Alert archive / Indiana / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind warning at Nov 17, 2013, 4:08 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 17, 2013, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2013, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2:46 PM EST | TORNADO | 12 W Brookston, IN | EF2. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 125 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH APPROX 1400 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 9.52 MILES. ENTERED WHITE COUNTY NEAR BENTON WHITE TIPPECANOE COUNTY LINE. LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WNW OF BROOKSTON. |
| Nov 17, 2:48 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 S Smithson, IN | EF2. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 120 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 300 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 4.15. TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES WEST OF CHALMERS AND LIFTED 2 MILES NORTH OF CHALMERS. |
| Nov 17, 2:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Chalmers, IN | WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF WHITE COUNTY...FROM BROOKSTON...CHALMERS TO THE CASS COUNTY LINE. |
| Nov 17, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Chalmers, IN | ROTATION REPORTED ROOF OFF GARAGE TREE AND BRANCHES DOWN |
| Nov 17, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Monticello, IN | TREE UPROOTED IN MONTICELLO |
| Nov 17, 3:03 PM EST | TORNADO | Medaryville, IN | EF1. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 110 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH ROUGHLY 13 MILES. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST SOUTHWEST OF US 421 AND DELAWARE STREET IN MEDARYVILLE AND LIFTED 2.5 MILES NE OF DENHAM. |
| Nov 17, 3:06 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 S Medaryville, IN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR MEDARYVILLE |
| Nov 17, 3:07 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 N Burnettsville, IN | EF1. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 90 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 75 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 0.6 MILES. TOUCHDOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1400 E BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 400 N AND 500 N |
| Nov 17, 3:12 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Denham, IN | MULTIPLE CENTER PIVOTS FLIPPED. POSSIBLE TORNADIC DAMAGE. |
| Nov 17, 3:17 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 N Young America, IN | EF0. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 80 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 1.6 MILES. TOUCHDOWN AROUND 1 MILES NORTH OF YOUNG AMERICA AND LIFTED 2 MILES NE OF YOUNG AMERICA |
| Nov 17, 3:17 PM EST | TORNADO | W Winamac, IN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR 421 AND 14 WEST OF WINAMAC |
| Nov 17, 3:20 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sse Dunkirk, IN | EF0. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 80 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 0.9 MILES. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED 2 MILES SW OF LOGANSPORT AND LIFTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT. |
| Nov 17, 3:23 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Galveston, IN | BOB EVANS BILLBOARD SIGN RIPPED IN HALF. |
| Nov 17, 3:23 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Se Galveston, IN | BOB EVANS BILLBOARD SIGN RIPPED IN HALF. |
| Nov 17, 3:23 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 S Logansport, IN | SW SIDE OF LOGANSPORT AT LEAST 1 HOUSE DESTROYED ANOTHER SEVERELY DAMAGED... MULTIPLE TREES DOWN...EVACUATED COMPLEXES DUE TO GAS LEAKS. |
| Nov 17, 3:24 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Rochester, IN | 30 FOOT PINE SNAPPED 4 FEET ABOVE THE BASE |
| Nov 17, 3:24 PM EST | TORNADO | Young America, IN | SOUTH OF 400S TO YOUNG AMERICA TO GRISSOM POSSIBLE TORNADO LEARGE TREES DOWN BARN DESTROYED TRAILER IN TREE...SEMI FLIPPED NEAR YOUNG AMERICA |
| Nov 17, 3:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Dowagiac, MI | BUILDING DAMAGE AND LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 3:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | E Dowagiac, MI | BUILDING DAMAGE AND LIMBS DOWN |
| Nov 17, 3:25 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Lincoln, IN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. MODERATE STRUCURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES. |
| Nov 17, 3:26 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Se Bennetts Switch, IN | MCCLURES GAS STATION AWNING DESTROYED. STOP LIGHTS RIPPED FROM THE MOUNTS. |
| Nov 17, 3:26 PM EST | TORNADO | Bennetts Switch, IN | MIAMI COUNTY LEO REPORTS TORNADO AT MAPLE LAWN TRAILER PARK |
| Nov 17, 3:27 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Etna, IN | TREE ACROSS ROAD AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Nov 17, 3:27 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Etna, IN | TREE ACROSS ROAD AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Nov 17, 3:27 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 N Young America, IN | EF0. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 80 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 1.6 MILES. TOUCHDOWN AROUND 1 MILES NORTH OF YOUNG AMERICA AND LIFTED 2 MILES NE OF YOUNG AMERICA |
