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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Northern Indiana

June 15, 2008Elkhart County, LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 9:51 AM EDT for Elkhart County, LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 15, 2008, 9:51 AM EDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 10:45 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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
Jun 15, 10:17 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Cassopolis, MI	TREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 15, 8:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 151352
SVRIWX
INC039-091-141-MIC027-149-151445-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0059.080615T1351Z-080615T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
951 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT/945 AM CDT/

* AT 947 AM EDT/847 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF SUMNERVILLE TO
  6 MILES NORTH OF FISH LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BUCHANAN TO 7 MILES EAST OF LA PORTE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  GEORGETOWN...SOUTH BEND AND GULIVOIRE PARK...
  DOWAGIAC...MISHAWAKA AND GRANGER...
  SIMONTON LAKE...
  ELKHART...
  DUNLAP...
  EDWARDSBURG...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH AND. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4207 8565 4159 8567 4155 8657 4167 8655
      4168 8625 4200 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 268DEG 39KT 4188 8643 4165 8653

$$

JC

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 151423
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INC091-151431-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080615T1445Z/
LA PORTE IN-
921 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 1017 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM CDT ALONG WITH MODERATE RAIN.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4159 8567 4157 8626 4182 8623 4200 8623
      4207 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 263DEG 42KT 4195 8574 4185 8585
          4174 8608

$$

INC039-141-MIC027-149-151445-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080615T1445Z/
ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND CASS AND WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 1017 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM JONES TO CALVIN CENTER TO GRANGER...AND MOVING 
EAST AT 48 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  SIMONTON LAKE...ELKHART AND DUNLAP...
  BRISTOL...
  MIDDLEBURY AND CONSTANTINE...
  FLOWERFIELD AND UNION...
  MOTTVILLE...
  MOTTVILLE...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4159 8567 4157 8626 4182 8623 4200 8623
      4207 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 263DEG 42KT 4195 8574 4185 8585
          4174 8608

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 151441
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1039 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INC141-151449-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080615T1445Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
1039 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS CANCELLED...

AT 1034 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MODERATE RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH 
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 AM EDT...ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE 
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4207 8565 4159 8567 4158 8606 4181 8601
      4198 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 256DEG 32KT 4193 8567 4166 8577

$$

INC039-MIC027-149-151445-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080615T1445Z/
ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
1039 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN...

AT 1034 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF THREE RIVERS TO 5 MILES NORTH
OF GOSHEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  MIDDLEBURY...CONSTANTINE AND FLOWERFIELD...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WELL
AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER
BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4207 8565 4159 8567 4158 8606 4181 8601
      4198 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 256DEG 32KT 4193 8567 4166 8577

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 151445
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INC039-MIC027-149-151455-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080615T1445Z/
ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND WESTERN ST. JOSEPH
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN HAS EXPIRED...

AT 1042 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4207 8565 4159 8567 4158 8606 4181 8601
      4198 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 256DEG 32KT 4193 8565 4166 8575

$$

JC

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 Jun 15, 4:51 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 4:51 AM EDT, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
451 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)

SKIES HAVE CLEARED WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE ESTABLISHED OVER THE
AREA.  SHRA ACTIVITY BRUSHED NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA AS THEY
DIMINISHED AND MOVED QUICKLY EAST JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY ROTATING AROUND CANADIAN LOW OVER WESTERN
ONTARIO INTO THE GREAT LAKES.  ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT IS DRIVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. CONVECTION HAS BROKEN OUT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING OVER IA. EXPECT THIS TO WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES SE BUT HAVE ADDED LOW CHC POPS FOR TODAY WITH ACTIVITY
ALREADY TAKING OFF AND PROPAGATING TOWARDS THE CWA. TODAY AHEAD OF
FRONT...WHILE MOISTURE RETURN IS NOT ESPECIALLY ROBUST IT IS
SUFFICIENT TO INDUCE MODERATE INSTABILITY BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
UNSTABLE LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES LATE AFT/EVE. MODELS SHOWING
RESPECTABLE AGREEMENT IN TIMING THE PASSAGE OF CONVECTION
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVING THROUGH THE CWA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. STILL DEPICTING 30-40KTS 0-6KM SHEAR AND
INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS WITH NAM12 PAINTING DCAPES OVER 1000J/KG
ADDING TO PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.

