Alert archive / Michigan / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
291
WWUS83 KIWX 051921
SPSIWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
321 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
MIZ081-051945-
HILLSDALE MI-
321 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HILLSDALE COUNTY...
AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONESVILLE AND HILLSDALE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE 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...
OSSEO...
PITTSFORD...SHADYSIDE AND RANSOM...
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.
LAT...LON 4194 8436 4190 8437 4190 8435 4178 8436
4171 8448 4198 8476 4208 8460 4208 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 319DEG 18KT 4197 8459
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 12 min |
| Jul 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 25 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.