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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2008, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Sep 13, 3:36 PM EDT, 8 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:36 PM EDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-140900- 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 447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 /347 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008/ 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 ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 6. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A PERU TO ANGOLA LINE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY BE FLOODED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME RIVER FLOODING DEVELOPING ON OR BEYOND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-140900- LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 /347 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY BE FLOODED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME RIVER FLOODING DEVELOPING ON OR BEYOND MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:21 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Sep 14, 4:22 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | IWX | 49 hr | |
| Sep 14, 9:46 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 12 hr | |
| Sep 14, 10:35 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 9 days |
| Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 5 days |
| Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 46 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 7 days |
| Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 days |
| Sep 14, 1:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:56 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Jay | 77 min |
| Sep 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Branch | 6 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Areal Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every areal flood warning in 2008
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.