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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 2:06 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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, 2:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Rochester, IN | MANY TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 29, 2:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rochester, IN | STATE POLICE REPORTS TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN ROCHESTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 29, 2:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winona Lake, IN | FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES WIND BLEW AN ESTIMATED 65 TO 70 MPH....MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Leesburg, IN | 2 LARGE HEALTHY TREES DOWN |
| Jun 29, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Tippecanoe, IN | ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST WITH MULTIPLE SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jun 29, 2:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Mentone, IN | SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND ONE TREE DOWN NEAR MENTONE ON STATE ROAD 19 |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.
847 WUUS53 KIWX 291806 SVRIWX INC049-085-099-103-169-183-291845- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0035.120629T1806Z-120629T1845Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 206 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 204 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 11 MILES WEST OF BOURBON...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... BOURBON... MENTONE AND AKRON... WARSAW AND WINONA LAKE... PIERCETON AND NORTH MANCHESTER... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE TIOSA... TALMA...OLD TIP TOWN...TIPPECANOE...ATWOOD...HOFFMAN LAKE...ETNA GREEN...SEVASTOPOL...BURKET...PALESTINE...CLUNETTE AND MONOQUET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 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 4097 8568 4099 8624 4138 8624 4131 8567 TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 276DEG 53KT 4127 8629 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MCS
1 follow-up statement
864 WWUS53 KIWX 291831 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC099-291840- /O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120629T1845Z/ MARSHALL IN- 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4099 8609 4135 8603 4131 8567 4097 8568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 276DEG 53KT 4123 8582 $$ INC049-085-103-169-183-291845- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120629T1845Z/ FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-WHITLEY IN-WABASH IN-MIAMI IN- 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI...NORTHERN WABASH...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY...KOSCIUSKO AND EAST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES... AT 227 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARSAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTH MANCHESTER...PIERCETON...OSWEGO...LITTLE CHAPMAN LAKE...BIG CHAPMAN LAKE...PACKERTON...IRISH LAKE...WOOSTER...SECHRIST LAKE AND SIDNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 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 4099 8609 4135 8603 4131 8567 4097 8568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 276DEG 53KT 4123 8582 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 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, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 37 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, 2:13 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.