Alert archive / Michigan / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2011, 1:06 AM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 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
- Jul 29, 2011, 1:06 AM EDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 2191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 Jul 28, 7:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 7:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 756 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-300000- NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 756 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 /656 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER STRONGER STORMS MAY HAVE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR AND CAUSE ISOLATED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING AND RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-300000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 756 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-300000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE 756 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 /656 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED... SOME OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES THAT WOULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING AND RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. && 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, Jul 29, 1:06 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
106 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011
MIZ077-290515-
BERRIEN MI-
106 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...
AT 103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
BENTON HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
PAW PAW LAKE...COLOMA AND WATERVLIET...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4213 8623 4210 8645 4215 8646 4225 8637
4225 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 257DEG 48KT 4221 8636The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 111 min | |
| Jul 29, 4:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 4 more | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 6:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 9:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 4:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Hillsdale | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 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.