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Heat Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this heat advisory at Jul 24, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
766 WWUS73 KIWX 241958 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 358 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEHIND A WARM FRONT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-250400- /O.NEW.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 358 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 /258 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MCS
5 follow-up statements
086 WWUS73 KIWX 250233 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1033 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A WARM FRONT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-251045- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 1033 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 /933 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
256 WWUS73 KIWX 250807 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 407 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A WARM FRONT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. ONCE THE WARM FRONT PASSES...IT SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING QUICKLY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH DUE IN PART TO RECENT RAINFALL AND THIS WILL HELP HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 100 TO 105. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ004-005-008-014-016>018-024>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-251615- /O.EXA.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-NOBLE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 407 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-251615- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 407 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 /307 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 101 AND 106 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
399 WWUS73 KIWX 251428 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1028 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A WARM FRONT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. ONCE THE WARM FRONT PASSES...IT SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING QUICKLY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH DUE IN PART TO RECENT RAINFALL AND THIS WILL HELP HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 100 TO 105. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-252230- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 1028 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 /928 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ INZ004-005-008-014-016>018-024>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-252230- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.120725T1600Z-120726T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-NOBLE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1028 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
217 WWUS73 KIWX 251945 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 345 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 90S LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A WARM FRONT...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-260000- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 345 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 /245 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ INZ004-005-008-014-016>018-024>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-260000- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-NOBLE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 345 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 90S LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
583 WWUS73 KIWX 252351 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 751 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023-260100- /O.EXP.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO 751 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 /651 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WHILE HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BE ABOVE 100 FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 100 AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL AFTER SUNSET. IMPACTS... * HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHED INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ004-005-008-014-016>018-024>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-260100- /O.EXP.KIWX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-NOBLE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 751 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WHILE HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BE ABOVE 100 FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 100 AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL AFTER SUNSET. IMPACTS... * HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHED INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 24, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
.SHORT TERM... / LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY /
MAIN FOCUS REMAINS ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND TEMPS/HEAT TOMORROW.
STABLE BUBBLE AND COOLER TEMPS IN WAKE OF THIS MORNING/S MCS SHOULD
KEEP ANY CONVECTION FROM RE-FIRING THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. COULD SEE
A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS OUR MI ZONES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN
ALONG A WEAKENING MID LVL BAROCLINIC ZONE THAT INITIALLY HAD SOME
RRQ SUPPORT FROM A 110 KT UPPER JET DIGGING THROUGH THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES.
AN UPPER LOW NEAR THE ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN BORDER WILL SINK SEWD
TOWARDS THE ND/MANITOBA BORDER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SHORTWAVE ENERGY UNDERCUTTING THIS FEATURE AND THE RESULTING LLJ
WILL LIKELY HELP FIRE ANOTHER MCS LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST INVOF OF A BAROCLINIC ZONE HANGING BACK ACROSS THIS REGION.
THICKNESS PROGS/STEERING FLOW ALOFT SUGGEST THAT THIS CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX WILL TRACK JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA TOMORROW
MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER/STORM
ACTIVITY THIS FAR SOUTH LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY/INSTABILITY GRADIENT THAT WILL BE ADVANCING NE INTO THE SRN
GREAT LAKES. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL CONTINUE WITH MAINLY 20-30 POPS
USING HI-RES GUIDANCE FOR TIMING. CONTINUED WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER
POPS NORTH AS COULD SEE MCS TRACK FARTHER SOUTH CLOSER TO THE
INSTABILITY GRADIENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A NEEDED INCREASE IN POPS
AND THE CHANCE FOR A SVR LINE SEGMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SEEN THIS
MORNING. OTHERWISE...COULD SEE SOME SMALL HAIL WITH ANY ISO/SCT
CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT/WED MORNING.
PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT PORTION OF THE FCST IS TEMPS TOMORROW AS
TRACK/TIMING OF THE MCS/CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS AND POSSIBLE OUTFLOW
OUT OF IT MODULATES THE POSITIONING/TIMING OF THE FRONT. THE
NAM/ECMWF REMAIN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE IN MIXING THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH
THE AREA TOMORROW WITH WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
POSSIBLE EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES...WHILE OTHER GUIDANCE IS MUCH SLOWER
TO MIX THIS FEATURE THROUGH. LATEST GUIDANCE OVERALL IS COOLER FOR
HIGHS TOMORROW SO DID TREND A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER...MAINLY ENE
WHERE BKN MID/HIGH LVL CLOUDS SHOULD LIMIT WARMING SOMEWHAT AS
925/850 THERMAL RIDGE/WARM SECTOR TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE FA.
OPTED TO ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR WED AFTN ACROSS OUR FAR W/SW
ZONES AS FCST HIGH TEMPS/DEWPOINTS ARE GIVING ME HEAT INDEX
VALUES BTW 100-103F. HELD OFF ON ISSUING A HEAT ADVISORY FARTHER
EAST GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES MENTIONED ABOVE.
