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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

May 10, 2011Adams County, Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at May 10, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 101 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: May 10, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2011, 6:41 PM EDT
In force: 101 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at May 10, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NWS INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...

FOR TONIGHT...UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE CURRENTLY BRUSHING THE SOUTHERN
PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY SPARK OFF SOME CONVECTION FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE IMPULSE DRIFTS OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST.
OTHERWISE...CREST OF UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE LOCAL
AREA TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...NOT SEEING TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF UPPER
SUPPORT FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES...CAN/T RULE OUT SOMETHING DEVELOPING TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE
WITH SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR TONIGHT.

LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS LOWS TONIGHT MAY BE A
LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. WILL NUDGE UP THE
LOWS A FEW DEGREES TONIGHT.

IN THE LATER PERIODS...RATHER UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY DRIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AND
DEEP UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS A RESULT...EXPECTING
PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO SLOWLY INCREASE WITH TIME. AT THE
SURFACE...SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MEANDER
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM...ALLOWING FOR A LOW
LEVEL FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION AS WELL. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE
POPS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE FOR THE MOST PART. THE ONLY EXCEPTION
IS WITH THE LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT...WHERE THE GUIDANCE LOOKS A LITTLE
COOL. WILL NUDGE THE LOWS UP A FEW DEGREES DURING THAT PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY/...

ENSEMBLE DATA SUGGEST A SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH RESPECT TO
THE UPPER FEATURES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. LONG WAVE TROUGH
CURRENTLY OVER THE ROCKIES SHOULD DRIFT EAST INTO THE MIDWEST BY
FRIDAY AND LINGER OVER THE GREAT LAKES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
PRESENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE VICINITY SUGGESTS CHANCE POPS
ARE IN ORDER FOR THE ENTIRE LONG TERM PERIOD. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...

18Z TAFS...MAIN CONCERN FOR TAF PERIOD IS AFTERNOON CONVECTION.  CAP
IS BEGINNING TO BREAK ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA.  AS A
RESULT...INCLUDED VCTS FOR KFWA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
CURRENTLY...MOST STORMS ARE PULSING.  NOT CONFIDENT THAT KSBN WILL
SEE ANY STORMS...SO LEFT OUT FOR NOW.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...JAS
LONG TERM...JAS
AVIATION...TDUD

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 7:08 AM EDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
708 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-111115-
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
708 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 /608 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL ACROSS
NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL BE UNSTABLE...WEAK WIND SHEAR WILL
LIKELY LIMIT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT AS
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-111115-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
708 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
331 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0322 PM     HAIL             1 W HARTFORD CITY       40.45N 85.39W
05/10/2011  E1.00 INCH       BLACKFORD          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 10, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0258 PM     HAIL             FAIRMOUNT               40.42N 85.65W
05/10/2011  E1.75 INCH       GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 10, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
335 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0253 PM     HAIL             3 S GAS CITY            40.45N 85.61W
05/10/2011  E1.75 INCH       GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 10, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	44 min
May 10, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant	33 min
May 10, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White	42 min
May 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Jay	4 min
May 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Jay	38 min
May 10, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Jay	2 hr
May 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Jay	41 min
May 10, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	45 min
May 10, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	65 min
May 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	32 min
May 10, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	34 min
May 10, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	42 min
May 10, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	57 min
May 10, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	28 min
May 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Van Wert	53 min
May 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	29 min
May 10, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	57 min
May 10, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	25 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.