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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Northern Indiana

June 25, 2013Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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
Jun 25, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Marcellus, MI	SEVERAL REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED TO DISPATCH
Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	5 N Three Rivers, MI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

291 
WUUS53 KIWX 252147
SVRIWX
MIC027-149-252230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0065.130625T2147Z-130625T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
  DOWAGIAC...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARCELLUS...PENN...WAKELEE...HOWARDSVILLE...FLOWERFIELD AND MOORE
  PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4196 8561 4192 8607 4203 8609 4208 8585
      4208 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 264DEG 21KT 4201 8598

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements

386 
WWUS53 KIWX 252207
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
607 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

MIC027-149-252230-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-130625T2230Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
607 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CASS AND NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 604 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARCELLUS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARCELLUS...HOWARDSVILLE...MOORE PARK AND FLOWERFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4196 8561 4193 8598 4206 8591 4208 8585
      4208 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 264DEG 21KT 4201 8586

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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398 
WWUS53 KIWX 252219
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
619 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

MIC027-149-252230-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-130625T2230Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
619 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CASS AND NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARCELLUS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOWARDSVILLE...MOORE PARK AND FLOWERFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4196 8561 4194 8594 4201 8582 4208 8585
      4208 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 264DEG 21KT 4201 8576

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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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 Jun 25, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
344 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...BRINGING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING
MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE CHANCES FOR MORE
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...AS WELL AS STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ARRIVE BY WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 344 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

BOUNDARIES ARE EVERYWHERE. SURFACE-BASED CAPE VALUES OVER ILLINOIS
AND MUCH OF INDIANA ARE WELL OVER 4000 J/KG. IN THE WAKE OF THE
EARLIER CONVECTION...TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE HAVE RECOVERED AND
NOW SEEING SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S THROUGHOUT THE
REGION. EVENSO HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ALL SUGGEST AND THIS IS
EVIDENT IN SATELLITE AND RADAR THAT THE CAP IS FIRMLY IN CONTROL AT
THIS TIME.

ADDITIONALLY THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF CIRRUS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION
AS WE CONTINUE TO BE UNDER A WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN. THIS HAS
CREATED SEVERAL DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES WHICH HAVE STARTED
TO SHOW UP IN HAND ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE FIELDS.

WITHOUT ANY PRONOUNCED TRIGGERING MECHANISMS...CONVECTION HAS BEEN
SLOW TO DEVELOP AND THOSE STORMS THAT HAVE FORMED...QUICKLY
DISSIPATE. THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER AS
CONVECTION FORMS OVER ILLINOIS/WISCONSIN...EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION
SPREAD EASTWARD...SIMILAR TO MONDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD INTO NORTHERN
INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING.

AS A RESULT HAVE KEPT THE PREVIOUS POP/WX/QPF TRENDS IN PLACE AND
HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A PROUNOUNCED JECT MAX ENTERING THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION AND THIS WILL HELP TO TRIGGER CONVECTION AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS. AS THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN
ADVERTISING THIS WILL HELP TO DEEPEN THE TROF INTO THE
EASTERN/NORTHEASTERN US. PRIOR TO THAT...THE SURFACE TROF/FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT EASTWARD DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PREDICATED ON
THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...THE SEVERE FOCUS MAY ACTUALLY
SHIFT SOUTH.

&&

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 344 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

12Z ENSEMBLE AND OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE REMAINED IN EXCELLENT
AGREEMENT WRT PATTERN CHANGE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND. ANOMALOUS/HIGHLY AMPLIFIED/BLOCKY PATTERN TO TAKE SHAPE
WITH DEEP LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH PROGGED TO BUILD INTO THE EASTERN
CONUS DOWNSTREAM OF AN IMPRESSIVE NORTHEAST PACIFIC NEGATIVE HEIGHT
ANOMALY AND BUILDING WESTERN NOAM RIDGE. THE RESULT LOCALLY WILL BE
A TREND TOWARD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. ALSO...CYCLONIC FLOW WITH STEEPENING LAPSE RATES UNDER
COLD POOL ALOFT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCT
SHOWERS/THUNDER...MAINLY LATER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS SEVERAL
MID LEVEL IMPULSES ROTATE THROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

