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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Northern Indiana

July 6, 2012Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT for Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 7 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
Jul 6, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDTHAIL 13 Nnw Huntington, IN
Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Huntington, INCORN LAYING ON ITS SIDE AT 500N AND CLEAR CREEK RD.
Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Nnw Huntington, INCORN LAYING ON ITS SIDE AT 500N AND CLEAR CREEK RD.
Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 501 Nnw Huntington, IN
Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.751 Nnw Huntington, IN
Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Huntington, INTREE ACROSS 200W JUST SOUTH OF 600N.
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuntington, INA LARGE TREE FELL ONTO TWO HOUSES ON WEST PARK DRIVE NEAR DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO ONE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OTHER. THE TREE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED PREVIOUSLY FROM THE PREVIOUS DERECHO EVENT AND BROKE IN HALF WHERE IT WAS ALREADY

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

618 
WUUS53 KIWX 062004
SVRIWX
INC069-169-062030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0064.120706T2004Z-120706T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...  
  EAST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 400 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
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  HUNTINGTON...
  ANDREWS...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIPPUS 
AND RURAL EAST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY. 

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 4087 8550 4082 8556 4091 8571 4097 8568
      4099 8557 4095 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 042DEG 8KT 4094 8555
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams24 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Kosciusko, Whitley27 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash14 min
Jul 6, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington24 min
Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXHuntington3 hr
Jul 6, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami47 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange31 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford26 min
Jul 6, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Jay25 min
Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange27 min
Jul 6, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange32 min
Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaGrange2 hr

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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.