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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 17, 2012Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2012, 10:08 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Henry County, OH

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 17, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:49 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
349 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

LMZ043-046-182000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
349 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-182000-
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
349 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 /249 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 30 IN OHIO AND INDIANA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN
LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:25 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:35 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 10:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange52 min
Jul 17, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph61 min
Jul 17, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben59 min
Jul 17, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben26 min
Jul 17, 8:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaGrange, Steuben3 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more13 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash19 min
Jul 18, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen22 min
Jul 18, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen36 min
Jul 18, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington32 min
Jul 18, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen38 min
Jul 18, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen32 min
Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen27 min
Jul 18, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Wells27 min
Jul 18, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Wells3 hr
Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton35 min
Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay28 min
Jul 18, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski31 min
Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash27 min
Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami24 min
Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay26 min
Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash27 min
Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford33 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, White59 min
Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Starke52 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton25 min
Jul 18, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall30 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko42 min
Jul 17, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance65 min
Jul 18, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert17 min
Jul 18, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert31 min
Jul 18, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam36 min
Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen34 min
Jul 18, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 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.