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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 2:23 AM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 3:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 309 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
- 1170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1373 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 Aug 24, 1:30 AM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:30 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 5:50 AM EDT, 20 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 550 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-241000- 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 450 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 /550 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING WIND DAMAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STORMS FRIDAY NIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND IT IS TOO EARLY YET TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BECOME SEVERE OR NOT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-241000- 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- 550 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING WIND DAMAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STORMS FRIDAY NIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND IT IS TOO EARLY YET TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BECOME SEVERE OR NOT. && 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, Aug 23, 9:23 PM EDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
923 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0914 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 NNW WINAMAC 41.25N 86.71W
08/23/2006 STARKE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNLocal storm report, Aug 23, 9:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
929 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NW MICHIGAN CITY 41.74N 86.92W
08/23/2006 M106 MPH LA PORTE IN MESONET
MEASURED BY MICHIGAN CITY GLERL STATIONLocal storm report, Aug 23, 9:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
932 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY 41.73N 86.90W
08/23/2006 LA PORTE IN COAST GUARD
2 VEHICLES DESTROYED FROM FALLING TREES. NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN. MOORINGS BROKEN AND BOATS MISSING
FROM MICHIGAN CITY HARBOR.Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1013 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM TSTM WND DMG WINAMAC 41.05N 86.60W
08/23/2006 PULASKI IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTY.Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1018 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTICELLO 40.75N 86.76W
08/23/2006 WHITE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.Local storm report, Aug 23, 11:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 75 min |
| Aug 23, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 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.