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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana

June 1, 2009Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2009, 7:35 PM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 1, 2009, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2009, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2009-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 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 Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:46 AM EDT, 14 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-020900-
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
446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 /346 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-020900-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE LAKE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. WAVES
WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE WILL BE SEVERE.

&&

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

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
711 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009

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

0700 PM     HAIL             3 NE DECATUR            40.86N  84.89W
06/01/2009  E0.25 INCH       ADAMS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX0902630

LMK
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
713 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009

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

0622 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTH GROVE             40.62N  85.97W
06/01/2009                   MIAMI              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN AT 500 EAST SOUTH OF 1200 SOUTH BLOCKING ROAD
            500 EAST

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX0902631

LMK
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:14 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
714 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009

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

0713 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DECATUR                 40.83N  84.93W
06/01/2009  M0.00 INCH       ADAMS              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR REPORTED IN
            DECATUR...BERNE...AND NORTH OF PREBLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX0902632

LMK
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:16 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
716 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009

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

0715 PM     HAIL             HOAGLAND                40.95N  84.99W
06/01/2009  M0.25 INCH       ALLEN              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZE HAIL IN HOAGLAND ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF
            1 INCH PER HOUR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX0902633

LMK
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:25 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:32 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX95 min
Jun 1, 5:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph51 min
Jun 1, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke66 min
Jun 1, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble and 3 more63 min
Jun 1, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells57 min
Jun 1, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay, Wells25 min
Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWells34 min
Jun 1, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant30 min
Jun 1, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant66 min
Jun 1, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash56 min
Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchIWXAdams, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more7 hr
Jun 1, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wells60 min
Jun 1, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Wells41 min
Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam, Van Wert62 min

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.