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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 22, 2011Branch County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2011, 2:33 PM EDT for Branch County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2011, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Branch County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

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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: 607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 22, 1:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:17 AM EDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
517 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-230930-
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
517 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 /417 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS
THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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

INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-230930-
LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
517 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 /417 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
BERRIEN COUNTY SHORELINE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR 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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1058 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

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

0550 PM     HAIL             3 E LINKVILLE           41.42N  86.24W
06/21/2011  M0.70 INCH       MARSHALL           IN   PUBLIC

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     DELPHOS                 40.84N  84.34W
06/21/2011  M62 MPH          ALLEN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED 62 MPH WIND GUST AND HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN
            PEAS FALLING

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELKHART                 41.68N  85.98W
06/21/2011                   ELKHART            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE NW PART OF
            THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF ELKHART. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0627 PM     HAIL             2 E DELPHOS             40.84N  84.30W
06/21/2011  M0.88 INCH       ALLEN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WENT FROM PEA TO NICKEL SIZE

0628 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DELPHOS                 40.84N  84.34W
06/21/2011                   ALLEN              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN. 15 TO 20 POWER POLES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
            DELPHOS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CASSOPOLIS              41.91N  86.01W
06/21/2011                   CASS               MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING MANY ROADS IN THE COUNTY. TREES AND
            POWER LINES ALSO REPORTED DOWN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
            THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0712 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CENTREVILLE             41.92N  85.53W
06/21/2011                   ST. JOSEPH         MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

0746 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W COESSE              41.13N  85.42W
06/21/2011                   WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BILLBOARD SIGN BLOWN DOWN...TREE DOWN

0751 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW HAMILTON          41.49N  84.94W
06/21/2011                   DE KALB            IN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN AT CR 10 AND SR 427...TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR

0758 PM     HAIL             HAMILTON                41.53N  84.91W
06/21/2011  M0.70 INCH       STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE CURRENTLY FALLING

0759 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAMILTON                41.53N  84.91W
06/21/2011                   STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD NEAR SR 427 AND CR 10

0759 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRI-LAKES               41.25N  85.44W
06/21/2011                   WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMB BROUGHT A POWER LINE DOWN

0812 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARSAW                  41.24N  85.85W
06/21/2011                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.

0812 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRYAN                   41.47N  84.55W
06/21/2011                   WILLIAMS           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN...THE CITY OF BRYAN WITHOUT
            POWER

0813 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRONSON                 41.87N  85.19W
06/21/2011                   BRANCH             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE BRANCH AND POWER LINES FELL ON A VEHICLE

0819 PM     HAIL             4 NE NORTH JUDSON       41.26N  86.72W
06/21/2011  M0.50 INCH       STARKE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FELL FOR ABOUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE BRONSON           41.86N  85.14W
06/21/2011                   BRANCH             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE LIMB DOWN ON SNOW PRAIRIE ROAD

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLEASANT LAKE           41.58N  85.02W
06/21/2011                   STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HOUSE TRAILER HEAVILY DAMAGED

0832 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UNION CITY              42.07N  85.14W
06/21/2011                   BRANCH             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN IN UNION CITY

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HILLSDALE               41.92N  84.63W
06/21/2011                   HILLSDALE          MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.
            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

0841 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHERWOOD                42.00N  85.24W
06/21/2011                   BRANCH             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE FELL ON POWER LINES

0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S UNION CITY            42.07N  85.14W
06/21/2011                   BRANCH             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ADOLPH ROAD AT CLAY ROAD...ABOUT A
            HALF MILE SOUTH OF UNION CITY

0902 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LA PORTE                41.61N  86.72W
06/21/2011                   LAPORTE            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SCATTERED TREES DOWN

0913 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW SOUTH BEND         41.72N  86.30W
06/21/2011  M50 MPH          ST. JOSEPH         IN   ASOS

0925 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NNW MICHIGAN CITY     41.74N  86.91W
06/21/2011  M40 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1101068 IWX1101069 IWX1101071 IWX1101070 IWX1101074
IWX1101072 IWX1101073 IWX1101087 IWX1101078 IWX1101075 IWX1101076
IWX1101088 IWX1101077 IWX1101085 IWX1101079 IWX1101080 IWX1101082
IWX1101081 IWX1101083 IWX1101090 IWX1101084 IWX1101086 IWX1101091
IWX1101089 IWX1101092

BENTLEY

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1213 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

INZ004-005-012>014-MIZ077-078-221715-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN-ST. JOSEPH
IN-STARKE IN-
1213 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN
MARSHALL...ST. JOSEPH...NORTHWESTERN ELKHART AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EASTERN
PULASKI...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE AND EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 1210 PM EDT/1110 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FAIR
PLAIN TO WALKERTON TO WINAMAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BENTON HARBOR AND BENTON HEIGHTS...
  BUCHANAN...
  PLYMOUTH...
  NILES...
  SOUTH BEND...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4208 8623 4207 8605 4159 8599 4117 8644
      4117 8647 4114 8647 4096 8666 4141 8652
      4152 8652 4153 8650 4157 8648 4165 8649
      4165 8652 4207 8652 4225 8637 4225 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 207DEG 32KT 4207 8647 4149 8646
          4110 8657

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
101 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

INZ004-MIZ078-221745-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-
101 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND CASS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ST.
JOSEPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DOWAGIAC TO EDWARDSBURG TO SOUTH BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  DOWAGIAC AND GRANGER...
  EDWARDSBURG AND CASSOPOLIS...
  MARCELLUS...
  DAILEY...
  LA GRANGE...
  EAGLE LAKE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4207 8576 4200 8576 4155 8635 4180 8621
      4198 8623 4199 8622 4207 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 225DEG 37KT 4211 8620 4186 8613
          4170 8622

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	57 min
Jun 21, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	23 min
Jun 21, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	65 min
Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	45 min
Jun 21, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		53 min
Jun 21, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	37 min
Jun 22, 4:13 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		16 hr
Jun 22, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	62 min
Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	44 min
Jun 22, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble	34 min
Jun 22, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange, Noble	32 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	63 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Fulton	44 min
Jun 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	31 min
Jun 22, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	31 min
Jun 21, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	30 min
Jun 22, 4:11 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	IWX		24 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2011 Every 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.