Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2011, 8:33 PM EDT for Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2011, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Wnw Benton Heights, MI | |
| Aug 2, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millburg, MI | TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM MILLBURG TO EAU CLAIRE. |
| Aug 2, 9:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Millburg, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 2392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564
WUUS53 KIWX 030033
SVRIWX
MIC021-027-030130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0173.110803T0033Z-110803T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
833 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STEVENSVILLE TO 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOREWOOD-TOWER
HILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
ST. JOSEPH...
LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH...STEVENSVILLE AND SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL...
COLOMA...PAW PAW LAKE AND BRIDGMAN...
WATERVLIET...
BUCHANAN AND BERRIEN SPRINGS...
DOWAGIAC...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
SHOREHAM...HARBERT...RIVERSIDE...SAWYER...SPINKS CORNERS...SODUS...
MILLBURG...BARODA...NEW TROY...GLENDORA...EAU CLAIRE AND SANDY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 8622 4208 8622 4208 8578 4207 8578
4176 8624 4187 8667 4193 8660 4213 8650
4218 8644 4225 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 287DEG 45KT 4221 8669 4209 8674
4205 8687
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$3 follow-up statements
910
WWUS53 KIWX 030054
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
854 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MIC021-027-030130-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-110803T0130Z/
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-
854 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM PAW PAW LAKE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF FAIR PLAIN TO
BRIDGMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
BERRIEN SPRINGS...
BUCHANAN...
DOWAGIAC AND NILES...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
EAU CLAIRE...SANDY BEACH...MAGICIAN LAKE...INDIAN LAKE...DEWEY
LAKE...SUMNERVILLE...POKAGON...BERTRAND...LA GRANGE AND DAILEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 8622 4208 8622 4208 8578 4207 8578
4176 8624 4187 8667 4193 8660 4213 8650
4218 8644 4225 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 287DEG 45KT 4222 8623 4201 8640
4194 8650
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$567
WWUS53 KIWX 030104
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
904 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MIC021-027-030130-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-110803T0130Z/
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-
904 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN...
AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF WATERVLIET TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BERRIEN SPRINGS TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERRIEN SPRINGS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
DOWAGIAC...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
SUMNERVILLE...POKAGON...LA GRANGE...DAILEY AND BARRON LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4182 8615 4194 8648 4225 8629 4225 8622
4208 8622 4208 8578 4207 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 287DEG 45KT 4218 8607 4197 8624
4190 8634
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$842
WWUS53 KIWX 030123
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
923 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MIC021-027-030132-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-110803T0130Z/
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-
923 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN
BERRIEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4182 8615 4194 8648 4225 8629 4225 8622
4208 8622 4208 8578 4207 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 287DEG 45KT 4211 8578 4190 8595
4183 8605
$$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 Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
311 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
.SHORT TERM...
UPSTREAM CONVN CONTS TO WKN W/EWD EXTENT AS IT MOVES OFF ANALYZED LL
THETA-E RIDGE POSITIONED WWD THROUGH THE MS VALLEY. HWVR DEEPENING
SWRLY FLW AHD OF SEASONABLY STG SW TROUGH EJECTING EWD OUT OF WRN
MN AND ASSOCD CDFNT TRAILING SFC CYCLONE OVR ERN MN DOES BODE
WELL FOR NWRN CWA TO ACHIEVE GREATER INSTABILITY THROUGH LT
AFTN/EARLY EVENING TIME W/APCH OF SFC CDFNT AND RAMPING LL MSTR
FLUX OUT OF THE MID MS VALLEY. THUS WILL CONT PRIOR TREND OF HIGHEST
POPS NW HALF BUT DID BACK TIMING THIS EVENING GIVEN OBSVD TRENDS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. IN ADDN... STILL A SUFFICIENT DAMAGING WIND
THREAT PER UPSTREAM MID LVL SPD MAX NR 50KT SEEN IN PROFILER DATA
AND WILL CONT EVENING SVR MENTION NW HALF. SEWD EXTENT OF SVR RISK
IN DOUBT BUT ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING AND LESSOR INSTABILITY
HERE PRECLUDES A MENTION AT THIS TIME.
OTHERWISE COMPOSITE OUTFLW/CDFNT XPCD TO PUSH THROUGH ENTIRE CWA BY
12Z WED AND WILL SHED WED AM POPS SE. NOTICEABLY COOLER ESP BY AFTN
AS LK SHADOW ADVTS INLAND ACRS WRN AREAS. SFC RIDGING BLDS WED
NIGHT/THU W/CONTD LL DRYING AND SOMEWHAT DEEPER CAA AND GENERALLY
SIDED W/A COOLER MET MOS BLEND.
&&
.LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LONGWAVE PATTERN SHIFT LOOKS PROBABLE AS UPPER RIDGE FINALLY BEGINS
TO FLATTEN AND RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST BY FRIDAY. AS FLOW
BECOMES MORE ZONAL...A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE SHORTWAVES WILL APPROACH
THE AREA STARTING FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT
AND CLUSTERING ON FIRST OF THESE SHORTWAVES EJECTING FROM EASTERN
COLORADO INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SAT MORNING. WHILE GFS
IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER MODELS AND SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING
FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...THERE LOOKS TO BE A GOOD SHOT FOR SOME
DECENT PRECIP. LOW AMP LONGWAVE TROUGH SHOULD BE IN PLACE OVER
WESTERN US WHILE UPPER LOW SPINS OVER NORTHERN HUDSON BAY BY
SATURDAY. TIMING AND SEPARATION OF ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES AFTER
SATURDAY AS THEY ROUND BASE OF HUDSON BAY VORTEX IS PROVING TO BE AN
ISSUE. RATHER THAN ADDING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR MULTIPLE
PERIODS...WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM GOING POP GRIDS AND LEAVE
MAJORITY DRY UNTIL MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AND CONTINUITY
WITH HANDLING OF THESE DISTURBANCES. BEST SHOT FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO
BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.
FALLING HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED THE FLATTENING AND RETROGRADING OF UPPER
RIDGE WILL ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A BIT OF RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT SEEN RECENTLY. TEMPS SHOULD GENERALLY BE SEASONABLE AROUND
NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDS XPCD THROUGH THIS EVENING. HWVR ADVG CDFNTL BNDRY OUT OF
THE MIDWEST WILL SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE CONVN YET THIS
EVENING AND PARTICULARLY AFFECTING KSBN VCNTY. SEWD EXTENT OF MORE
VIGOROUS CONVN UNCERTAIN AND HELD OFF ADDING A MENTION FOR KFWA.
REGARDLESS WINDOW OF POTENTIAL APPEARS BRIEF GIVEN MIGRATORY
NATURE OF SW TROUGH EJECTING EWD OUT OF WRN MN. OTHERWISE SOME
STRATOCU DVLPMNT LIKELY POST FNTL LT TONIGHT/WED AM W/A PD OF MVFR
CONDS PSBL AND WHICH WILL BE REACCESSED IN LTR FCSTS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR INZ012-
013-015-020-022-023-032.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...OBERGFELL
AVIATION...THazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 INZ012-013-015-020-022-023-031000- STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT... PERU 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 100. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A MONTICELLO TO ROCHESTER LINE HAVE THE GREATEST RISK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ005-015-016-024-025-031000- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ004>009-014-016>018-024-025-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-031000- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- 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...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-031000- LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011/ 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 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION... CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 20 min |
| Aug 2, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 84 min |
| Aug 3, 1:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.