| Nov 17, 3:27 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 S Cassopolis, MI | EF1. WMAXIMUM WIND SPEED 110 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. PATH LENGTH AROUND 0.5 MILE. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST WEST OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN CASSOPOLIS AND LIFTED OVER A GOLF COURSE JUST NORTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Nov 17, 3:28 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Columbia City, IN | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES ACROSS ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. A FEW BARNS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE... |
| Nov 17, 3:28 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Plymouth, IN | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN PLYMOUTH |
| Nov 17, 3:29 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Argos, IN | TREE DOWN ACROSS URICK AND 1ST STREET |
| Nov 17, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hartford City, IN | REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. NO MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Nov 17, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 84 | Grissom Afb, IN | MEASURED 84MPH GUST AT 2030Z |
| Nov 17, 3:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 S Nead, IN | EF1. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 110 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 250 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 2.85 MILES. TOUCHDOWN 1.5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GRISSON AFB TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRISSOM AFB. |
| Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Jones, MI | SNOWMOBILE TRAILER LIFTED TOSSED 100 YARDS. 7 POWER POLES SNAPPED. ROOF TORN OFF SMALL SHED. CENTER PIVOTS DAMAGED. |
| Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST | TORNADO | Peru, IN | MIAMI COUNTY LEO REPORTS TORNADO AT MAPLE LAWN TRAILER PARK |
| Nov 17, 3:35 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Peru, IN | ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60MPH MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES HALF INCH HAIL |
| Nov 17, 3:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Elkhart, IN | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| Nov 17, 3:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Wakarusa, IN | TREES DOWN...SILO AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROAD 1 NEAR WAKARUSA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 3:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Wabash, IN | DAMAGE TO CARS AND HOMES. PARTIAL ROOF GONE AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF SECOND FLOOR. |
| Nov 17, 3:43 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 S Silver Lake, IN | EF2. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 125 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 150 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 4 MILES. TOUCHDOWN ON SR 15 JUST SOUTH OF THE WABASH KOSCIUSKO COUNTY LINE TO 3 MILES EAST OF SILVER LAKE. |
| Nov 17, 3:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Wakarusa, IN | SHED THROWN INTO TREE AND SWINGSET BLOWN OVER |
| Nov 17, 3:47 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 85 | Swayzee, IN | NEAR SWAYZEE ESTIMATED 85MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL |
| Nov 17, 3:48 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 1 Nne Wabash, IN | |
| Nov 17, 3:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Sweetser, IN | EF2. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 0.4 MILES. PATH LENGTH 12 MILES. PATH BEGAN 2 MILES NW OF SWEETSER AND ENDED ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 700 N AND 600 W. |
| Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Centreville, MI | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY |
| Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Marion, IN | 50 TO 60 TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED. OVERTURNED SEMI NEAR MEYER IN SOUTHERN MARION. ROOF OFF BUILDING NEAR ARMORY ON SR18 |
| Nov 17, 3:53 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | W New Paris, IN | 10 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD...POWER LOST WEST OF NEW PARIS |
| Nov 17, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Marion, IN | SUMMIT VILLAGE TRAILER PARK HEAVILY DAMAGED...MOBILE HOMES ROLLED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER |
| Nov 17, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Gas City, IN | ESTIMATED 100 MPH WINDS EAST SIDE OF MARION CAUSED DAMAGE TO DOLLAR GENERAL...DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH LOW END EF1 TYPE DAMAGE BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TORNADIC CIRCULATION...DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS |
| Nov 17, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Gas City, IN | 50 FOOT SECTION OF WALL AND ROOF COLLAPSED AT DOLLAR GENERAL WAREHOUSE IN GAS CITY |
| Nov 17, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Marion, IN | MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY |
| Nov 17, 3:55 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Sse Roseburg, IN | EF0. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. ONE QUARTER MILE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 300 W AND 300 N. |
| Nov 17, 3:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Bippus, IN | POLE BARN GARAGE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 2 CARS DAMAGED. |
| Nov 17, 3:59 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Huntington, IN | SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY |
