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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Northern Indiana

July 26, 2006White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2006, 9:08 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2006, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2006, 9:54 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 22.3

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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 26, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:15 AM EDT, 15 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
515 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-270915-
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
415 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 /515 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE EAST. THE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING AND INTO NORTHWEST
OHIO EARLY TONIGHT. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH IS THE
PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARD WITH THE STORMS. HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE STORMS
WILL BECOME SEVERE.

A RETURN OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO
THE 90S EACH AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-270915-
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-
515 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGH WAVES. HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES IN
ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.

&&

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

HITCHCOCK/MURPHY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
503 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             5 NNW DEFIANCE          41.35N 84.40W
07/26/2006  M0.75 INCH       DEFIANCE           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EBREON

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
806 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             MALINTA                 41.32N 84.04W
07/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CONSIDERABLE CROP DAMAGE

&&

EBREON

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:09 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
809 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MALINTA                 41.32N 84.04W
07/26/2006                   HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS 18 TO 20 INCH TREES SNAPPED

&&

EBREON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 3:27 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more	13 hr
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	White	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	44 min

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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.