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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

March 15, 2012Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 5:25 AM EDT for Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2012, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2012, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 15, 5:21 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 5:21 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 12:01 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-160415-
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-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
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...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 /1101 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SOME SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-160415-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED.

FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FOG MAY BE DENSE ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE HAIL.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

&&

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

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:29 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 5:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko44 min
Mar 15, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley64 min
Mar 15, 6:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWells50 min
Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski32 min
Mar 15, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski39 min
Mar 15, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble23 min
Mar 15, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski46 min
Mar 15, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke54 min
Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami34 min
Mar 15, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke47 min
Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash43 min
Mar 15, 7:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXPulaski, Starke6 hr
Mar 15, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben47 min
Mar 15, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski28 min
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams61 hr
Mar 15, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHenry42 min
Mar 15, 2:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance23 min
Mar 15, 2:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Putnam53 min
Mar 15, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams29 min
Mar 15, 3:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton45 min
Mar 15, 7:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert27 min
Mar 15, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert44 min
Mar 15, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam46 min
Mar 15, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass66 min
Mar 15, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph48 min
Mar 15, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch, Hillsdale60 min
Mar 15, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch41 min
Mar 15, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch22 min
Mar 15, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale32 min
Mar 15, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch27 min
Mar 15, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch24 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.