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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Northern Indiana

August 9, 200712 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this heat advisory at Aug 9, 2007, 10:34 AM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 9, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2007, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1945 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 9, 7:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 6:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
637 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-101045-
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-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
637 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 /537 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS
THIS MORNING ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STORMS
WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON. THE AFTERNOON STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH THE MAIN HAZARD. WHILE NO SPECIFIC
AREA CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM THE SEVERE RISK...NORTHEAST INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED TO
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WIND DAMAGE. SMALL HAIL AND RAINFALL RATES TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW REPORTING CRITERIA.
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AND
ACTIVATE AMATEUR RADIO NETWORKS AS NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

INZ003-MIZ077-101045-
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
637 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 /537 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
...SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS
THIS MORNING ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STORMS
WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON. THE AFTERNOON STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH THE MAIN HAZARD. SMALL HAIL AND
RAINFALL RATES TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE AN INCREASED RISK FOR
RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW REPORTING CRITERIA.
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AND
ACTIVATE AMATEUR RADIO NETWORKS AS NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-101045-
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-
637 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE STORMS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LAKESHORE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE STORMS THIS MORNING MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35
KNOTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE AFTERNOON STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH EXTREME WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS AND SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED HIGH WAVES. SMALL
HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE AN INCREASED RISK FOR
RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
814 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

INZ006>009-017-018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-004-015-091300-
ALLEN-BRANCH-DE
KALB-DEFIANCE-HILLSDALE-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-PAULDING-STEUBEN-WHITLEY-
WILLIAMS-
814 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 809 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES NORTH OF
FREMONT TO 12 MILES EAST OF STRYKER TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF DEFIANCE...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HILLSDALE...LYONS... AND NAPOLEON.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
826 AM EDT THU AUG 09 2007

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

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAGRANGE                41.64N  85.42W
08/09/2007                   LAGRANGE           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT.

&&

JT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen27 min
Aug 9, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPutnam54 min
Aug 9, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPutnam, Van Wert48 min
Aug 9, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXPutnam34 min
Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen60 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Indiana, 2007Heat Advisories in Ohio, 2007Every heat advisory in 2007

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.