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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana

October 26, 201021 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind watch at Oct 26, 2010, 4:11 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Oct 27, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2010, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 4:38 PM EDT
In force
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 08:17 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 26, 1:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 1:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 4:03 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-270815-
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
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /303 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY
LONG LIVED AND STRONG... ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVES RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS OUR AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 8AM
EDT AND 3PM EDT. STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 70 MPH TODAY.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-270815-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GALES WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY PROBABLY NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 8:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX83 min
Oct 26, 9:01 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke59 min
Oct 26, 9:23 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more52 min
Oct 26, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX84 min
Oct 26, 9:55 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells50 min
Oct 26, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke35 min
Oct 26, 10:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble and 3 more55 min
Oct 26, 10:31 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble29 min
Oct 26, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay, Wells55 min
Oct 26, 10:42 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Noble, Steuben, Whitley33 min
Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Jay, Wells, Whitley41 min
Oct 26, 10:58 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaGrange, Steuben47 min
Oct 26, 11:08 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Steuben52 min
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more22 hr
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDTWind AdvisoryIWX11 hr
Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam40 min
Oct 26, 11:32 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams43 min
Oct 26, 11:54 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen, Putnam27 min
Oct 26, 11:44 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXHillsdale27 min

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Indiana, 2010High Wind Watches in Ohio, 2010High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2010Every high wind 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.