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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana

June 1, 20135 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2013, 1:10 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 1, 2013, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 11:11 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 15.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

718 
WUUS53 KIWX 010510
SVRIWX
INC049-091-099-131-149-010600-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0020.130601T0510Z-130601T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1210 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT/200 AM EDT/

* AT 1208 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF DE MOTTE TO MEDARYVILLE TO 5
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANCESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WINAMAC AND LA CROSSE AROUND 1220 AM CDT.
  KNOX AROUND 1230 AM CDT.
  KINGSFORD HEIGHTS AND CULVER AROUND 135 AM EDT.
  KOONTZ LAKE AROUND 1240 AM CDT.
  PLYMOUTH AND ARGOS AROUND 145 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAN PIERRE...DENHAM...
RIPLEY...LOMAX...ENGLISH LAKE...THOMASTON...ORA...BEARDSTOWN...
VANMETER PARK AND TOTO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG... #NWSIWX.

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8668 4148 8653 4144 8653 4144 8648
      4146 8647 4140 8622 4122 8611 4100 8669
      4108 8680 4124 8694 4134 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 234DEG 50KT 4124 8705 4106 8683
          4095 8677

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

193 
WWUS53 KIWX 010530
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
130 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013

INC049-091-099-131-149-010600-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130601T0600Z/
STARKE IN-FULTON IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN-
1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
PULASKI...MARSHALL...SOUTHERN LA PORTE...NORTHWESTERN FULTON AND
STARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT/200 AM EDT/...

AT 1225 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM LA CROSSE TO 7 MILES NORTH OF WINAMAC TO
WINAMAC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CULVER AND HAMLET AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
  KINGSFORD HEIGHTS AROUND 1240 AM CDT.
  PLYMOUTH AND ARGOS AROUND 145 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAXINKUCKEE...BURR OAK...
LEITERS FORD...DELONG...OBER...OAK GROVE...TRACY...SALEM HEIGHTS...
SOUTH CENTER AND TWIN LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8668 4148 8653 4144 8653 4144 8648
      4146 8647 4140 8622 4122 8611 4100 8669
      4108 8680 4124 8694 4134 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 234DEG 50KT 4138 8679 4120 8651
          4109 8645

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 11:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1122 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 1230 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE IN THE EVENING AND AGAIN
OVERNIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY EVENING NEAR
80 DEGREES. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXIST ONCE AGAIN ON
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA BY
SUNDAY LEADING TO DRY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR
THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1115 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ACTIVE EVENING WILL EXPAND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH THROUGH MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE BOW ECHO MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WAS RACING ENE INTO INDIANA. A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL
WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT IN ADDITION TO
THE ONGOING CONVECTION FROM HILLSDALE TO COLUMBIA CITY TO
LOGANSPORT. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE
WITH LLJ RAMPING UP AND ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND LIFT ARRIVING.
COMMA HEAD OF THE BOW ECHO WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE NEW WATCH AREA
WITH THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND AND MAYBE A WEAK TORNADO. FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CHECK OUT THE SPC WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE AREA.
POTENTIALLY LARGER THREAT OVER THE AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
WILL LIKELY BE FLOODING WITH SOME LOCATIONS ALREADY SEEING BETWEEN
1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN. MAY NEED TO CONSIDER FLOOD WATCH INTO
TOMORROW NIGHT BUT FOR NOW WILL HANDLE WITH SHORT FUSE
WARNINGS/ADVISORIES.

FORECAST UPDATES COMING SHORTLY...MAINLY TO INCREASE TO CAT POPS
IN SOUTHERN AREAS WITH MENTION OF SVR AND HEAVY RAIN.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

UNSETTLED/WET PATTERN WILL PERSIST THIS PERIOD WITH WARM MOIST
CONVEYOR BELT REMAINING IN PLACE WITHIN CYCLONICALLY CURVED DEEP
SOUTHWEST FLOW FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MS
VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED/INDUCED SHORTWAVES
EMBEDDED IN THIS SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE FOCUS
FOR SHOWERS/ISO STORMS INTO TOMORROW.

