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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Northern Indiana

June 18, 20107 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2010, 7:13 PM EDT for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 62 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 18, 2010, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 18, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
353 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...ZONE ISSUANCE WILL BE DELAYED WITH WATCH ISSUANCE ANTICIPATED...

MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
ACROSS EASTERN IA/WESTERN IL RACES EAST.

INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FOUND FROM MUCH OF ILLINOIS INTO
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MORNING CONVECTION DID LITTLE
TO STIFFLE DAYTIME HEATING AND MSTR TRANSPORT TODAY...ALLOWING
CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE PRIMED FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. 18Z SOUNDING FROM KILX SHOWED A GENERALLY UNCAPPED
ATMOSPHERE WITH OVER 4000 J/KG OF CAPE AND LI'S PUSHING -11 C.
COORDINATION WITH SPC AND NEW SWOMCD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. HWO WAS UPDATED EARLIER TO INCREASE
THE WORDING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN AREAS. GRIDS NOW REFLECT
LIKELY POPS FOR THE TIME BEING WITH A MENTION OF SVR WESTERN AREAS
FROM 23Z TO 03Z AND EXPANDING EAST THROUGH 6Z. CONVECTION MAY END
BEFORE THEN BUT CAN DEAL WITH LATER WITH UPDATES. NO CHANGES MADE
BEYOND 6Z INTO TOMORROW WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL UPSTREAM
CONVECTION IF PORTIONS OF IOWA CAN RECOVER QUICK ENOUGH.

ON SATURDAY...COLD FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA..WITH THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS CONFINED TO SE/E AREAS. WILL
LET MID SHIFT FINE TUNE CHANCES AS CONVECTION THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT
MAY PLAY A ROLE IN EVOLUTION OF TOMORROWS PRECIP CHANCES.

&&

.LONG TERM...
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MOST OF THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN ACTIVE WITH A
CHANCE FOR STORMS AS A FLAT UPPER RIDGE REMAINS TO THE SOUTH AND AS
WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
CONUS. KEPT TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS
VERY WARM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW SHOULD PERSIST. THE OPERATIONAL
GFS AND ECMWF RUNS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER WITH
A WARM AND ACTIVE PERIOD THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. ROUNDS OF STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS A WEAK
FRONT UNDULATES ACROSS THE AREA WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES 1.4
TO 1.8 INCHES.

&&

.AVIATION...
WHILE MODEST CHANGES WILL BE MADE...OVERALL IDEA WILL REMAIN
INTACT FOR 18Z TAFS. MAIN SHOW WILL LIKELY BE TOWARDS OR AFTER 00Z
BUT CAN'T RULE OUT CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE OUT ANY
MENTION THROUGH 00Z FOR NOW. WILL HAVE TEMPO CONTINUE AT KSBN WITH
SOME SPEED UP OF ARRIVAL TIME TO CLOSER TO 00Z BASED ON
EXTRAPOLATION OF IOWA CONVECTION. FURTHER CHANGES WILL BE NEEDED
AS CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION BECOMES MORE DEFINED. NO CHANGES BEYOND
12Z WITH MESOSCALE PROCESSES TONIGHT DICTATING WHAT MAY OCCUR
TOMORROW.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
AVIATION...FISHER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
150 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

INZ006>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-191800-
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...
HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...LIMA
150 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL POSE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO
COLDWATER LINE ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

&&

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

INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-023-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-078-191800-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
150 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010 /1250 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE APPROACHING
WESTERN INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF
LAKE MICHIGAN BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM EDT AND CONTINUE EASTWARD THIS
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS...POTENTIALLY AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO
COLDWATER LINE ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

&&

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

FISHER

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX35 min
Jun 18, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX83 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke55 min
Jun 18, 6:08 PM EDTLakeshore Flood WarningIWX12 hr
Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White67 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph62 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 3 more64 min
Jun 18, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more70 min
Jun 18, 7:50 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningIWXCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, LaGrange and 8 more87 min
Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass54 min
Jun 18, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass, Saint Joseph64 min
Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.