| Nov 17, 4:02 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Roanoke, IN | SEVERE DAMAGE TO A BARN...AND A LARGE MAPLE TREE SPLIT ON 1200 N IN ROANOKE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 4:02 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Kimmell, IN | ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS |
| Nov 17, 4:02 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 S Markle, IN | SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES. |
| Nov 17, 4:04 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Laud, IN | HALF OF A BARN ROOF TORN OFF. |
| Nov 17, 4:07 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 S Markle, IN | SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 4:08 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Albion, IN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO THE CARWASH |
| Nov 17, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Union City, MI | SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR UNION LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WWUS73 KIWX 170908 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 408 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM IOWA TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA BY THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FOR A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD. EVEN HIGHER WIND GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-171715- /O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0006.131117T1700Z-131118T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0001.131117T1800Z-131118T0600Z/ LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 408 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 /308 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * HIGHER GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. IMPACTS... * POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * DAMAGE TO TREES POSSIBLE. * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI-TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
124 WWUS73 KIWX 171704 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1204 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM IOWA TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA BY THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FOR A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD. EVEN HIGHER WIND GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-180115- /O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.131117T1800Z-131118T0600Z/ LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 1204 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 /1104 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * HIGHER GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. IMPACTS... * POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * DAMAGE TO TREES POSSIBLE. * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI-TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
045 WWUS73 KIWX 172313 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 613 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. A FEW GUSTS COULD EVEN BE AS HIGH AS 60 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-180500- /O.EXT.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131118T0500Z/ LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 613 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 /513 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS COULD EVEN BE AS HIGH AS 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * DAMAGE TO TREES POSSIBLE. * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI-TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 high wind warning went out at Nov 17, 12:39 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 12:39 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1239 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 650 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY OVER THE
GREAT LAKES REGION. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR
LOCAL AREA AND WILL HELP GENERATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE WINDY AHEAD AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND
THIS FRONT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS
THEMSELVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THIS SYSTEM. IT
WILL TURN MUCH COLDER SUNDAY EVENING WITH A CHANCE FOR LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013
MAIN FOCUS REMAINS ON HEIGHTENED RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY...
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL FEATURE A CONTINUOUS FEED OF
MOISTURE WITHIN DEEP/STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN ADVANCE OF A WARM
FRONT THAT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
INCREASE INTO WESTERN AREAS LATE THIS AFTN/EVE AND POINTS EAST
OVERNIGHT AS DEEP MOISTURE CHANNEL WITHIN CORE OF A 60 KT LOW LEVEL
JET EDGES EAST IN RESPONSE TO LEAD SHORTWAVE TRACKING INTO THE
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. HIGH POPS WARRANTED GIVEN FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT
UPPER JET SUPPORT AND SUFFICIENT LOW LVL MASS/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
WITH 850 MB DEWPOINTS INCREASING TO 11-12C. SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION
ALSO APPEARS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WARM FRONT BY LATER TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AS STEEPER MID LVL LAPSE RATES OVERSPREAD THIS
INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...BEST CHANCES WEST OF
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA. THIS COMBINED WITH SUCH STRONG
FLOW/SHEAR ALOFT MAY SUPPORT A MARGINAL HAIL/WIND THREAT LATE
TONIGHT INTO THE 12-15Z SUNDAY MORNING PERIOD ACROSS OUR INDIANA
AND SW LOWER MI COUNTIES.
