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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 18, 2012Branch County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2012, 10:40 AM EDT for Branch County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 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 18, 2012, 10:40 AM EDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Branch County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 295 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 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 18, 6:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:32 AM EDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
432 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

INZ013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-190845-
PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-
WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...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...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
432 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT WITH
HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN THREAT
BEING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

.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>009-012-014-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-190845-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
MARSHALL-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON
432 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012 /332 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 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

LMZ043-046-190845-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
432 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 10:40 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

MIZ079-080-181515-
BRANCH MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND
SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH COUNTIES...

AT 1036 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRONSON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
STURGIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  BRONSON AND GILEAD...

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 4190 8529 4190 8513 4181 8506 4176 8515
      4177 8541 4189 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 261DEG 23KT 4183 8525

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	52 min
Jul 17, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph	61 min
Jul 17, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	59 min
Jul 17, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben	26 min
Jul 17, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	3 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more	13 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	19 min
Jul 18, 12:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	22 min
Jul 18, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	36 min
Jul 18, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	32 min
Jul 18, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	38 min
Jul 18, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	32 min
Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	27 min
Jul 18, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells	27 min
Jul 18, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	35 min
Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay	28 min
Jul 18, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Pulaski	31 min
Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	27 min
Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	24 min
Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford, Jay	26 min
Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	27 min
Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford	33 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, White	59 min
Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Marshall, Starke	52 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	25 min
Jul 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Marshall	30 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	42 min
Jul 17, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance	65 min
Jul 17, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Henry	67 min
Jul 18, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	17 min
Jul 18, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	31 min
Jul 18, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	36 min
Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	34 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.