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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2012, 6:04 PM EDT for Blackford County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 6, 2012, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Blackford County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 6, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 354 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 LMZ043-046-070800- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 354 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ003-MIZ077-070800- LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 354 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 /254 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S BY LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. .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>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-070800- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 354 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 /254 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 115 CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S BY LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY INTO 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, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Kosciusko, Whitley | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 14 min |
| Jul 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaGrange | 2 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.