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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2012, 12:25 PM CDT for Starke County, Indiana. 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
- Jun 29, 2012, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 29, 10:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 10:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1134 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INZ007>009-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-301545- STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA 1134 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID AND UPPER 90S TODAY...WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S EXPECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF A MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA TO BLUFFTON INDIANA LINE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 24. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003>006-MIZ077>080-301545- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 1134 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 /1034 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF A MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA TO BLUFFTON INDIANA LINE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 24. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-301545- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1134 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR ANY STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-301545- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1134 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 /1034 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...WITH DANGEROUS PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING THE LOWER 100S. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 24 IN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 IN OHIO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF A MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA TO BLUFFTON INDIANA LINE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 24. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 12:20 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, Starke, White | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Fulton and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam | 46 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.