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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

March 15, 2012Pulaski County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 5:21 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2012, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Pulaski County, IN

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The text

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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, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:53 AM EDT, 11 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
553 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-161000-
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
553 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 /453 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
A THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN TO WARSAW INDIANA TO WABASH INDIANA LINE.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL.

FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA
INTO FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME
LOCALIZED DENSE FOG TONIGHT ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SPOTTER REPORTS
OF GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE APPRECIATED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-161000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
553 AM EDT THU MAR 15 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 TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN
TODAY...AND POSSIBLY BECOME DENSE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

&&

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, Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
258 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

INZ013-152030-
PULASKI IN-
258 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINAMAC...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WINAMAC...
  PULASKI...
  RIPLEY...
  VANMETER PARK...LAWTON AND STAR CITY...

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

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4117 8662 4117 8648 4095 8648 4094 8683
      4100 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 252DEG 20KT 4098 8682

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:19 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
521 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

INZ013-152200-
PULASKI IN-
421 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANCESVILLE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
RENSSELAER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WINAMAC...
  LAKESIDE...
  PULASKI...
  RIPLEY...
  STAR CITY AND THORNHOPE...
  VANMETER PARK AND LAWTON...

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

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4099 8693 4103 8693 4117 8647 4092 8648
      4091 8672 4091 8676 4091 8694 4099 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 247DEG 23KT 4097 8682

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	44 min
Mar 15, 5:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley	64 min
Mar 15, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	50 min
Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	32 min
Mar 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Noble	23 min
Mar 15, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Pulaski	46 min
Mar 15, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Starke	54 min
Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	34 min
Mar 15, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	47 min
Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	43 min
Mar 15, 7:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	6 hr
Mar 15, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	47 min
Mar 15, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	28 min
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	61 hr
Mar 15, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Henry	42 min
Mar 15, 2:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance	23 min
Mar 15, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Putnam	53 min
Mar 15, 2:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	29 min
Mar 15, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	45 min
Mar 15, 7:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	27 min
Mar 15, 7:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	44 min
Mar 15, 8:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	46 min
Mar 15, 4:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	66 min
Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	50 min
Mar 15, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	48 min
Mar 15, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	60 min
Mar 15, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch	41 min
Mar 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch	22 min
Mar 15, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	32 min
Mar 15, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch	27 min
Mar 15, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.