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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 3, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Bristol, IN | POWER LINES DOWN |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1828 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WUUS53 KIWX 032122 SVRIWX INC039-MIC027-149-032200- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0221.110903T2122Z-110903T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 522 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... NORTHWESTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMONTON LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... SIMONTON LAKE... BRISTOL... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ADAMSVILLE...JUNO LAKE...CALVIN CENTER...UNION...SHAVEHEAD LAKE... MOTTVILLE...JONES...COREY LAKE AND CLEAR LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 4196 8572 4174 8569 4166 8606 4179 8607 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 240DEG 19KT 4174 8601 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
331 WWUS53 KIWX 032142 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 542 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 INC039-MIC027-149-032200- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-110903T2200Z/ ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI- 542 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS...SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTH CENTRAL ELKHART COUNTIES... AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF SIMONTON LAKE... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL ELKHART...SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4172 8587 4186 8590 4196 8572 4174 8569 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 249DEG 24KT 4180 8573 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ JC
715 WWUS53 KIWX 032151 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 551 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 INC039-MIC027-149-032202- /O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-110903T2200Z/ ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI- 551 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS... SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTH CENTRAL ELKHART COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN 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 4172 8587 4186 8590 4196 8572 4174 8569 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 249DEG 24KT 4182 8564 $$ JC
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 Sep 3, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
400 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011
.MARINE...
STRONG NNW WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE MARINE AREA
BEGINNING SUNDAY AND THROUGH THE HOLIDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH THE REGION. THIS WILL GENERATE LARGE WAVES...HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... AND
THE INCREASE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
THESE CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND LAST
YEAR WHEN NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES WERE NEEDED AND FATALITIES
OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WAVES AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011/
SHORT TERM...
MAIN ISSUE THIS PD IS THE TIMING OF COLD FRONT AND CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG SW
OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA MOVING INTO WESTERN ONTARIO WITH ASSOCIATED
SURF COLD FRONT STRETCHING FM NORTHERN MN DOWN THROUGH NW IA WILL
PUSH EWARD. THIS WILL CONT TO FLATTEN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE. HOWEVER WAA REMAINS IN PLACE WHICH WILL ALLOW ONE LAST
AFTERNOON/EVENING OF HOT...HUMID...AND MUGGY CONDITIONS TO EXIST.
AFTER REMAINING CAPPED FOR MOST OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...SCT
CU ARE FINALLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA AND MAINLY ESE OF AN
UNDULAR BORE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING AND
THEN MIXED OUT. STILL EXPECT AREA OF CONVECTION OUT WEST ACROSS SE
WI/N IL/IA TO WORK EASTWARD. CANT RULE OUT A A FEW SCT TO ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD...AS SEEN ACROSS THE CHICAGO-LAND
AREA...GIVEN INSTABILITY ALREADY AOA 2000 J/KG COMBINED WITH A
CONTINUING WEAKENING CAP. THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SVR STORMS IS
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
THE SLOWLY MOVING AFFORMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY ACCOMPINED BY INCREASING NNW WINDS AS THE SW
TROUGH WILL DEEPEN AND DIG FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.
STRONG CAA WILL ALSO MOVE IN ON SUNDAY BRINGING A RELIEF FROM ALL
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THE PAST FEW DAYS. BY SUNDAY NIGHT MOST
AREAS WILL BE DRY AND LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS
ACROSS NW LOCATIONS GIVEN DELTA T VALUES AND LONG NNW FETCH.
TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE ON A COOLING TREND THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 60S...HIGHS ON SUNDAY IN THE
UPPER 70S...AND THEN LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE 50S.
LONG TERM...
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
GENERAL EASTERN CONUS TROUGHING WILL PREVAIL AS BLOCKED MID LEVEL
FLOW DEVELOPS PER TROPICAL SYSTEM INFLUENCES. DEEP MID LEVEL
NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL SUPPORT MASSIVE
WESTERN NOAM HEIGHT RISES...FURTHER SUPPORTING EASTERN CONUS CUT OFF
TROUGHING FLOW...WHILE THE BULK OF FAST WESTERLIES REMAIN ACROSS
INTERIOR CANADA. LINGERING MID LEVEL COLD POOL WILL BE IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...WITH THIS UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO
PARTIALLY PHASE WITH THE REMNANTS OF LEE WHILE KATIA MOVES NORTH
OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. 00Z ECMWF AND THE 12Z GEM/GFS ARE
PREFERRED SOLUTIONS WHICH ALIGN WITH TELECONNECTION CONCERNS AND THE
PREFERRED PATTERN EVOLUTION...ALTHOUGH EACH SOLUTION PROVIDES
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMING/LOCATION OF PRECIP CHANCES NEAR THE END OF
THE PERIOD.
