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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2006, 9:37 PM EDT for Adams County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2006, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:49 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Ossian, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 967 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 150138 SVRIWX INC001-179-150215- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0048.060415T0137Z-060415T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 937 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA NORTHERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF MARKLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUFFTON... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... MONROE AND DECATUR... BLUFFTON... UNIONDALE... TOCSIN... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4092 8534 4072 8536 4065 8480 4097 8480 $$ HITCHCOCK
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 Apr 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 705 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 .AVIATION... CONTINUE CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM TAF FORECAST IS ONGOING CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND ANALYSIS OF INSTABILITY PARAMETERS BELIEVE CONVECTION WILL STAY SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND. FORT WAYNE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING AS IT SHOULD BE ON NORTHERN EXTENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. KEPT VCTC IN FORT WAYNE TAF FOR THIS REASON. COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING QUICKLY BRINGING AN END TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS SHOULD PRECLUDE CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND RESULT IN MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE DAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND SATURDAY PRIMARY FOCUS ON CONVECTIVE AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. UPSCALE CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED QUICKLY ALONG THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR...MOST LIKELY IN AREA OF ENHANCED CONVERGENCE ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BEEN PROGRESSING SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A SEVERE THREAT NEXT HOUR WITH MAINLY HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND. OF GREATER CONCERN IS MESOSCALE TRENDS UPSTREAM. SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE INDICATING MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH THE CINH CONTINUING TO DECREASE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WELL DEFINED MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING SE THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A WEAK LOW LEVEL COLD FRONT IS PRODUCING ORGANIZED PRESSURE FALLS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. SUSPECT INCREASING LARGE SCALE SUPPORT FOR ASCENT COUPLED WITH THE ERASING OF CINH AND FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z JUST UPSTREAM OF CURRENT WATCH BOX OVER NE OR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IF IT DOES FORM...CONVECTION SHOULD PROPAGATE SE THROUGH THE CWA THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE EVENING WITHIN THE WATCH BOX...CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. OVERNIGHT SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL DROP SE ACROSS THE CWA...LIKELY MODULATED BY CONVECTIVE COLD POOLS. THIS WILL END THREAT OF CONVECTION FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY DRIER NE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL AID IN REMOVING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND THUS CONVECTIVE THREAT. WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. COOLER H85 TEMPS WILL KEEP HIGHS DOWN FROM TODAY...BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH LOW 70S OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. LONG TERM... SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MAIN DIFFICULTY REMAINS W/WAVERING FNTL ZONE INADV OF EJECTING SW TROUGH ALG COAST OF SRN CA THIS AFTN. HWVR AS EVIDENCED TDA...OUTFLW BNDRY FM LAST NIGHTS CONVN CERTAINLY PLAYING HAVOC ON MODEL PLACEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT DVLPMNT. ATTM FAVOR GROSS SYNOPTIC DEPICTION OF THE NAM WHICH LIKE OTHER SOLUTIONS HAS SLOWED IT EWD EJECTION OF WRN SYS OUT OF THE PLAINS SUN AND WEAKER. THUS PREFER IS WWD POSITIONING W/CONVN SUN AFTN/EVE. GFS SOLUTION SERIOUSLY CONTAMINATED W/ITS SPURIOUS DVLPMNT ACRS IWX CWA THIS AFTN AND LIKELY NO BTR BEYOND. AS SUCH WILL ATTEMPT TO REFINE POP/WX GRIDS SUN AND SUN NIGHT. BEST CHC FOR RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE LT SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN COINCIDING W/STG LL THETA-E ADVTN. TEMPS EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC W/THERMAL RIDGING STILL INTACT OVERHEAD BUT TEMPERED BY EXTENSIVE CLD CVR AND PENCHANT FOR AT LEAST AM SHOWERS. THUS GOING NUMBERS IN LOW TO UPPER 60S STILL MATCHED W/LATEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND ACCEPTED. BEYOND THAT CONSIDERABLY UNCERTAINTY REMAINS W/YET ANOTHER STG SW POISED TO SHIFT SLOWLY EWD ACRS THE CONUS. YDA/S PLACEMENT/TIMING BASICALLY OUT THE DOOR W/00Z GUIDANCE DEPICTING A MORE AMPLIFIED HIGH LATITUDE BLOCK DVLPG ACRS THE US. THIS FAVORS THE SLOWER EWD PROGRESSION OF DEEP CLOSED LOW AND LATER TIMING INTO GREAT LAKES THU NIGHT/FRI AND ABT 24HRS LATER THEN SHOWN YDA. AS SUCH WILL CONT W/NO MENTION YET BUT DO NOTE A GOOD CHC FOR RAINFALL (BTR THEN LAST FEW DAYS) WILL MATERIALIZE AT SOME POINT LT NXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL CONT AOA SEASONABLE NORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...HITCHCOCK/BOGUTH LONG TERM...HOLSTEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 5:58 AM EDT, 15 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-151000- 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 458 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 /558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-151000- 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- 558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. && 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, Apr 14, 9:16 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
916 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0916 PM HAIL AKRON 41.04N 86.02W
04/14/2006 M1.00 INCH FULTON IN AMATEUR RADIOLocal storm report, Apr 14, 9:17 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
917 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM HAIL 1 WSW BERNE 40.65N 84.97W
04/14/2006 M0.75 INCH S IN LAW ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Apr 14, 9:17 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
917 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM HAIL 1 WSW BERNE 40.65N 84.97W
04/14/2006 M0.75 INCH ADAMS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CORRECTED TO ADD COUNTY NAMELocal storm report, Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
923 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 PM HAIL MEXICO 40.81N 86.11W
04/14/2006 M1.00 INCH MIAMI IN EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPTLocal storm report, Apr 14, 9:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
925 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL AKRON 41.04N 86.02W
04/14/2006 M1.75 INCH FULTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
REPORTED IN EAST AKRONLocal storm report, Apr 14, 9:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
933 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 PM HAIL NORTH MANCHESTER 41.00N 85.77W
04/14/2006 M0.88 INCH WABASH IN TRAINED SPOTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | White | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.