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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 2:53 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2012, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Elkhart County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 32 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
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 27, 12:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1146 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 INZ006>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-281600- LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP... OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1146 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003>005-012>015-020-022-MIZ077>081-281600- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- WHITE-CASS IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE 1146 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 /1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE AREAS OF BERRIEN AND LAPORTE COUNTIES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE AREAS OF BERRIEN AND LAPORTE COUNTIES SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-281600- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1146 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. && 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 27, 2:19 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 219 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 INZ005-006-MIZ078-079-271845- CASS MI-ELKHART IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI- 219 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN CASS... SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH...NORTHWESTERN LAGRANGE AND NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES... AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMONTON LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 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... BRISTOL... CONSTANTINE AND WHITE PIGEON... SHAVEHEAD LAKE... MOTTVILLE AND JONES... KLINGER LAKE AND SCOTT... 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 4195 8552 4169 8548 4167 8602 4188 8603 TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 260DEG 25KT 4179 8590 NG
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:24 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 224 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 INZ022-023-271900- CASS IN-MIAMI IN- 224 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES... AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...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... GRISSOM AFB... WALTON... BUNKER HILL... DEACON... GALVESTON AND LINCOLN... GALVESTON... 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 4066 8638 4074 8595 4058 8595 4058 8638 TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 259DEG 33KT 4055 8635 NG
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 253 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 INZ004-005-271930- ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH IN- 253 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND WESTERN ELKHART COUNTIES... AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WAKARUSA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF BREMEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WAKARUSA... SOUTHWEST AND FORAKER... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4158 8591 4149 8590 4149 8616 4155 8614 TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 269DEG 21KT 4153 8610
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 4:25 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Jul 27, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 36 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.