MON...LINGERING UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL WITH SUFFICIENT LAKE INDUCED
LL OMEGA WILL BE PRESENT EARLY...ESP GIVEN THE LONG TRAJECTORY
SETUP. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LAKE EFFECT RAIN CHANCE OVER
THE NW ZONES MAINLY MON AM. RETAINED LOW POPS NW MONDAY
AM...SPREADING LOW CHANCE MENTION EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES
GIVEN DIURNALLY INDUCED INSTABILITY PER THE COLD POCKET
ALOFT...WHICH SUPPORTS NEGATIVE LI/S IN ECMWF/GFS
SOLUTION/S...LIKELY ACCENTUATED BY NORTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GREAT
LAKES...SUPPORTING LATENT HEAT AND MOISTURE FLUX. CONTINUED STRONG
INDICATIONS FOR APPRECIABLE THERMAL FALLS SUPPORT COOL HIGHS AT ALL
PLACES...WITH MIXING TO H85 SUPPORTING UPPER 60S MOST PLACES SAVE
THE SE.
THUR-SAT...SEASONAL CONDITIONS FORECAST WITH OVERALL BLOCKED FLOW. LEE
REMNANTS CONTINUE TO BE PROGGED INTO THE AREA SUPPORTING A CLOSED UPPER
LOW. GIVEN THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM WITH AMPLE LL MOISTURE
PRESENT AND BLOCKED FLOW LIKELY SUPPORTING SYSTEM TRAJECTORIES INTO
THE OH VALLEY...HAVE MAINTAINED INCREASED CLOUDS OVER THE SE THUR-FRI
WITH A LOW CHANCE POP MENTION FOR POTENTIAL INFLUENCE FROM THIS
SYSTEM...WHICH HAS THE SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL SOURCES OF GUIDANCE.
RETAINED POPS ONLY IN THE SOUTH GIVEN DRY NORTHERLY FLOW/TRACK
UNCERTAINTY/AND HIGHEST CLUSTERING OF UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER TRACKS
AND QPF. AIRMASS MODIFICATION WILL SUPPORT A SLOW WARMING TREND INTO
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH REMAINED CONSERVATIVE PER FRIDAY/S HIGHS /ESP
SE/ GIVEN POTENTIAL CLOSED UPPER LOW/LEE INFLUENCE...WITH PRECIP
CHANCES AND CLOUD POTENTIAL. OPTED TO RETAIN A DRY FORECAST PER
SATURDAY GIVEN STANDARD LOW CONFIDENCE IN UPPER LOW
LOCATION...TRENDING MORE TOWARD CLIMO ATTM.
AVIATION.../18Z TAFS/
BIGGEST CONCERNS THIS TAF PD IS TIMING AND COVERAGE OF CONVECTION
OUT WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN WI/NW IL/IA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW
SCT CU BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL MOST LIKELY
EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CURRENT THINKING IS
THE LINE OF CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO EDGE INTO THE WNW
LOCATIONS...INCLUDING KBEH/KSBN...NEAR 21Z AND LATER AT KFWA. HAVE
GONE WITH VCTS FOR NOW AND WILL AMD IF NECESSARY WHEN CONFIDENCE
IS HIGHER AND HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON EXACT TIMING OF PRECIP WHICH
WILL CALL FOR AT LEAST MVFR CIGS...LOWER VISBYS...AND GUSTY WINDS
IN ANY TSRA. ONCE INITIAL LINE ARRIVES AND PASSES...EXPECT SCT
RAIN SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH LOWERING CIGS
EXPECTED BY SUN MORNING.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...SC
LONG TERM...JC
AVIATION...SC
MARINE...SCHazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 5:12 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 512 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-042115- 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-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...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 512 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 /412 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS LATE THIS EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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 INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-042115- 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 512 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 /412 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:30 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 430 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 INZ005-032100- ELKHART IN- 430 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN ELKHART COUNTY... AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAKARUSA...OR NEAR NAPPANEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY 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... GOSHEN... NEW PARIS... MILLERSBURG... SOUTHWEST AND FORAKER... WATERFORD MILLS... BENTON... 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 MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. LAT...LON 4169 8581 4153 8568 4145 8602 4156 8605 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 240DEG 16KT 4151 8598 JC
Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:54 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
454 PM EDT SAT SEP 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 PM HAIL E GOSHEN 41.58N 85.83W
09/03/2011 M0.50 INCH ELKHART IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1101367
CEOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 6 days | |
| Sep 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 59 min |
| Sep 3, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 61 min |
| Sep 3, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 22 min |
| Sep 3, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 65 min | |
| Sep 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 7:16 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 21 hr | |
| Sep 3, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley | 28 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.