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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 10, 2011Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 4:35 AM EDT for Miami 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
Jun 10, 2011, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Miami County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 Jun 10, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
505 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-102115-
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
505 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 /405 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-102115-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
505 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LIFE-
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS AND WAVES
WILL CAUSING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES
WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

INZ003-MIZ077-102115-
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
505 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 /405 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LIFE-
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND
STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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, Jun 10, 3:45 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
345 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

INZ017-024-025-100815-
HUNTINGTON IN-WABASH IN-WHITLEY IN-
345 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN WABASH AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES...

AT 344 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY...OR 7 MILES EAST
OF NORTH MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRACKEN AND BIPPUS...
  LUTHER...
  LUTHER AND TUNKER...
  GOBLESVILLE...
  WASHINGTON CENTER...

LAT...LON 4107 8549 4095 8544 4092 8572 4101 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 261DEG 17KT 4097 8565
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:35 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite36 min
Jun 9, 10:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke44 hr
Jun 10, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley30 min
Jun 10, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXCass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, White4 hr
Jun 10, 7:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, Grant, Miami, Wabash4 hr
Jun 10, 8:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Grant, Huntington, Wells3 hr
Jun 10, 10:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXFulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke35 hr
Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Starke36 min
Jun 10, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall, Starke54 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko42 min
Jun 10, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant41 min
Jun 10, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall40 min
Jun 10, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble47 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen52 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Whitley45 min
Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen39 min
Jun 10, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen, Huntington, Whitley2 hr
Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington3 hr
Jun 10, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHenry13 min
Jun 10, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam55 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen30 min
Jun 10, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale14 min

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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.