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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 9, 20114 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2011, 3:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 9, 2011, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 11.1

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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 Jun 9, 1:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 7:14 PM EDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
714 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-092315-
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
714 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 /614 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A KNOX INDIANA TO DEFIANCE OHIO LINE. AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS WELL AS THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-092315-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
714 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINDS GUSTS APPROACHING 25 KNOTS WILL POSE A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT
INTO THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGH WINDS AND
WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE THURSDAY...AND A MODERATE RISK THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
DANGEROUS SURF WITH LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED.

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...AND LOCALLY HIGH WINDS
AND WAVES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

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

INZ003-MIZ077-092315-
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
714 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 /614 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST LATER TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE THURSDAY...AND A MODERATE RISK THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
DANGEROUS SURF WITH LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS WELL AS THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY 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, Jun 9, 12:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1256 AM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E BERTRAND            41.78N  86.19W
06/09/2011                   CASS               MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ONTO POWER LINES AT US 12 AND
            GUMWOOD RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1101026

FISHER

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
100 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INZ005>008-012>017-MIZ079>081-090530-
BRANCH MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON IN-HILLSDALE MI-KOSCIUSKO IN-LAGRANGE
IN-MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PULASKI IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-STARKE IN-STEUBEN
IN-WHITLEY IN-
100 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS MOVING TOWARD
KOSCIUSKO...MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN ELKHART AND NORTHERN FULTON
COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND NORTHWESTERN
WHITLEY...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...NOBLE...WESTERN STEUBEN AND
LAGRANGE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN PULASKI AND
STARKE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND
BRANCH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 100 AM EDT/1200 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF LITCHFIELD TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MIDDLEBURY TO NAPPANEE TO 8 MILES WEST OF NORTH
JUDSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

AS THESE OUTFLOW WINDS MOVE THROUGH...WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE OUTFLOW WINDS WILL OCCUR WELL IN ADVANCE OF
ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LIGONIER...COLDWATER AND SYRACUSE...
  WINAMAC...
  WARSAW...
  HILLSDALE...WINONA LAKE AND ANGOLA...
  BRONSON...MILFORD AND CULVER...
  ARGOS...

LAT...LON 4124 8693 4148 8611 4148 8606 4151 8606
      4208 8524 4207 8438 4152 8516 4153 8519
      4150 8519 4128 8549 4094 8650 4116 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 301DEG 45KT 4236 8467 4171 8554
          4144 8595 4115 8687

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
203 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INZ016>018-020-022>026-032-090630-
ALLEN IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-MIAMI IN-WABASH
IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN-
203 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND CASS...MIAMI...WABASH AND SOUTHEASTERN
KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND NORTHERN WELLS...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...HUNTINGTON...WHITLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
ALLEN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 200 AM EDT/100 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLUMBIA
CITY TO LOGANSPORT TO WOLCOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS RACING AHEAD OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PERU...
  WABASH...
  GRISSOM AFB...
  HUNTINGTON...
  MEXICO...
  WALTON...

LAT...LON 4079 8710 4081 8645 4091 8621 4091 8617
      4093 8617 4100 8601 4100 8595 4103 8595
      4124 8544 4090 8507 4056 8587 4057 8586
      4058 8637 4070 8638 4070 8653 4075 8653
      4075 8675 4058 8678 4058 8708 4060 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 320DEG 29KT 4113 8547 4074 8637
          4072 8711

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:07 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

OHZ002-090730-
FULTON OH-
307 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 305 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DELTA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WAUSEON...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
ALONG WITH NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SWANTON...

LAT...LON 4149 8416 4160 8416 4164 8388 4164 8387
      4149 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 272DEG 44KT 4153 8400

Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:20 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
320 AM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 AM     HAIL             WAUSEON                 41.55N  84.14W
06/09/2011  E0.70 INCH       FULTON             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1101027

NDM

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:30 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
330 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-090815-
DEFIANCE OH-FULTON OH-HENRY OH-PAULDING OH-PUTNAM OH-WILLIAMS OH-
330 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN FULTON...EASTERN
WILLIAMS...EASTERN DEFIANCE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
AND PAULDING AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 328 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  A
BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST
UNITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPOLEON TO PAULDING...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ARCHBOLD...
  NAPOLEON...
  WAUSEON...
  OTTAWA...
  HOLGATE...
  CONTINENTAL...

LAT...LON 4107 8475 4137 8441 4170 8463 4170 8458
      4158 8387 4092 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 283DEG 28KT 4162 8445 4135 8422
          4111 8454

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		78 min
Jun 9, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	38 min
Jun 9, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph	43 min
Jun 9, 12:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		84 min
Jun 9, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 3 more	30 min
Jun 9, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, White, Whitley	27 min
Jun 9, 4:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		88 min
Jun 9, 4:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		18 hr
Jun 9, 10:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph and 2 more	43 min
Jun 9, 10:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph and 2 more	41 min
Jun 9, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash, White	56 min
Jun 9, 3:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	23 min
Jun 9, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.