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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 9:55 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 21, 2013, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 Jul 21, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-222145- 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-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 /444 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-MIZ077-222145- LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 /444 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-222145- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS COULD ACCOMPANY STORMS... SHOULD THEY OCCUR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. && 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, Jul 21, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 706 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 INZ005-MIZ078-079-212345- CASS MI-ELKHART IN-ST. JOSEPH MI- 706 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN CASS... SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES... AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMONTON LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BRISTOL... MIDDLEBURY... UNION AND SHAVEHEAD LAKE... MOTTVILLE... 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 4189 8570 4164 8567 4166 8606 4182 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 264DEG 10KT 4177 8595 CEO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 22, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 52 hr | |
| Jul 22, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 52 hr | |
| Jul 22, 9:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Henry | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.