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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2010, 5:52 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2010, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2010, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 4, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 504 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2010 INZ004>009-014-016>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025- 050915- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP... OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 504 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THESE WILL BE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO EXIST WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-012-013-015-020-022>027-032>034-050915- LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 504 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2010 /404 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THESE WILL BE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO EXIST WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-050915- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 504 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
552 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010
INZ020-042215-
WHITE IN-
552 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010
AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF BROOKSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BROOKSTON...
BADGER GROVE...
CHALMERS...
INTERSTATE 65...
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.
LAT...LON 4072 8676 4068 8676 4067 8677 4058 8677
4057 8678 4057 8701 4057 8709 4058 8710
4067 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 263DEG 23KT 4055 8714The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, White | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, White | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 12:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 8:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 84 min | |
| Aug 4, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 8:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 9:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 3 more | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 10:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 11:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Jay | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | White | 114 min |
| Aug 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 59 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2010Every special weather statement 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.