THE SYNOPTIC SETUP FOR SUNDAY IS RATHER IMPRESSIVE AS STRONG UPPER
JET ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND SENDS AN AMPLIFYING
SHORTWAVE EAST TOWARD THE MID MS VALLEY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY EVENING. SIG MOIST LATENT
HEAT RELEASE WITH A WIDE OPEN GULF OF MEXICO...IN TANDEM WITH STRONG
UPPER DIVERGENCE AS DEEP PV ANOMALY ACQUIRES A NEGATIVE TILT WILL
SUPPORT RAPID CYCLOGENESIS...WITH THE DEEPENING SFC LOW TRACKING
NORTHEAST FROM IOWA AT 12Z TO THE NORTHERN LAKES BY 00Z.
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT LOOKS TO LIFT NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA BY
LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE LOWER LAKES REGION
BECOMING ENTRENCHED IN SYSTEM WARM SECTOR FOR A TIME SUNDAY.
STRONG SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT WILL THEN ROLL EAST THROUGH WESTERN
AREAS EARLY/MID AFTN AND OUR OHIO COUNTIES LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE.
EXPECT SOME SFC HEATING AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR A TIME AROUND
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN WARM SECTOR.
CHANCES FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK SUNDAY AFTN/EARLY EVE CONTINUE
TO LOOK BETTER AND BETTER WITH EACH MODEL RUN. LATEST GUIDANCE HINTS
AT SOME POTENTIAL FOR A BROKEN LINE OF LOW TOPPED DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP WITHIN WARM SECTOR BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY
AFTN GIVEN POTENTIAL LOW LVL CONVERGENCE ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH
FEATURE WITH NO CAP AS DEEP UVM PLUME OVERSPREADS THE REGION.
THIS WILL DEPEND ON DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WHICH REMAINS A
QUESTION MARK AT THIS FORECAST RANGE. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE DEVELOPS
A LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG THE PRIMARY COLD FRONT SUNDAY
AFTN...DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THEN MERGING INTO A
LEWP/QLCS/SQUALL LINE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA BY MID AFTN
AND EASTERN ZONES LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE. HOW SEVERE/WIDESPREAD THIS
CONVECTION ENDS UP WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW EFFICIENT THE
NORTHWARD ADVECTION OF INSTABILITY IS WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR.
EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT AT LEAST 700-1000 J/KG OF SBCAPE WILL BE
ATTAINABLE WITH SEVERAL MODELS SUGGESTING UP TO 1500 J/KG.
FLOW/SHEAR/LOW LVL HELICITY IS OFF THE CHARTS WITH A 120-130 KT
MID LEVEL JET MAX NOSING INTO THE AREA. THE EXPECTATION FOR
WEAK/MODERATE DESTABILIZATION AND SUCH A STRONG WIND FIELD (LINE
NORMAL 0-3 KM BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES APPROACHING 50 KNOTS!) HINT AT
A POTENTIAL HIGH IMPACT SEVERE WX EVENT...WITH RIJ/BOWING SEGMENTS
AND STEEPENING LOW LVL LAPSE RATES AUGMENTING THE POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND MESOVORT TORNADOES. LOW LCL'S IN MOIST
ENVIRONMENT AND SLIGHT BACKING OF LOW LEVEL WINDS IN RESPONSE TO
PRESSURE FALLS ALSO SUGGEST AN ELEVATED RISK FOR TORNADOES WITH
0-1 KM SHEAR PUSHING 40 KNOTS. GIVEN THIS ADDED A TOR MENTION TO
THE GRIDS. STAY TUNED AS THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT SVR WX/TORNADO OUTBREAK ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES AND
OHIO VALLEY. OTHERWISE...UNSEASONABLY MILD WITH ADVISORY LEVEL
WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION SUN AFTN/EVE.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013
BREEZY CONDITIONS AND STRONG CAA FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS SFC LOW
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ONTARIO/WESTERN QUEBEC. STRONG GRADIENT AND LOW LEVEL MIXING SHOULD
KEEP TEMPS FROM DROPPING OFF TOO MUCH HOWEVER...WITH LOWS GENERALLY
EXPECTED IN THE LOWER 40S OR POSSIBLY MID 40S ACROSS THE FAR EAST.
