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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 9, 2012Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 9:11 PM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 9, 2012, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Allen County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2012-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 2012-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
718 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

.AVIATION.../00Z TAFS/
UPR LOW DIGGING SE ACROSS THE WRN GRTLKS TNGT WILL RESULT IN
NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS ACROSS NRN INDIANA WITH FLYING CONDITIONS
LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR. MID LEVEL DRY SLOT MAY MOVE INTO NRN INDIANA
CAUSING RAIN TO END FOR A TIME OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...
BUT FOR NOW CONTD WITH LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD AS
STILL REMAINS QUESTIONABLE EXACTLY WHERE DEFORMATION ZONE AND DRY
SLOT WILL SET UP. IN EITHER CASE LOW CIGS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH FRI.
WINDS WILL BACK TO N-NW AND INCREASE TO 15-25KT RANGE BY FRIDAY
AFTN AS SFC LOW DEVELOPS/DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL GRTLKS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012/

SHORT TERM...

CLOUDS HAVE LIMTED INSTABILITY TODAY BUT SOME BREAKS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH AND MODEST INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH 30 TO
35 KNOTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR COULD STILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. VIS SATELLITE
SHOWING A FEW LINES OF AGGRAVATED CU ACROSS IL WHICH WILL BE
MONITORED CLOSELY NEXT FEW HOURS. A FEW STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE
IN SOUTHWEST CWA. OF OTHER CONCERN IS WATERSPOUT POTENTIAL OVER
LAKE MICHIGAN WITH ANY STRONGER DEVELOPING CELLS GIVEN SHEAR AND
INCREASING DELTA T VALUES. PHASING OF SHORT WAVES WILL OCCUR
OVERNIGHT WITH CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING OVER FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.
LARGE AREA OF DEFORMATION RAIN EXPECTED TO SAG INTO NORTHWEST
FORECAST AREA AND COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A NARROW AXIS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IS PLAUSIBLE FAR NORTHWEST BUT DEPENDENT ON LOCATION OF
PIVOT POINT WITH UPPER LOW AND DEGREE OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT.
LINGERING SHOWERS INTO FRIDAY WITH DECREASING PCPN CHANCES LATER
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LOW PULLS EAST.

LONG TERM / SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT /...

POTENT UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING NE OUT OF THE REGION BY THE START OF
THE LONG TERM. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN IN ITS WAKE WITH A
MAINLY DRY WEEKEND ON TAP. FLOW BEGINS TO FLATTEN OUT BY MONDAY WITH
AN INCREASE IN WAA AND THERMAL RIDGE NUDGING INTO AREA. DIFFICULTY
STILL REMAINS AS MODELS STRUGGLE TO AGREE BY BEGINNING OF THE WEEK
WITH EXACT STRENGTH AND TIMING OF A FEW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
RIDING IN THE PERTURBED FLOW THAT COULD AFFECT AREA. GFS MOST
AGGRESSIVE SOLUTION BUT HARD TO FULL STOCK IN IT GIVEN RECENT
PERFORMANCE ISSUES. MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE BEST
SHOT OF ANY PRECIP ALTHO MOISTURE FIELDS ARE STARVED AS MOISTURE
REMAINS TRAPPED NEAR THE GULF. GIVEN UPWARD TREND IN MODEL POPS AND
MORE CONSISTENT SIGNAL...HAVE ADDED SLGHT CHC POPS TO THAT TIME
FRAME. ANOTHER SHOT AT PRECIP ARRIVES BY END OF LONG TERM BUT HAVE
CONTINUED WITH DRY FORECAST AFTER TUESDAY MORNING GIVEN RISING
HEIGHTS AND LOW CONFIDENCE THIS FAR OUT.

