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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
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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 29, 3:45 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:45 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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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, 2 hours 54 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 8636Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 154 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011 MIZ078>080-290630- BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- 154 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN CASS...NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHWESTERN BRANCH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... AT 150 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWAGIAC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MARCELLUS... WAKELEE... HOWARDSVILLE... FLOWERFIELD... MOORE PARK...FISHERS LAKE AND MENDON... 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4194 8504 4196 8613 4208 8613 4208 8504 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 268DEG 29KT 4205 8601
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
200 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011
MIZ077-290645-
BERRIEN MI-
200 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN...
AT 155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING
EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN
ADDITION...RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE...CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
ST. JOSEPH...
FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HARBOR AND BENTON HEIGHTS...
BUCHANAN...
NILES...
THREE OAKS...
BRIDGMAN AND STEVENSVILLE...
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 4176 8622 4177 8681 4184 8670 4190 8662
4211 8650 4217 8644 4218 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 268DEG 30KT 4195 8669
FISHERSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 2:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The 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, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Buren | 9 min |
| 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, 4:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Hillsdale | 3 hr |
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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.