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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

February 27, 2011Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Feb 27, 2011, 2:05 PM CST for Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Feb 27, 2011, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 2:30 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 322 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Feb 27, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 3:39 AM CST, 10 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-280945-
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
439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 /339 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL RAPIDLY
TRACK EASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING INCREASED
MOISTURE NORTHWARD. RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL
ALSO BRING IN WARMER AIR TONIGHT THAT WILL RESULT IN RAPID MELTING
OF THE EXISTING SNOWPACK. THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM THIS
MELTING SNOW AND HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOW LAND FLOODING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ALONG WITH
A LIKELIHOOD OF RIVER FLOODING THIS UPCOMING WEEK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RECENT RAINFALL
WILL POSE A THREAT FOR RIVER FLOODING THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF ANY OBSERVED FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-280945-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS
NORTH WINDS INCREASE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

Special weather statement, Feb 27, 2:05 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 3:27 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX42 hr
Feb 27, 3:53 AM CSTFlood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more24 hr
Feb 27, 10:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchIWXStarke24 hr
Feb 27, 4:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall21 min
Feb 27, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Pulaski28 min
Feb 27, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Noble30 min
Feb 27, 5:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko24 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2011Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.