TEMPERATURES WILL SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S FOR THE WEEKEND WILL WARM BACK INTO THE
LOW 80S BY MONDAY AND COULD SEE A RETURN TO MID TO UPPER 80S BY END
OF THE PERIOD. POTENTIAL TEMP BUST LOOMS MONDAY IF CONVECTION DOES
MATERIALIZE WITH CLOUD COVER HINDER WARMING. GIVEN RECENT BIASES IN
THIS TYPE OF PATTERN...HAVE GONE A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE ALLBLEND
INIT. CHILLY NIGHT ON TAP SATURDAY WITH LOWS IN THE MID
50S...WARMING INTO THE 60S BY SUNDAY.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR INZ003.

MI...RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR MIZ077.

OH...NONE.
LM...GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR LMZ043-
     046.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

SHORT TERM...LASHLEY
LONG TERM...OBERGFELL
AVIATION...JT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
348 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ003-MIZ077-102000-
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
348 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 /248 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

INZ004>009-012-014-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-102000-
ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-MARSHALL-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...
GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON
348 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 /248 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

INZ013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-102000-
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
348 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-102000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
348 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR WATERSPOUTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR WATERSPOUTS FRIDAY. CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH GALES
POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

&&

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, Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
505 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ018-026-027-OHZ024-092130-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WELLS IN-
505 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN VAN WERT...NORTHEASTERN
WELLS...NORTHERN ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSSIAN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DECATUR...
  MONROEVILLE...
  WILLIAMS...HOAGLAND AND MAGLEY...
  PREBLE AND PETERSON...
  MONMOUTH...
  RIVARE AND 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4087 8519 4104 8510 4092 8464 4072 8475
      4072 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 292DEG 20KT 4092 8502
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
749 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ020-100015-
WHITE IN-
749 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD WESTERN WHITE COUNTY...

AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLCOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WHEN IT REACHES WESTERN
WHITE COUNTY AROUND 830 PM CDT.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4083 8710 4084 8710 4084 8700 4087 8699
      4087 8698 4092 8698 4092 8696 4085 8677
      4058 8699 4058 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 310DEG 24KT 4097 8747
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
831 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ017-018-100100-
ALLEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
831 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND
WESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHURUBUSCO...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HUNTERTOWN AND ROLLING HILLS...
  WALLEN...

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 4108 8564 4126 8538 4126 8517 4127 8516
      4127 8515 4126 8499 4098 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 286DEG 22KT 4115 8533
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:48 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
848 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ015-023-024-100115-
FULTON IN-MIAMI IN-WABASH IN-
848 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
CASS...NORTHERN MIAMI...WABASH... AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON
COUNTIES...

AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  AKRON...
  MACY...
  DEEDSVILLE...
  GILEAD AND DENVER...
  STOCKDALE...ROANN AND CHILI...

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 300 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4088 8617 4091 8617 4091 8625 4093 8632
      4110 8624 4105 8602 4104 8601 4104 8599
      4097 8568 4074 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 291DEG 18KT 4098 8616
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
911 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INZ018-OHZ015-100145-
ALLEN IN-PAULDING OH-
911 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT WAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  NEW HAVEN...
  GRABILL...
  WOODBURN...
  LEO-CEDARVILLE...
  CUBA...
  HARLAN AND ZULU...

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 300 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4125 8477 4103 8476 4103 8524 4121 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 267DEG 19KT 4113 8512
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
911 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

OHZ001-002-100145-
FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH-
911 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN FULTON AND EASTERN
WILLIAMS COUNTIES...

AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST UNITY...OR NEAR MONTPELIER...MOVING
EAST AT 20 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...
  ARCHBOLD...
  WEST UNITY AND STRYKER...
  FAYETTE...
  ALVORDTON...
  ELMIRA...BURLINGTON AND ZONE...
  TEDROW...

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 300 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4171 8412 4149 8411 4149 8459 4167 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 267DEG 19KT 4159 8447

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite50 min
Aug 9, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley29 min
Aug 9, 8:36 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXWhite39 min
Aug 9, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash27 min
Aug 9, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami40 min
Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash37 min
Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash46 min
Aug 9, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Wells46 min
Aug 9, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay, Wells23 min
Aug 10, 4:35 AM EDTGale WarningIWX17 hr
Aug 9, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPaulding25 min
Aug 9, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPaulding29 min
Aug 9, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert31 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.