Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2012, 6:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 15, 2012, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565 WUUS53 KIWX 152243 SVRIWX INC003-069-179-183-152315- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0072.120715T2243Z-120715T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 643 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 637 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 12 MILES NORTH OF MARKLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... MARKLE... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ABOITE...ROANOKE...MAHON AND ZANESVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 4092 8517 4082 8534 4102 8550 4108 8541 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 321DEG 9KT 4099 8539 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
056
WWUS53 KIWX 152258
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
658 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
INC183-152308-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120715T2315Z/
WHITLEY IN-
658 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 8534 4096 8542 4101 8532 4095 8522
4092 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 321DEG 9KT 4096 8536
$$
INC003-069-179-152315-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120715T2315Z/
ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-
658 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WELLS...NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
ALLEN COUNTIES...
AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF MARKLE...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARKLE...MAHON AND ZANESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 4082 8534 4096 8542 4101 8532 4095 8522
4092 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 321DEG 9KT 4096 8536
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$688
WWUS53 KIWX 152308
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
708 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
INC003-069-179-152317-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120715T2315Z/
ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-
708 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WELLS...
NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT AND NO LONGER POSES SEVERE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 8534 4096 8542 4101 8532 4095 8522
4092 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 321DEG 9KT 4094 8534
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.