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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

May 7, 2012DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2012, 4:56 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
May 7, 2012, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2012, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 346 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1208 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2012-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 3:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski, White64 min
May 7, 4:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley24 min
May 7, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXWhite4 hr
May 7, 5:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXDeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben4 hr
May 7, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay53 min
May 7, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen64 min

Nearby

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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.