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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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 17, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 3:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WUUS53 KIWX 171938
SVRIWX
INC085-172030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0073.120717T1938Z-120717T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
338 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 332 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
OVER SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH
MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS CLAYPOOL...
SILVER LAKE...PACKERTON AND SIDNEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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 4105 8602 4109 8602 4110 8606 4115 8607
4115 8569 4105 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 281DEG 14KT 4109 8592
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
974
WWUS53 KIWX 171957
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
357 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
INC085-172007-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120717T2030Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-
357 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4105 8602 4109 8602 4110 8606 4115 8607
4115 8569 4105 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 281DEG 14KT 4108 8582
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 66 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.