INSTABILITY IS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AS SEVERAL SURFACE
BOUNDARIES MIGRATE THROUGH THE REGION. MODELS ARE STUGGLING TO
CAPTURE ALL THE SUBTLTIES IN THE PATTERN. MCV HAS MOVED ACROSS
LAKE MICHIGAN INTO CENTRAL MICHIGAS AT THIS TIME AND TROF/OUTFLOW
FROM THE CONVECTION EXTENDED FROM HILLSDALE MICHIGAN TO NEAR
DANVILLE INDIANA. AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM...NOW OVER WESTERN
IOWA...SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS INCREASED AND INSTABILITY HAS SPREAD
NORTH FROM ILLINOIS INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN INDIANA. ISOLATED
CONVECTION IS FORMING ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES...BUT TO THIS POINT
THE CAP HAS PREVENTED SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.

EXPECT TO SEE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF CONVECTION FORM OVER THE
TERMINAL AREAS...EARLY IN THE FORECAST PERIOD FOR A FEW
HOURS...THEN AGAIN IN THE EARLY EVENING AS THE VORT CENTER OVER
IOWA SHIFTS EASTWARD. HAVE INCORPORATED THE CONVECTIVE THREATS AS
TEMPO GROUPS FOR THREE HOUR WINDOWS...BUT TIMING THE EVENTS WILL
BE PROBLEMATIC AND MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS/AMENDMENTS AFTER THE
DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.

WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET FORECAST TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING
THE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON
POSSIBLE LLWS - BUT FOR NOW HAVE LEFT IT OUT OF THE TAF LACKING
SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO FORECAST THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE
BOUNDARY LAYER FEATURES IN THE WAKE OF CONVECTION.

&&

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

SYNOPSIS...FISHER
SHORT TERM...LEWIS
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...LEWIS

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 10:03 AM EDT, 7 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1003 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-261415-
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
1003 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013 /903 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP FROM THE WEST...INTENSIFY
AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE STORMS
STRENGTHEN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH A THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-261415-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1003 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH A THREAT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AND
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.

&&

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, Jun 25, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
204 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

OHZ005-251830-
HENRY OH-
204 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...

AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLGATE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DEFIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER 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...
  HOLGATE...
  DESHLER...
  ELERY...
  HAMLER AND GALLUP...

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 4116 8410 4117 8422 4128 8423 4135 8388
      4134 8387 4118 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 263DEG 28KT 4122 8419

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
228 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

OHZ025-251900-
ALLEN OH-
228 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER 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...
  LIMA...
  SLABTOWN...
  LAFAYETTE AND BEAVERDAM...

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 4072 8388 4069 8423 4077 8423 4086 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 258DEG 28KT 4075 8415

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

OHZ025-251900-
ALLEN OH-
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  LIMA...
  SLABTOWN...
  LAFAYETTE AND BEAVERDAM...

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 4072 8388 4069 8423 4077 8423 4086 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 258DEG 28KT 4075 8415

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

OHZ025-251930-
ALLEN OH-
307 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT SHAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  WESTMINSTER...
  HARROD...

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 4064 8388 4064 8410 4064 8411 4066 8411
      4065 8419 4068 8419 4073 8387 4065 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 262DEG 20KT 4066 8408

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
527 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

MIZ078-252200-
CASS MI-
527 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CASS AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWAGIAC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL 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...
  MARCELLUS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4207 8576 4203 8576 4194 8620 4206 8618
      4208 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 251DEG 29KT 4201 8613

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	26 min
Jun 24, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	47 min
Jun 24, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	33 min
Jun 24, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	63 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	33 min
Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph	50 min
Jun 25, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	41 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	28 min
Jun 25, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	36 min
Jun 25, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	29 min
Jun 25, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.