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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Northern Indiana

June 2, 20104 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 4:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 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 2, 2010, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2010, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 2, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1206 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX61 min
Jun 2, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph35 min
Jun 2, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall39 min
Jun 2, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Kosciusko39 min
Jun 2, 5:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash39 min
Jun 2, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Elkhart, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Wabash and 2 more58 min
Jun 2, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben58 min
Jun 2, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Fulton, Henry, Putnam29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.