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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2011, 4:07 PM EDT for Whitley 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
- May 14, 2011, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 May 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 405 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LOW WAS NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AND MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THE EAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS STILL IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NW OHIO WAS ABLE TO DESTABILIZE ENOUGH FOR STORMS TODAY. EXPECT A MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS WET BULB ZERO HIGHS VERY FAVORABLE FOR HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS MANY OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN BACKBUILDING. FOR THIS PACKAGE...FAVOR THE SPECTRAL MODELS INCLUDING THE ECMWF GIVEN THE SUPERIOR HANDLING OF THE CUT OFF LOW AND THE FUJI WHARA INTERACTION OF AN UPSTREAM UPPER LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL TROWAL SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF RAIN. GIVEN A VERY COOL AIRMASS WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION...LOWERED HIGHS SEVERAL DEGREES SUNDAY...MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS/MAV. && .LONG TERM... VERY FEW CHANGES NEEDED TO LONG TERM GRIDS AS FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE ON NEAR TERM WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY FOLLOWED GFS AND GEFS WHICH ALIGNS WELL WITH GOING GRIDS AND EXPECTED PATTERN. PERSISTENT UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION TO SOME DEGREE BUT WOBBLE TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE WEEK BEFORE COMING BACK OUR WAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A BRIEF DRY PERIOD MONDAY INTO TUESDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT ARE A CONCERN WITH VERY DRY NORTHEAST FLOW AND COLD UPPER LOW OVER THE AREA. KEPT TEMPS IN UPPER 30S WITH CONCERN FOR SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT GRADIENT. IF SKIES INDEED CLEAR AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT COULD SEE TEMPS DROP TO LOWER 30S AND POSSIBLE FROST. SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL HELP REINFORCE UPPER LOW AND BRING BACK TOWARD THE AREA LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED TREND OF BRINGING POPS BACK WEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND KEPT POPS OVER ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. EXPECT SHOWERS TO MOVE EAST TO WEST WITH LOW CENTERED TO OUR SOUTH AND EASTERLY FLOW. CONTINUED OPTIMISTIC DRY POPS FRIDAY AND CONTINUED INTO SATURDAY WITH LOW CONFIDENCE. ECMWF SLOWER WITH NEXT UPPER LOW WHICH TENDS TO WORK OUT AS GFS HAS A FAST EASTWARD BIAS WITH CLOSED LOWS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE POPS EARLY NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS VERY COOL THROUGH FIRST PART OF WEEK THEN SLOW WARMING AS LOW BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST. OPTIMISTIC FOR END OF WEEK AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM WITH TEMPS BACK TO NEAR NORMAL IN THE LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN THE WARM SECTOR WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE HAD DESTABILIZED. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS BETWEEN SBN AND FWA... WITH SBN IN THE COLD SECTOR. CONTINUED TO MENTION THE CHANCE OF THUNDER AT BOTH SBN AND FWA AS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SPREADS NORTH AND NORTHWEST. LOW IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD DOMINATE MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD AT SBN GIVEN PRECIPITATION FALLING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && SHORT TERM...SKIPPER LONG TERM...LASHLEY AVIATION...SKIPPER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:10 AM EDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 510 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-150915- 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 510 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /410 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THIS TIME ALONG AND EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO WARSAW TO STURGIS LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. ALSO...SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-150915- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 510 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. && 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 14, 3:24 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
324 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM FLOOD GOSHEN 41.58N 85.83W
05/14/2011 ELKHART IN PUBLIC
FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN GOSHEN PARKING LOTS. WATER UP TO
BOTTOM OF VEHICLES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1100756
BMLSpecial weather statement, May 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 325 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 OHZ001-004-141945- DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH- 325 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WILLIAMS AND NORTHERN DEFIANCE COUNTIES... AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRYAN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BRYAN... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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 4153 8460 4148 8441 4136 8452 4139 8461 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 200DEG 8KT 4141 8454 JC
Local storm report, May 14, 3:46 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart | 2 hr |
| May 14, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaGrange | 114 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 27 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Putnam | 6 hr |
| May 14, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 52 min |
| May 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 20 min |
| May 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 3 hr |
| May 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Williams | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 12 hr |
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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.