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Special Marine Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

May 20, 2012

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special marine warning at May 20, 2012, 8:53 PM EDT. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2012, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2012, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
112 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at May 20, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:03 AM EDT, 15 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
503 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>080-210915-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER
503 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /403 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-210915-
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
503 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-210915-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
503 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS AND WAVES MAY BE LOCALLY HIGH IN AND NEAR
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
543 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

INZ003-012-013-202245-
LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE
543 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /443 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHWESTERN INDIANA INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. LOCATIONS ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF A FRANCESVILLE TO FISH LAKE LINE WILL SEE THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEEING A THUNDERSTORM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

INZ023-024-202245-
MIAMI-WABASH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER
543 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MIAMI AND WABASH
COUNTIES...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MIAMI INTO SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 20, 6:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
654 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

INZ003-202330-
LA PORTE IN-
554 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY...

AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF DE MOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
DIMES...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
LA PORTE COUNTY BEHIND THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LA CROSSE...
  WANATAH...
  KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...
  THOMASTON AND SOUTH WANATAH...
  HANNA...
  TRACY...SOUTH CENTER AND UNION MILLS...

LAT...LON 4159 8678 4146 8660 4141 8667 4141 8669
      4139 8670 4126 8687 4124 8693 4140 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 219DEG 24KT 4128 8692

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte2 hr
May 20, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko32 min
May 20, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton45 min
May 21, 1:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXCass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami4 hr
May 21, 8:06 AM EDTRip Current StatementIWX30 hr

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Indiana, 2012Every special marine warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.