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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 455 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 LMZ043-046-062100- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 455 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ007-009-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-062100- STEUBEN-DE KALB-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...GARRETT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP... OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 455 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ004>006-008-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-062100- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 455 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-012>015-020-022-062100- LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT 455 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 /355 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 24 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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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.