BATCH OF SHOWERS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 (AS OF
19Z) WITH A WEAKER DISTURBANCE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THIS
AREA BTW 21-23Z...WHILE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL WAVE OVER IA/MO LIFTS
NORTHEAST BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS INTO THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. HEIGHT FALLS,
INCREASING RIGHT ENTRANCE UPPER JET SUPPORT, ABUNDANT MOISTURE,
AND EXPECTED LOW LEVEL JET RAMP UP SUPPORT GOING LIKELY POPS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN
INCH NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION GIVEN AMPLE MOISTURE (PWATS IN EXCESS
OF 1.5 INCHES AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS 11-13C). CONTINUED TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERN (STREAMS/CREEKS) IN THE HWO
(HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK). SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED
INTO THIS EVENING GIVEN THE LACK OF INSOLATION AND DESTABILIZATION
SEEN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

VERTICALLY STACKED CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL OPEN
EASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATER
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH ATTENDANT SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT REACHING
NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY 21-00Z. SUFFICIENT LIFT/MOISTURE IN ADVANCE
OF THIS FEATURE WARRANTS CONTINUING WITH LIKELY POPS FOR OCCASIONAL
SHOWERS INTO TOMORROW...WITH LEFTOVER MORNING MCV POSSIBLY KEEPING
SHOWERS/ISO THUNDER GOING THROUGH THE MORNING. PRIMARY COMPOSITE
OUTFLOW WILL LIKELY FORCE DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH THIS LIKELY PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR DEEP
MOIST (POTENTIALLY SEVERE) CONVECTION ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. SIMILAR
TO TODAY...EXPECT THAT THE LOCAL AREA MAY BE WORKED OVER BY
CLOUDS/SHOWERS TO HELP REDUCE THE SEVERE RISK.

&&

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

DEEP LYRD TROUGH OVR THE DAKOTAS WILL OPEN AND EJECT
EWD ACRS THE LAKES SHRT TERM W/ATTENDANT CDFNT CROSSING THE LOCAL
AREA SAT EVENING. TWEAKED POPS LWR ESP WRN AREAS IN REFLECTION OF
FASTER EWD PROGRESSING 12Z MODEL CONSENSUS. OTRWS VIGOROUS CAA AND
DRYING XPCD TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON SUNDAY IN WAKE OF PASSING UPR
TROUGH THROUGH MI. WILL HOLD W/LOW CHC POP MENTION SUNDAY FOR THE
TIME BEING BUT GIVEN EXTENT OF DRYING SPRINKLES THE MOST LIKELY
OUTCOME IF AT ALL.

BROAD SFC RIDGING WILL BLD EWD FM THE PLAINS THROUGH TUE W/A SLOW
EWD PROGRESSION INTO NEW ENGLAND BY LT PD RESULTING IN A GRADUAL
MODERATION BACK TWD NORMAL TEMPS. UPSTREAM KICKER COMING THROUGH THE
NEPAC THIS AFTN XPCD TO DEAMPLIFY AS IT SHIFTS EWD INTO LK SP BY THU.
WK RTN FLW EXTENDING THROUGH THE LWR MS VALLEY WITHIN LARGELY
NEUTRAL TO SLIGHT HGT RISES ALOFT SHLD PROVE HOSTILE FOR ANY CONV
DVLPMNT UNTIL PERHAPS THU AFTN IN RESPONSE TO MORE SIG SECONDARY
UPSTREAM NRN STREAM SW TROUGH EJECTING OUT OF THE NRN ROCKIES. AS
SUCH WILL GENERALLY DISMISS POP RICH ALLBLEND GUIDANCE AND HOLD
W/SGT CHC MENTION THU.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 628 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

REMNANT CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED VORT MAX TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. AN UPSWING IN
CONVECTION NOTED PAST HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. INSTABILITY
WILL BE A MORE MARGINAL ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AS THIS CONVECTION APPROACHES AFTER 00Z. SOME POSSIBILITY EXISTS
FOR THIS CONVECTION TO GROW UPSCALE INTO BOWING SEGMENT...BEFORE
DIMINISHING TREND LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...ALTHOUGH GREATEST IMPACTS APPEAR TO BE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF
KSBN. WILL MOVE TS MENTION UP A FEW HOURS AT 01Z AT
KSBN...OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHAGNES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. CONVECTIVE
EVOLUTION OF LOW CONFIDENCE FOR SATURDAY WITH POSSIBILITY OF
OVERNIGHT MCS LAYING OUT EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY SOUTH OF TERMINALS.
LARGE SCALE UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE HOWEVER...SO
WILL INCLUDE VCTS MENTION AFTER 18Z. SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

UPDATE...FISHER
SYNOPSIS...BENTLEY
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...T
AVIATION...MARSILI

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:26 PM EDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
326 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-011930-
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
326 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 /226 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREET AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS AND STREAMS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-011930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
326 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...
WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.

