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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

March 2, 2012Saint Joseph County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 2, 2012, 4:31 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 2, 2012, 4:31 PM EST (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Saint Joseph County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 1:57 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
157 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     HAIL             WABASH                  40.80N  85.82W
03/02/2012  E0.75 INCH       WABASH             IN   PUBLIC

            HALF INCH TO PENNY SIZED HAIL FOR 2-3 MINUTES

&&

NG
Local storm report, Mar 2, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
205 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0203 PM     HAIL             2 NE WESTCHESTER        41.05N  85.09W
03/02/2012  M0.50 INCH       ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NG
Local storm report, Mar 2, 2:06 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
206 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     HAIL             FORT WAYNE              41.08N  85.13W
03/02/2012  M0.88 INCH       ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL RANGING FROM PEA SIZED TO NICKEL SIZED...HAIL HAS
            ENDED

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 2:17 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
217 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0211 PM     HAIL             5 NE FORT WAYNE         41.13N  85.07W
03/02/2012  M0.75 INCH       ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZED HAIL LASTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES...5 MILES NE OF
            DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 4:17 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
417 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0417 PM     HAIL             MICHIGAN CITY           41.71N  86.90W
03/02/2012  E0.25 INCH       LA PORTE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

FISHER
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 4:31 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
431 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INZ003-004-012-014-MIZ077-078-022215-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
431 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN CASS...SOUTHERN
BERRIEN...NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE...ST. JOSEPH
AND NORTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTIES...

AT 428 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRIDGMAN
TO NEW CARLISLE TO WALKERTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BUCHANAN...
  SOUTH BEND...
  GULIVOIRE PARK AND GEORGETOWN...
  NORTH LIBERTY...
  LAKEVILLE...ROSELAND AND BERRIEN SPRINGS...
  DAYTON...GLENDORA AND CRUMSTOWN...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4206 8626 4176 8610 4152 8611 4140 8663
      4169 8658 4185 8669 4190 8662 4196 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 260DEG 12KT 4192 8658 4171 8646
          4150 8648

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:47 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX9 hr
Mar 2, 4:34 AM ESTWind AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more23 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 AM ESTGale WarningIWX28 hr
Mar 2, 7:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay54 min
Mar 2, 11:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay, Wells50 min
Mar 2, 12:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke22 hr
Mar 2, 12:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant30 min
Mar 2, 1:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash23 min
Mar 2, 1:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington23 min
Mar 2, 1:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen35 min
Mar 2, 4:06 PM ESTStorm WarningIWX12 hr
Mar 2, 12:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams5 days

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2012Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.