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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Northern Indiana

April 2, 2009Allen County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 9:14 PM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2009, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2009, 9:44 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Allen County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2009-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 343 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 00:00Z on 2009-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 2, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:53 AM EDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
453 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-030900-
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
453 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 /353 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
MORNING WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY WHILE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING. DEEP MOISTURE ALONG THE GULF
COAST WILL SURGE NORTHWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY BEHIND DEPARTING LOW
PRESSURE WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWING OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO A PERIOD OF SNOW
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WEST OF A WINIMAC TO HILLSDALE LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-030900-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
453 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT AS NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NORTHWEST GALES UP TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH LARGE
BATTERING WAVES POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING BEACHS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 2:56 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX16 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.