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Flood Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flood watch at Jun 5, 2010, 4:16 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 5, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2010, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 5:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:16 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, 8.3 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
- 2291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jun 5, 1:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 520 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-050930- 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 520 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 /420 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010/ 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE PREDOMINANT STORM TYPE IS EXPECTED TO BE BOWING LINE SEGMENTS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL IS ALSO POSSIBLE... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. ALSO... CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREA CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY FLOODING. SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-050930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 520 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 33 min |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Indiana, 2010Flood Watches in Ohio, 2010Flood Watches in Michigan, 2010Every flood watch in 2010
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.