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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

April 10, 2013Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2013, 11:31 PM EDT for Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2013, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Wells County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 10, 6:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:37 AM EDT, 18 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
914 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

INZ027-034-110145-
ADAMS IN-JAY IN-
914 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH JAY COUNTY...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PORTLAND TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF REDKEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PORTLAND...LIBER AND COLLETT...
  NEW CORYDON...WESTCHESTER AND TRINITY...
  BELLFOUNTAIN...BRICE AND BOUNDARY CITY...
  SALAMONIA...

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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4056 8504 4060 8480 4032 8480 4032 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 248DEG 44KT 4052 8498 4021 8521

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1131 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

INZ025-026-032-033-110400-
BLACKFORD IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-
1131 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT...WELLS AND SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VAN BUREN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLUFFTON...
  WARREN AND MCNATTS...
  BUCKEYE...MOUNT ZION AND PLUM TREE...
  LIBERTY CENTER...ROCKFORD AND WELLSBURG...
  NORTH OAKS AND TRAVISVILLE...
  MURRAY...

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
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4063 8569 4092 8511 4092 8508 4069 8508
      4048 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 238DEG 37KT 4061 8552

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 10, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	31 min
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Wells	10 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Allen	13 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford	36 min
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells	70 hr
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	6 days
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	6 days
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	62 hr
Apr 11, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	27 min
Apr 11, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash	51 min
Apr 11, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall	24 min
Apr 11, 2:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami, Wabash	26 min
Apr 11, 2:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble	46 min
Apr 11, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wells	29 min
Apr 11, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Allen, DeKalb	48 min
Apr 11, 4:34 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 1 more	23 hr
Apr 11, 8:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	4 days
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	26 hr
Apr 11, 3:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	8 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam	13 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Putnam	13 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Henry	13 hr
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	4 days
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam	3 days
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance	26 hr
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Putnam	4 days
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	4 days
Apr 11, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Henry	49 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.