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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 9:50 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 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...JTHazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:48 PM EDT, 6 hours 2 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, 9:11 PM EDT, 39 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
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 950 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 INZ018-OHZ015-024-100215- ALLEN IN-PAULDING OH-VAN WERT OH- 950 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING... NORTHWESTERN VAN WERT AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES... AT 948 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODBURN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF NEW HAVEN... 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... MONROEVILLE... PAYNE... CONVOY... EDGERTON... MCGILL AND DIXON... TIPTON...WORSTVILLE AND BRICETON... 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 4110 8451 4088 8458 4098 8501 4116 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 283DEG 17KT 4105 8486
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 8:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | White | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Wells | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay, Wells | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 4:35 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 17 hr | |
| Aug 9, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 31 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.