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Gale Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana

May 7, 2010

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale warning at May 7, 2010, 2:35 PM EDT. It took effect at May 7, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2010, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 8, 2010, 3:33 PM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at May 7, 1:42 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:42 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 10:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 7, 10:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 10:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1038 AM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

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

1030 AM     HAIL             THREE RIVERS            41.94N  85.63W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1000477

MCS

Special weather statement, May 7, 10:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1053 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

MIZ080-081-071530-
BRANCH MI-HILLSDALE MI-
1053 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

AT 1051 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUINCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD AND JONESVILLE...
  MOSCOW AND JEROME...
  SOMERSET CENTER...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4207 8436 4206 8436 4182 8492 4197 8505
      4208 8483 4208 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 237DEG 55KT 4195 8486

Special weather statement, May 7, 11:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1137 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHZ002-005-071600-
FULTON OH-HENRY OH-
1137 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

AT 1133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARCHBOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DELTA...OTTOKEE AND WINAMEG...
  LYONS AND DENSON...
  SEWARD AND ASSUMPTION...
  METAMORA...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4142 8418 4154 8436 4172 8417 4172 8387
      4170 8386 4167 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 220DEG 39KT 4154 8419

Local storm report, May 7, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1256 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

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

0612 AM     HAIL             FORT WAYNE              41.08N  85.13W
05/07/2010  E0.25 INCH       ALLEN              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZE HAIL LASTED 2 MINUTES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
            FORT WAYNE.

0620 AM     HAIL             WALTON                  40.66N  86.24W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       CASS               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ALSO WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. NO DAMAGE.

0630 AM     HAIL             2 SW PERU               40.73N  86.10W
05/07/2010  M0.50 INCH       MIAMI              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL LASTED 4-5 MINUTES...ALMOST COVERED THE GROUND.

0652 AM     HAIL             1 SW WABASH             40.79N  85.83W
05/07/2010  E0.70 INCH       WABASH             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES RANGING BETWEEN PEA AND
            DIME SIZE.

0704 AM     HAIL             2 N ANDREWS             40.89N  85.60W
05/07/2010  E0.25 INCH       HUNTINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0731 AM     HAIL             2 W PIERCETON           41.20N  85.74W
05/07/2010  E0.50 INCH       KOSCIUSKO          IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0733 AM     HAIL             FORT WAYNE              41.08N  85.13W
05/07/2010  E0.70 INCH       ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOCATED NEAR THE AIRPORT

0743 AM     HAIL             7 N FORT WAYNE          41.18N  85.13W
05/07/2010  M0.50 INCH       ALLEN              IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

0755 AM     HAIL             BERNE                   40.66N  84.95W
05/07/2010  E0.70 INCH       ADAMS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0757 AM     HAIL             MILFORD                 41.41N  85.85W
05/07/2010  E0.25 INCH       KOSCIUSKO          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0817 AM     HAIL             2 N NORTH WEBSTER       41.36N  85.70W
05/07/2010  E0.25 INCH       KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS OFFICE

0823 AM     HAIL             4 W KENDALLVILLE        41.44N  85.34W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       NOBLE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.

0854 AM     HAIL             NEW BUFFALO             41.79N  86.74W
05/07/2010  E0.70 INCH       BERRIEN            MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL LASTED 5 MINUTES

0856 AM     HAIL             HARBERT                 41.87N  86.63W
05/07/2010  E0.88 INCH       BERRIEN            MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0935 AM     HAIL             4 NNW HUDSON            41.59N  85.11W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0954 AM     HAIL             4 ENE MISHAWAKA         41.68N  86.09W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         IN   COCORAHS

1030 AM     HAIL             THREE RIVERS            41.94N  85.63W
05/07/2010  M0.25 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1000461 IWX1000462 IWX1000463 IWX1000464 IWX1000465
IWX1000466 IWX1000467 IWX1000468 IWX1000470 IWX1000469 IWX1000471
IWX1000472 IWX1000473 IWX1000474 IWX1000475 IWX1000476 IWX1000477

MCS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 5:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	34 min
May 7, 5:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Miami	26 min
May 7, 5:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		9 hr
May 7, 5:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	34 min
May 7, 6:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells	52 min
May 7, 6:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford	29 min
May 7, 7:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Wells	27 min
May 7, 7:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	25 min
May 7, 9:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	28 min
May 7, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Whitley	23 min
May 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	30 min
May 7, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	44 min
May 7, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	52 min
May 7, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	24 min
May 7, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	27 min
May 7, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	25 min
May 7, 11:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	23 min
May 7, 6:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry, Putnam	23 min
May 7, 8:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien	27 min
May 7, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	29 min
May 7, 10:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	25 min
May 7, 10:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	37 min
May 7, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien	24 min
May 7, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	33 min
May 7, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	30 min
May 7, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	57 min

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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.