FRONTAL BNDRY MOVES THROUGH AND CLEARS OUT ON MONDAY WITH LINGERING
CHANCE OF STORMS EARLY AS COOLER AIR FLOWS IN BEHIND SETTING UP A
PLEASANTLY COOL MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)

WRN HUDSON BAY VORTEX TO DROP SWD AS UPSTREAM RIDGE BUCKLES IN
RESPONSE TO BUILDING HGHTS/HEAT ACRS SWRN STATES EXNTDG N-NNE INTO
FAR NRN PLAINS. LATE AM/MIDDAY 50-55KT 7H JETLET NOTED ROUNDING
WITH NEAR 40C 5H/SFC TEMP DIFFERENTIAL IN NERN HALF OF CWA.
MODIFIED SNDG IN NERN WITH SFC T/TD YIELDS 550 J/KG. GIVEN
CYCLONIC FLOW WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROF...MOISTURE AVAILABLE
/1000-850 MIXR NEAR 7 G/KG/ COINCIDENT WITH RELATIVE DECENT AMOUNT
OF INSTABILITY...HAVE UPPED POPS TUE FOR MIDDAY/AFT SHRA AND ISOLD
TSRA MENTION. PATTERN THEN QUIETS WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPS/LOW
HUMIDITY FOR MIDWEEK AS THIS SYSTEM SWINGS INTO NEW ENGLAND ON WED
AND BY THU BEGINS TO FILL. MEANWHILE WAVE FEATURE IN PAC 33N/140W
CATCHES SRN PERIPHERY OF RAPID WESTRLYS ASSOCD WITH ALEUTIAN LOW.
GFS/ECMWF/CAN GLB ALL BRING THIS INTO WRN GRTLKS BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON-SAT. FEATURE MAY BE SLOWED/WEAKEN PASSING THROUGH SLOWLY
WEAKENING BLOCK PATTERN...CHC FOR POPS INCRS AT LEAST SLIGHTLY FOR
WEEKEND...THOUGH ATTM TIMING/PLACEMENT/STRENGTH OF FEATURE
UNCERTAIN AT BEST AND IN LIGHT OF NO MENTION SURROUNDING WILL
DEFER FOR 12 UTC MODEL BEFORE MENTION ON SHRA/TSRA CONSIDERED IN
DY6-7 TIMEFRAME.

&&

.AVIATION...
LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES HAVE DIMINISHED WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXCEPT FOR SOME MID LEVEL SCT CLOUDS NEAR KFWA
THAT WILL QUICKLY WORK EASTWARD. VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH
WSW WINDS AND INCREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT
APPROACHES. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WITH POTENTIAL IMPACT TO TERMINALS BEGINNING AROUND 21Z AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...LUDINGTON
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...LUDINGTON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
537 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-160945-
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
537 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /437 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON
TUESDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST AREAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-160945-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
537 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MONDAY. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT...MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

&&

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 15, 9:32 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
932 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INZ003-004-012>015-151400-
FULTON-LA PORTE-MARSHALL-PULASKI-ST. JOSEPH-STARKE-
932 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 830 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
WESTVILLE TO 19 MILES WEST OF MEDARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LA PORTE...
  WANATAH...
  LA CROSSE...
  MEDARYVILLE AND KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...
  NORTH JUDSON...
  SOUTH WANATAH...PINOLA AND PINHOOK...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON/200 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. $$

JC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:45 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
945 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0930 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 WNW POTTAWATTOMIE PAR 41.74N  86.91W
06/15/2008  M64 MPH          LMZ046             IN   COAST GUARD

            MARINE WEATHER OBSERVATION FROM MICHIGAN CITY GLERL
            SITE. 55.7 KTS

&&

EVENT NUMBER 01474

LWF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 8:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Jun 15, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	65 min
Jun 15, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		68 min
Jun 15, 10:59 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Statement	IWX		12 hr
Jun 15, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	32 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph	67 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	66 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph	58 min
Jun 15, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Pulaski	52 min
Jun 15, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	59 min
Jun 15, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	42 min
Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami	39 min
Jun 15, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	48 min
Jun 15, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	62 min
Jun 15, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash	67 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	57 min
Jun 15, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	62 min
Jun 15, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Jay, Wells	67 min
Jun 15, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	23 min
Jun 15, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	53 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	62 min

Nearby

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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.