Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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
- May 7, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jay County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 152 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167
WUUS53 KIWX 071958
SVRIWX
INC075-072100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0022.120507T1958Z-120507T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
358 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNKIRK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
REDKEY...
PORTLAND...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
POWERS...COMO...NEW MOUNT PLEASANT...BLAINE...CENTER...BLUFF POINT...
COLLETT...BOUNDARY CITY...COLLEGE CORNER...LIBER...SALAMONIA AND
BRICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4037 8521 4047 8503 4058 8480 4032 8481
4031 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 235DEG 30KT 4033 8522
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
888
WWUS53 KIWX 072023
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
423 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012
INC075-072100-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120507T2100Z/
JAY IN-
423 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY...
AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DUNKIRK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW MOUNT PLEASANT...BLUFF POINT...COLLETT...BOUNDARY CITY...
COLLEGE CORNER...LIBER...SALAMONIA...BRICE AND BELLFOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 8510 4032 8514 4046 8494 4053 8480
4032 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 235DEG 30KT 4032 8507
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$873
WWUS53 KIWX 072051
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
451 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012
INC075-072100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120507T2100Z/
JAY IN-
451 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU OBSERVED HAIL 1 INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER WITH THIS
STORM...PLEASE REPORT IT BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS HAIL LIKELY FELL IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF JAY COUNTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 8510 4032 8514 4046 8494 4053 8480
4032 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 235DEG 30KT 4045 8482
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, White | 64 min |
| May 7, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 24 min |
| May 7, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 4 hr |
| May 7, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.