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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2011, 9:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Paulding County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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 22, 2011, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
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The text
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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 22, 8:20 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 8:20 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 620 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-231030- 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 620 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 /520 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO IN THE EVENING INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE GREATEST RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-231030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 620 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && 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
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 22, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 50 min |
| May 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Whitley | 25 min |
| May 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 32 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 49 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 30 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Wells | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Wabash | 4 hr |
| May 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 37 min |
| May 23, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 47 min |
| May 23, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| May 23, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 23 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2011Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.