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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2010, 6:12 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 9, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2010, 6:12 AM EDT (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
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 10:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 679 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 741 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at May 7, 7:26 PM EDT, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:26 PM EDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:19 PM EDT, 13 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 419 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-082030- 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-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 419 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010 /319 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT/10PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-MIZ077-082030- LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 419 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010 /319 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-082030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 419 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL THE GREATEST RISK. WIND GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES IN AND NEAR STRONG STORMS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING IN WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 12 hr | |
| May 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 27 min |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Indiana, 2010Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2010Frost Advisories in Michigan, 2010Every frost advisory 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.