Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 6:12 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 18, 2012, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 6:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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
- 1907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
894
WUUS53 KIWX 182212
SVRIWX
INC085-099-182300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0080.120718T2212Z-120718T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
612 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 610 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
4 MILES SOUTH OF BOURBON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND WEST CENTRAL KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ETNA GREEN...HOFFMAN LAKE...
ATWOOD AND PALESTINE.
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 4131 8590 4116 8588 4117 8606 4118 8628
4131 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 279DEG 21KT 4124 8613
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
982
WWUS53 KIWX 182236
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
636 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
INC099-182245-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120718T2300Z/
MARSHALL IN-
636 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED IN
MARSHALL COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR MARSHALL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 8590 4116 8588 4117 8606 4118 8606
4130 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 280DEG 38KT 4121 8593
$$
INC085-182300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120718T2300Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-
636 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...
AT 635 PM EDT...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 NORTHEAST OF MENTONE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF
WARSAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KOSCIUSKO 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 4131 8590 4116 8588 4117 8606 4118 8606
4130 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 280DEG 38KT 4121 8593
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$462
WWUS53 KIWX 182242
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
642 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
INC085-182252-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120718T2300Z/
KOSCIUSKO IN-
642 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU OBSERVE ANY DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 8590 4116 8588 4117 8606 4118 8606
4130 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 280DEG 38KT 4120 8583
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 8:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 19 min |
| Jul 18, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 22 min |
| Jul 18, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, White | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 42 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.