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

&&

MSCOTT
Local 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

&&

MSCOTT
Local 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

&&

MSCOTT
Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:56 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX2 hr
Jul 18, 12:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange55 min
Jul 18, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben59 min
Jul 18, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph52 min
Jul 18, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart46 min
Jul 17, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale66 min
Jul 18, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass, Saint Joseph80 min
Jul 18, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale69 min
Jul 18, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass47 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.