&&
.LONG TERM.../THU-TUE/
MAIN CONCERN REMAINS IMPACT OF ALBERTA CLOSED LOW AS IT MOVES EAST
INTO THE GRTLKS REGION LATE THIS WEEK. STILL EXPECT A LEAD SHRTWV TO
THE SSE OF THE CLOSED LOW TODAY... TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GRTLKS
THU RESULTING IN SFC CDFNT SAGGING SLOWLY SE ACROSS OUR CWA. FORCING
WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK AND WARM LAYER AROUND H85 MAY
CAP DEEP CONVECTION... BUT GIVEN EXPECTED MOISTURE
POOLING/CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY/SHEAR...
CONTD WITH A CHC OF STORMS... HIGHEST SE PORTION OF CWA WHERE FROPA
EXPECTED DURING PEAK HEATING. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG NW-SE TEMP
GRADIENT THU... ATTM FCST L-M80S NW RANGING TO L-M90S SE.
UPR LOW WILL SHEAR OUT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE GRTLKS FRI... BUT
STILL MOVE THROUGH AS A SGFNT SHRTWV. NAM IS OUTLIER WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THE REMNANTS OF THE UPR LOW SUGGESTING A SFC WAVE WILL
FORM AND MOVE ACROSS OUR CWA DURING THE DAY... WHILE REMAINDER OF
MODEL SUITE SUGGESTS SFC REFLECTION WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH AND
WEAKER. FOR NOW STUCK WITH MODEL CONSENSUS WITH HIGH TEMPS 5-10F
COOLER THAN FRIDAY AND CONTG WITH A CHC OF TSTMS BASED MAINLY ON UPR
FORCING AND SGFNT COOLING ALOFT.
RIDGING EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTING
IN FAIR WX WITH COOLER/SEASONABLE TEMPS. LOW LEVEL WARM/MOIST
ADVECTION ON BACKSIDE OF SFC RIDGE ALONG WITH WK SHRTWV MOVG SE OVER
PLAINS UPR RIDGE SUGGESTS CHC OF TSTMS RETURNING TO THE AREA EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION... / 18Z TAFS /
MAINLY VFR/DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. DID CONTINUE WITH A VCSH
MENTION AT SBN THROUGH 21Z GIVEN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A BAND OF SCT
SHOWERS ACROSS WI AND SRN MI INVOF A WEAKENING MID LVL BAROCLINIC
ZONE. OTHERWISE DRY THIS AFTN GIVEN STABLE BUBBLE IN WAKE OF THIS
MORNINGS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...WHICH HAS PUSHED A COMPOSITE SFC
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTH INTO CENTRAL IN/IL. CANNOT RULE OUT ISO/SCT
CONVECTION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS IT RETURNS BACK NORTH THROUGH
THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. LEFT ANY TSRA/VCTS
MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS FOR NOW GIVEN LOW PROBABILITY/COVERAGE AS
GREATER FOCUS FOR SHOWERS/STORMS (AND A POSSIBLE MCS) WILL BE NORTH
ACROSS WI/MI TOMORROW MORNING. CIGS/VIS SHOULD MAINLY REMAIN
VFR...ALTHOUGH A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE THROUGH 19/20Z AT
SBN.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
WEDNESDAY FOR INZ003-012-013-015-020-022-023.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...JT
AVIATION...STEINWEDELHazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 342 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-251945- 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 342 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 /242 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 100 UP TO 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-251945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 342 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES ARE LIKELY TO BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. && 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, Jul 24, 10:02 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1002 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0948 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE ANDREWS 40.81N 85.54W
07/24/2012 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE BRANCH MEASURED ONE INCH IN DIAMETER DOWN ON
STATE ROAD 9 AND 100 S. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
NGLocal storm report, Jul 24, 10:04 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1004 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0947 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE HUNTINGTON 40.89N 85.48W
07/24/2012 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
UNKNOWN SIZED TREE DOWN ON GRAYSTON AVENUE IN
HUNTINGTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
NGLocal storm report, Jul 24, 10:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1026 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW LOCKE 41.45N 86.07W
07/24/2012 MARSHALL IN BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT OF SMALL LIMBS DOWN ALONG U.S. 6 BETWEEN BREMEN
AND NAPPANEE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
NGLocal storm report, Jul 24, 10:29 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1029 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW LOGANSPORT 40.80N 86.41W
07/24/2012 CASS IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN BLOCKING U.S. 35 BETWEEN ROYAL CENTER AND
LOGANSPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
NGLocal storm report, Jul 24, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
102 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW UPLAND 40.49N 85.50W
07/24/2012 GRANT IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES AND DAMAGE TO A HOME
NORTH OF UPLAND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
NGLocal storm report, Jul 24, 3:51 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
351 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG WANATAH 41.43N 86.90W
07/24/2012 LA PORTE IN PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN ON RESIDENTIAL FENCE. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
&&
NDMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Miami | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Starke | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 6:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Saint Joseph, Steuben | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 7:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 56 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Noble, Whitley | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 8:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Miami, Wabash and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 45 min |
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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.