Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT for Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | South Whitley, IN | HAIL LARGER THAN A QUARTER AND SMALLER THAN GOLF BALLS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256
WUUS53 KIWX 091938
SVRIWX
INC003-183-092030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0110.120809T1938Z-120809T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
338 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SOUTH WHITLEY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA CITY...
FORT WAYNE...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WASHINGTON CENTER...PEABODY...LAUD...RABER...COESSE...DUNFEE...LAKE
EVERETT...ABOITE...ARCOLA...ROLLING HILLS AND WALLEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8535 4101 8535 4101 8544 4104 8568
4118 8568 4121 8509 4096 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 272DEG 20KT 4110 8558
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
505
WWUS53 KIWX 091956
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
INC003-183-092030-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120809T2030Z/
ALLEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
356 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND WESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL NEAR SOUTH WHITLEY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT WAYNE...RABER...COESSE...LAKE EVERETT...DUNFEE...ARCOLA...
ABOITE...ROLLING HILLS...WALLEN AND NINE MILE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8535 4101 8535 4101 8544 4103 8562
4112 8555 4121 8509 4096 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 285DEG 22KT 4104 8546
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$733
WWUS53 KIWX 092028
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
428 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
INC003-183-092036-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120809T2030Z/
ALLEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
428 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND
WESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED INTO
NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE... @ N W S I W X. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE TO
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC OBSERVATION REPORTING HOTLINE TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8535 4101 8535 4101 8544 4103 8562
4112 8555 4121 8509 4096 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 285DEG 22KT 4099 8522
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:51 AM EDT | Gale Watch | IWX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 9, 4:51 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 3 days | |
| Aug 9, 6:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 27 hr | |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.