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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Northern Indiana

June 23, 2010Adams County, Allen County, Wells County, Indiana; Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2010, 1:45 PM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Wells County, Indiana; Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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 23, 2010, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2010, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Wells County, IN, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 7:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1095 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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 23, 12:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 5:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
548 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-241000-
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
548 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 /448 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 30 THIS
MORNING...THEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WIND EVENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 93
TO 98 DEGREES AT MOST PLACES TODAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 30.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WHILE MANY
UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-241000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
548 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS
WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WHILE MANY
UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

&&

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

JC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1109 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

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

1050 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NNW MICHIGAN CITY     41.74N  86.91W
06/23/2010  M45 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

            39 KNOT GUST RECORDED AT THE GLERL SITE AT MICHIGAN
            CITY

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1000804

FISHER
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

INZ004-005-MIZ077>079-231600-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-
1125 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR NEAR
BUCHANAN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DOWAGIAC AND GRANGER...
  DOWAGIAC...
  EDWARDSBURG...
  CASSOPOLIS...
  MARCELLUS...
  CONSTANTINE AND WHITE PIGEON...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4205 8565 4178 8563 4172 8625 4199 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 262DEG 49KT 4186 8623

MCS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1139 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

OHZ001-002-231630-
FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH-
1139 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

AT 1134 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PIONEER...OR NEAR MONTPELIER...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARCHBOLD...
  WAUSEON...
  SWANTON...
  FAYETTE...
  DELTA...
  ALVORDTON...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4148 8394 4153 8458 4168 8461 4172 8410
      4172 8387 4149 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 267DEG 38KT 4161 8448

MCS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1141 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

INZ003-004-012-014-231615-
LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
1041 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRAIL CREEK TO
WANATAH TO 10 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LA PORTE...
  KNOX...
  SOUTH BEND...
  GULIVOIRE PARK...
  LA CROSSE...
  KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR NORTHERN
INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4172 8690 4174 8612 4147 8626 4122 8645
      4125 8694 4162 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 268DEG 45KT 4164 8681 4146 8691
          4128 8704
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1254 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

INZ016-017-024-025-231730-
HUNTINGTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-WABASH IN-WHITLEY IN-
1254 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

AT 1252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH MANCHESTER...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH MANCHESTER...
  COLUMBIA CITY...
  SOUTH WHITLEY...
  PACKERTON...
  LIBERTY MILLS AND SIDNEY...
  COLLAMER...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4096 8595 4105 8595 4105 8596 4115 8597
      4119 8545 4095 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 264DEG 33KT 4105 8587

MCS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:31 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
131 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

INZ017-018-025-027-231815-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WHITLEY IN-
131 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT WAYNE...
  NEW HAVEN...
  GRABILL...
  MONROEVILLE AND WOODBURN...
  ROLLING HILLS AND ARCOLA...
  NINE MILE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4092 8508 4093 8508 4093 8528 4094 8546
      4120 8545 4123 8480 4090 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 271DEG 34KT 4104 8539

MCS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX19 hr
Jun 23, 7:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX2 hr
Jun 23, 9:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more18 hr
Jun 23, 10:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Steuben33 min
Jun 23, 10:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph47 min
Jun 23, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX45 min
Jun 23, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke34 min
Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley36 min
Jun 23, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben40 min
Jun 23, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen44 min
Jun 23, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX102 min
Jun 23, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke57 min
Jun 23, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Williams51 min
Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert53 min
Jun 23, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass36 min
Jun 23, 8:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien24 min
Jun 23, 9:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Saint Joseph34 min
Jun 23, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch, Saint Joseph37 min
Jun 23, 10:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale56 min
Jun 23, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.