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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2012, 2:55 PM EDT for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2012, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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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</html>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 17, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:40 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 540 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 LMZ043-046-180945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 540 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 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 TONIGHT. IF STORMS DO OCCUR... WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IF STORMS DO OCCUR... WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-180945- 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 540 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 /440 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IF STORMS DO OCCUR... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. .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-MIZ077-180945- LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 540 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 /440 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
255 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
INZ016-017-171945-
KOSCIUSKO IN-WHITLEY IN-
255 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL WHITLEY...EXTREME
WESTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES...
AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH WHITLEY...OR 8 MILES WEST
OF COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TRI-LAKES...
COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...
LORANE...
TUNKER...
PEABODY AND WASHINGTON CENTER...
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 4122 8531 4103 8544 4104 8566 4111 8578
4124 8567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 290DEG 10KT 4116 8563The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 19 min |
| Jul 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 66 min |
| Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 59 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.