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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 29, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:43 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ne North Judson, IN | HAIL STILL FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Culver, IN | SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED BRANCHES DOWN. WOODEN GOLF COURSE SIGN BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 2:02 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 N Culver, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 4040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WUUS53 KIWX 291742 SVRIWX INC049-091-099-131-149-291830- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0034.120629T1742Z-120629T1830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1242 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT/230 PM EDT/ * AT 1241 PM CDT...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 5 MILES NORTH OF NORTH JUDSON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF KNOX...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... KNOX AND HAMLET... CULVER... PLYMOUTH... ARGOS... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BASS LAKE...WINONA...OBER...GROVERTOWN...ORA...OAK GROVE...DONALDSON... MONTEREY...BURR OAK...DELONG...TWIN LAKES AND RUTLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 4138 8622 4108 8622 4120 8687 4141 8690 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 281DEG 49KT 4129 8678 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MCS
2 follow-up statements
899 WWUS53 KIWX 291757 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 157 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC091-291807- /O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120629T1830Z/ LA PORTE IN- 1257 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4140 8659 4138 8622 4108 8622 4116 8664 TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 281DEG 49KT 4123 8643 $$ INC049-099-131-149-291830- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120629T1830Z/ STARKE IN-FULTON IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN- 157 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT/130 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL... NORTHWESTERN FULTON AND EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES... AT 1254 PM CDT...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 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULVER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOX...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLYMOUTH...ARGOS...HIBBARD...DELONG...TWIN LAKES...MAXINKUCKEE... RUTLAND AND LEITERS FORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH....ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 4140 8659 4138 8622 4108 8622 4116 8664 TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 281DEG 49KT 4123 8643 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MCS
338 WWUS53 KIWX 291819 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 219 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC049-099-131-149-291830- /O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120629T1830Z/ STARKE IN-FULTON IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN- 219 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI... SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN FULTON AND EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4140 8659 4138 8622 4108 8622 4116 8664 TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 281DEG 49KT 4117 8602 $$ MCS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, Starke, White | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 4:13 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Fulton and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 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.