POST FRONTAL PRECIP POTENTIAL FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY IS
NOT LOOKING QUITE AS PROMISING AT THIS POINT WITH DRY MID LEVEL
LIKELY HINDERING COVERAGE. IT STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH A SHEARED VORT
MAX WILL BE TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES FOR THE FIRST
HALF OF MONDAY BEFORE THE MORE PRONOUNCED MID LEVEL HEIGHT RISES
COMMENCE. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY MID LEVEL AIR...LAKE EFFECT
PARAMETERS ALSO VERY MARGINAL WITH BULK OF DEEPER COLD AIR REMAINING
NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE AREA ALONG WITH WEST NORTHWEST FETCH LIMITING
POTENTIAL. HAVE JUST MAINTAINED LOW CHANCE RAIN/SNOW SHOWER POPS
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ALTHOUGH SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER
SUFFICIENT RH CAN BE MAINTAINED AT HEIGHTS COLDER THAN -10 DEGREES
CELSIUS NEEDED FOR ICE INTRODUCTION.
QUIET WEATHER THEN EXPECTED FOR THE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD AS LOW LEVEL ANTICYCLONE PROGRESSES THROUGH THE
AREA PROVIDING BETTER POTENTIAL OF GOOD RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS BY
TUESDAY NIGHT. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE MAINTAINED TREND TO A MORE
DEAMPLIFIED FLOW PATTERN FOR MID WEEK WITH SEVERAL LOWER AMPLITUDE
WAVES PROGRESSING THROUGH THIS FLOW. AS EXPECTED...MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS DIFFER QUITE A BIT IN REGARDS TO EXACT DETAILS IN TIMING
THESE WAVES BUT LARGER SCALE PATTERN DOES SEEM TO SUPPORT NOTION OF
WAA INDUCED RAIN SHOWERS A POSSIBILITY DURING THE WED-FRI AND HAVE
ADDED SOME LOW POPS TO COVER THIS WITH DIFFICULTY AT THIS TIME IN
LATCHING ONTO ANY 12 HOUR PERIOD FOR HIGHER POP INCLUSION.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1210 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE AREA ATTM WITH POCKETS OF IFR IN HEAVIER
SHRA. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT AS A 50-60KT LLJ MOVES INTO THE AREA...
PRESENTING A LLWS THREAT. CLUSTER OF TSRA OVER SRN IL/IN SHOULD
REMAIN S-SE OF THE TERMINALS OVERNIGHT. SECOND CLUSTER MOVG INTO
NW IL MAY IMPACT SBN... CONTD WITH VCTS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY FOR THIS. SVR TSTMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS NRN INDIANA SUNDAY AFTN IMPACTING BOTH TERMINALS AS A
STRONG CDFNT MOVES RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE
CDFNT... A 3-6HR PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
45-50KT EXPECTED AS STRONG ISALLOBARIC GRADIENT ENHANCES FLOW.
OTRWS CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING TOWARD 06Z WITH WINDS
DIMINISHING AND SKIES CLEARING.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 10 PM EST /9 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-
032>034.
MI...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
MIZ077>081.
OH...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SYNOPSIS...
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...MARSILI
AVIATION...JT
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 429 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-170930- LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 429 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2013 /329 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING...POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-170930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 429 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS CAN BE EXPECTED AS GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARRIVE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 5:07 AM EST | Storm Warning | IWX | 23 hr | |
| Nov 17, 12:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 1:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 3:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, White | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 4:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 5:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Putnam | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 24 min |
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Sources
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