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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2010, 6:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 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, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 80.0 mph
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 546 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 INZ003>005-012>017-020-022>026-032>034-MIZ077-078-241000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-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...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS 546 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 /446 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING WITH A GROWING POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN ORGANIZING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .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 WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ006>009-018-027-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025- 241000- LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-ALLEN IN-ADAMS-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...FORT WAYNE...DECATUR... BERNE...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 546 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING WITH A GROWING POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. .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 WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. && 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- 546 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS ISOLATED 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
212 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND GST PAULDING 41.14N 84.58W
06/23/2010 M61 MPH PAULDING OH EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUST RECORDED AT EMA OFFICE
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1000806
LUDLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
300 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE KALIDA 40.99N 84.16W
06/23/2010 PUTNAM OH TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT COUNTY RD M AND K-14 IN KALIDA
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1000807
NGLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
303 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0257 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE COLUMBUS GROVE 40.93N 84.02W
06/23/2010 PUTNAM OH TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS STATE ROUTE 12
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1000808
NGLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
318 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS GROVE 40.92N 84.06W
06/23/2010 PUTNAM OH TRAINED SPOTTER
24 TO 36 INCH DIAMETER HEALTHY TREE UPROOTED. NUMEROUS
LIMBS DOWN. POWER OUT.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1000809
SAWLocal storm report, Jun 23, 4:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
528 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE BENTON HARBOR 42.08N 86.42W
06/23/2010 BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND LIMBS DOWN NEAR EXIT 29 AND PIPESTONE. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1000810
SAWSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 638 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>026-032>034-MIZ077>079-240400- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU... GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 638 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 /538 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010/ ...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THIS EVENING... SUNNY...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING BUT DO NOT BE DECEIVED...AS A FAST MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IS RACING EASTWARD OUT OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. CURRENT INDICATIONS PLACE THIS LINE INTO THE LAPORTE AREA AROUND 630 PM CDT...SOUTH BEND AREA TOWARD 8 PM EDT...GOSHEN AND ELKHART 830 PM...WARSAW AND ROCHESTER AROUND 9 PM EDT AND COLUMBIA CITY TOWARD 930 PM EDT ASSUMING NO ACCELERATION. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS ALREADY AND WILL APPROACH THE AREA VERY RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. INZ007-009-018-027-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025- 240400- STEUBEN-DE KALB-ALLEN IN-ADAMS-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...DECATUR...BERNE...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 638 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO LATER THIS EVENING... SUNNY...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING BUT DO NOT BE DECEIVED...AS A FAST MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IS RACING EASTWARD OUT OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. CURRENT INDICATIONS PLACE THIS LINE INTO THE ANGOLA AREA AROUND 930 PM CDT...FORT WAYNE AND MARION TOWARD 10 PM EDT...AND DEFIANCE TOWARD 1030 PM EDT ASSUMING NO ACCELERATION. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS ALREADY AND WILL APPROACH THE AREA VERY RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 19 hr | |
| Jun 23, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 23, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 45 min | |
| Jun 23, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 102 min | |
| Jun 23, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 35 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.