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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 1, 2012White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 2:10 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 1, 2012, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County White County, IN

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 1, 1:52 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:52 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1241 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

INZ003-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-021645-
LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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
1241 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 /1141 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT. ADDITIONALLY...
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE
UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS OF THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIOD.

INTENSE HEAT IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THE TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY 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

INZ004>009-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-025-021645-
ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...
GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...
AUBURN...GARRETT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...LIMA
1241 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE...
THE GREATER CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LAPORTE TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO LIMA OHIO LINE.

PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS OF THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIOD.

INTENSE HEAT IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THE TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY 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

LMZ043-046-021645-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1241 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY
HIGH WINDS AND WAVES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON OF THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIOD. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT OCCUR DURING THIS TIME.

&&

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, Jul 1, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
210 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

INZ013-020-011845-
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
210 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN WHITE AND SOUTHERN
PULASKI COUNTIES...

AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF FRANCESVILLE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
RENSSELAER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FRANCESVILLE...
  MONON...
  LEE...
  BUFFALO...LAKESIDE AND INDIANA BEACH...
  HEADLEE...BELL CENTER AND SITKA...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING/700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4084 8700 4087 8699 4087 8698 4091 8698
      4092 8694 4104 8693 4099 8658 4075 8669
      4083 8705 4084 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 285DEG 25KT 4095 8701

MCS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	26 min
Jul 1, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		118 min
Jul 1, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	37 min
Jul 1, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash	51 min
Jul 1, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White	46 min
Jul 1, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	49 min
Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	31 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	44 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash	42 min
Jul 1, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Marshall	26 min
Jul 1, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Huntington, Wells	47 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	31 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Jay	46 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	24 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble	32 min
Jul 1, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay	42 min
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	50 min
Jul 1, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	38 min
Jul 1, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton	51 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	54 min
Jul 1, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	35 min
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	27 min
Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	33 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	43 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2012 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.