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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Jun 13, 2008, 12:37 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2008, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 4:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 13, 11:40 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 11:40 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 555 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-141000- 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 555 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 /455 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. IT REMAINS EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...THOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR AT SOME POINT IN THIS TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-141000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 555 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. IT REMAINS EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...THOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR AT SOME POINT IN THIS TIME PERIOD WITH HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:01 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 912 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 OHZ005-015-016-024-131345- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- 912 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 910 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KALIDA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... OTTAWA AND GLANDORF... LEIPSIC AND HOLGATE... DESHLER... MILLER CITY...PLEASANT BEND AND NEW BAVARIA... WEST LEIPSIC AND GILBOA... BELMORE AND PRENTISS... 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1006 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 OHZ015-016-024-131430- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- 1006 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1001 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OHIO CITY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CELINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... VAN WERT... DELPHOS... JONESTOWN...VENEDOCIA AND ELGIN... MIDDLE POINT... WETSEL...OTTOVILLE AND FORT JENNINGS... 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1121 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 OHZ016-024-025-131545- ALLEN-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- 1121 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLUFFTON TO DELPHOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA AND SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BLUFFTON... OTTAWA... COLUMBUS GROVE... PANDORA AND KALIDA... GLANDORF... VAUGHNSVILLE...OTTOVILLE AND ROCKPORT... STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Michigan, 2008Every flash flood watch 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.