Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 1:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2012, 1:03 AM EDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 WUUS53 KIWX 190503 SVRIWX INC039-085-099-141-190600- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0083.120719T0503Z-120719T0600Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 103 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 200 AM EDT * AT 1259 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO LAKEVILLE TO PLYMOUTH AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND DAMAGE MAY BEGIN TO OCCUR 5 TO 10 MILES AHEAD OF ANY THUNDER OR LIGHTNING ALONG A LEADING GUST FRONT. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... OSCEOLA... WAKARUSA...NAPPANEE AND ELKHART... DUNLAP... NEW PARIS...GOSHEN AND MILFORD... SYRACUSE...MIDDLEBURY AND NORTH WEBSTER... MILLERSBURG... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE JIMTOWN...LOCKE...SOUTHWEST...HASTINGS...GRAVELTON...FORAKER... WATERFORD MILLS...OAKWOOD PARK...BENTON AND LAKE WAWASEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS LAPORTE AND ST JOSEPH COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE. 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 4176 8566 4124 8567 4126 8624 4176 8622 TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 269DEG 44KT 4151 8614 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$
2 follow-up statements
450
WWUS53 KIWX 190524
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
124 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
INC039-085-099-141-190600-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120719T0600Z/
ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-MARSHALL IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
124 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...EASTERN ST. JOSEPH
AND ELKHART COUNTIES...
AT 120 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRANGER TO 5
MILES WEST OF WAKARUSA TO BOURBON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A
GUST FRONT 5 TO 10 MILES AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO
BE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO
COUNTIES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAPPANEE...ELKHART...SIMONTON LAKE...DUNLAP...GOSHEN...SYRACUSE...
WAKARUSA...MILFORD...NEW PARIS AND BRISTOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS LAPORTE COUNTY AND 70 MPH WINDS NEAR
LAKEVILLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 8566 4124 8567 4126 8624 4176 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 269DEG 44KT 4173 8605 4153 8602
4127 8601
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$875
WWUS53 KIWX 190557
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
157 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
INC039-085-099-141-190607-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120719T0600Z/
ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-MARSHALL IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
157 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...EASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND ELKHART COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 AM EDT...
AT 157 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 4176 8566 4124 8567 4126 8624 4176 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 269DEG 44KT 4174 8549 4154 8546
4128 8545
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 115 min | |
| Jul 18, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 12:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Noble, Whitley | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 5:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble and 4 more | 115 min |
| Jul 19, 5:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, Noble, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 31 hr | |
| Jul 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 34 hr | |
| Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford | 41 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.