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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SHORT TERM... CONVN BREAKING OUT THIS AFTN ALG COMPOSITE OUTFLW/STATIONARY FNTL BNDRY AND SHLD DVLP UPSCALE QUICKLY THIS AFTN GIVEN BREATH OF DESTABILIZATION TAKING PLACE THIS AFTN WITHIN RAPIDLY DECAYING OUTFLW BUBBLE. WHILE SOME ISOLD TORNADO RISK EXITS...WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY SHORT OWING TO SHALLOWNESS OF PRIOR BUBBLE. GREATER OBVIOUS THREAT IS BOTH LARGE HAIL GIVEN FVRBL FREEZING LVL AND IN LIGHT OF CAPE DISTRIBUTION IN HAIL GROWTH ZONE...AND DAMAGING WINDS W/OBSVD 45KT MID LVL SPD MAX NOTED ON WOLCOTT PROFILER...BOTH GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE IN/MI STATELINE ALTHOUGH A CONDITIONAL RISK EXTENDS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST PENDING CONTD DESTABILIZATION INVOF OF NWD RTNG OUTFLW BNDRY THROUGH THIS AFTN. OTHERWISE ADDNL CONVN XPCD LT TONIGHT IN ASSOCN/W ROBUST SW TROUGH OVR SD THIS AFTN MIGRATING EWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES SAT MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY REACTIVATE BY SAT AFTN AS BNDRY LYR DESTABILIZES BUT HIGHRES MODEL DERIVED SOLUTIONS POINT TO MUCH OF THIS FALLING EAST AND SOUTH OF KIWX CWA TOMORROW AFTN AND WILL HOLD W/CLOSE W/PRIOR POP ALIGNMENT. OTHERWISE MUCH COOLER CONDS XPCD SAT NIGHT AS LL FLW VEERS IN WAKE OF SW TROUGH AND TAPS INTO COOL CANADIAN RIDGE DROPPING SWD OUT OF WRN ONTARIO. HWVR WILL MAKE FOR A FANTASTIC WEEKEND TEMP WISE. && .LONG TERM... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION AT THE START OF THIS PERIOD. GIVEN THE COOL AND DRY AIR MASS AND THE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FAVOR THE GFS MEAN ENSEMBLE MOS WHICH APPEAR ON TRACK IN THIS REGARD. OTHERWISE...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SHOULD REACH THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. THE ONGOING TIMING OF A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD APPEARS ON TRACK. && .UPDATE/AVIATION... CONV INITIATION IMMINENT ACRS NW/WRN IN INVOF OF COMPOSITE OUTFLW/SYNOPTIC BNDRY AS UPSTREAM SW TROUGH NW OF KSTL APCHS THIS AFTN. RAPID DESTABILIZATION UNDERWAY WITHIN EARLIER CONV OUTFLW BUBBLE AND SOME ENHANCEMENT SEEN IN LATEST VIS IMAGERY FM KPPO SWWD TO KRZL. THUS ISSUED AFTN UPDATE TO MENTION SVR RISK GENERALLY SOUTH OF IN/MI STATELINE IN AREA OF GREATER MASS FLUX AND SIGLY MORE BUOYANCY. OTHERWISE GENERALLY VFR CONDS THIS AFTN ARE XPCD TO DETERIORATE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS VIGOROUS UPSTREAM SW TROUGH OVR SD AND ASSOCD/FNTL WAVE OVR THE PLAINS MIGRATES EWD W/AN ATTENDANT SECONDARY AREA OF CONV DVLPMNT XPCD. BACKING LL F&& .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...T LONG TERM...SKIPPER AVIATION...T
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 233 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-111845- 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 233 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 /133 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY INTO TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-111845- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 233 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && 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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:41 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
241 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM HAIL SOMERSET 42.05N 84.38W
06/10/2011 E0.75 INCH HILLSDALE MI EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1101035
MLRSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 254 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 INZ012-014-101930- MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN- 254 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD MARSHALL AND EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES... AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMLET TO KNOX...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PLYMOUTH... CULVER... DONALDSON AND OBER... OAK GROVE... MAXINKUCKEE...HIBBARD AND BURR OAK... TWIN LAKES AND RUTLAND... HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THESE STORMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING/800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4142 8616 4119 8633 4120 8675 4139 8661 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 260DEG 25KT 4135 8652 4126 8660
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
333 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
INZ016-102015-
KOSCIUSKO IN-
333 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...
AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILFORD...OR NEAR NAPPANEE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SYRACUSE...
MILFORD...
NORTH WEBSTER...
LEESBURG...
OSWEGO...
DEWART LAKE AND TIPPECANOE LAKE...
HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS THESE STORMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THESE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4143 8604 4144 8586 4143 8585 4144 8578
4144 8566 4131 8566 4133 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 266DEG 21KT 4139 8593The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 10:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 44 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, White | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:46 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 35 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 13 min |
| Jun 10, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 14 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.