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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 14, 2012Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 14, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Miami County, IN

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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 Jul 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:37 AM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
437 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

LMZ043-046-150845-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
437 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS
OVER 35 KNOTS.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-150845-
LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
437 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /337 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.
SOME GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR APPROACHING 95 DEGREES ARE LIKELY MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 95
TO AROUND 100.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1254 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

INZ016-141830-
KOSCIUSKO IN-
154 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...

AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...OR 12 MILES
EAST OF ROCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  SILVER LAKE...
  CLAYPOOL...

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 4105 8602 4108 8602 4110 8604 4112 8600
      4116 8596 4118 8590 4107 8583 4105 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 246DEG 16KT 4108 8597

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

INZ023-024-141930-
MIAMI IN-WABASH IN-
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN MIAMI AND WESTERN
WABASH COUNTIES...

AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY...OR 8
MILES NORTH OF PERU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STOCKDALE AND ROANN...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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 4085 8613 4100 8597 4100 8595 4092 8581
      4080 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 224DEG 8KT 4087 8602

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	31 min
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	35 min
Jul 14, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	33 min
Jul 14, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	36 min
Jul 14, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	29 min
Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	21 min
Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	15 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	27 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	31 min
Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	19 min
Jul 14, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	25 min
Jul 14, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	31 min
Jul 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	22 min
Jul 14, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	33 min

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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.