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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2012, 4:40 AM CDT for LaPorte County, Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. 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 31, 2012, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 31, 4:24 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 4:24 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 358 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-312000- 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 358 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 /258 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF A ROCHESTER TO ANGOLA LINE. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY... THURSDAY... FRIDAY... AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .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-MIZ077-312000- LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 358 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 /258 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IF STORMS OCCUR... GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE... BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY AND A MODERATE RISK WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY... THURSDAY... FRIDAY... AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .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 LMZ043-046-312000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 358 PM EDT MON JUL 30 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 OCCUR WIND GUSTS OVER 34 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY... THURSDAY... FRIDAY... AND SATURDAY NIGHT. && 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
Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:13 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
513 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0414 AM HAIL BENTON HARBOR 42.12N 86.45W
07/31/2012 E0.75 INCH BERRIEN MI PUBLIC
&&
FISHERSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 4:13 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
513 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
INZ004>006-014-016-310945-
ELKHART IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-
513 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
KOSCIUSKO...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
NOBLE...SOUTHWESTERN LAGRANGE...SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND ELKHART
COUNTIES...
AT 510 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKEVILLE TO OSCEOLA
TO BRISTOL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
DUNLAP...
BREMEN AND GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...
BRISTOL...
WAKARUSA...
MIDDLEBURY...
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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4155 8648 4166 8610 4176 8588 4176 8582
4159 8557 4138 8584 4128 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 325DEG 18KT 4153 8631 4160 8604
4174 8585Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:16 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 91 min | |
| Jul 31, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall, Noble | 22 min |
| Jul 31, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 37 min |
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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.