&&

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, May 31, 9:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
957 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

INZ008-009-017-018-010230-
ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-NOBLE IN-WHITLEY IN-
957 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN WHITLEY...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEN...SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHEASTERN NOBLE
COUNTIES...

AT 952 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CHURUBUSCO TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHURUBUSCO...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GARRETT...
  FORT WAYNE...
  HUNTERTOWN...
  DUNFEE...ARI AND LAKE EVERETT...
  ARCOLA...SWAN AND LAOTTO...
  ALTONA...WALLEN AND SAINT JOHNS...

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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4135 8500 4117 8502 4106 8511 4109 8552
      4116 8547 4136 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 272DEG 34KT 4135 8536 4118 8539
          4110 8545

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1044 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

INZ016-017-024-025-010315-
HUNTINGTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-WABASH IN-WHITLEY IN-
1044 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON...
NORTHERN WABASH...SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO
COUNTIES...

AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH MANCHESTER...
  SOUTH WHITLEY...
  LIBERTY MILLS AND SIDNEY...
  BIPPUS...
  COLLAMER AND BRACKEN...
  LUTHER...

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 4090 8592 4101 8595 4103 8595 4118 8561
      4096 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 252DEG 25KT 4100 8582

Local storm report, May 31, 11:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1123 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PIERCETON               41.20N  85.71W
05/31/2013                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BRANCH DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD APPROX. 20 FT. IN
            LENGTH....6 TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER...ACROSS 350 S NEAR
            SR 13. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

NG

Local storm report, May 31, 11:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1159 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     FLOOD            ROYAL CENTER            40.86N  86.50W
05/31/2013                   CASS               IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON MANY ROADS BETWEEN STATE
            ROUTES 16 AND 17 NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 400 NORTH IN THE
            ROYAL CENTER AREA. ESTIMATES OF 3 INCHES OR MORE OF
            RAINFALL SO FAR.

1055 PM     HEAVY RAIN       AKRON                   41.04N  86.03W
05/31/2013  E2.10 INCH       FULTON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL SO FAR.

&&

FISHER

Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:31 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1231 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SE RABER              41.08N  85.42W
06/01/2013  M2.52 INCH       WHITLEY            IN   COCORAHS

            2.52 INCHES OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS.

&&

FISHER

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:05 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
105 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE RABER              41.08N  85.42W
06/01/2013                   WHITLEY            IN   COCORAHS

            3.70 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 1015 PM EDT...1.18 INCHES
            IN THE PAST 35 MINUTES. STANDING WATER UP TO FRONT DOOR
            OF SOME HOUSES.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White	49 min
May 31, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	24 min
May 31, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	45 min
May 31, 9:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White	3 hr
May 31, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	33 min
May 31, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami and 3 more	3 hr
May 31, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Whitley	31 min
May 31, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko and 5 more	4 hr
Jun 1, 12:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 1, 12:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, Starke, White	63 min
Jun 1, 12:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley	6 hr
Jun 1, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 2 more	63 min
Jun 1, 1:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph	50 min
Jun 1, 1:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	27 hr
Jun 1, 2:08 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	10 hr
Jun 1, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 2 more	55 min
Jun 1, 3:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Steuben	60 min
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	3 days
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	8 days
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Carroll, Pulaski, White	7 days
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	49 hr
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	5 days
Jun 1, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	60 hr
Jun 1, 5:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Noble, Steuben	3 hr
Jun 1, 6:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski and 3 more	6 hr
Jun 1, 6:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Whitley	6 hr
Jun 1, 7:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Carroll, White	52 hr
Jun 1, 12:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Whitley	6 hr
Jun 1, 12:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.