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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Northern Indiana

October 7, 2014Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT for Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 9 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
Oct 7, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 4:25 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 W North Manchester, INNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INDIANA 114 AND INDIANA 15. DIME SIZED HAIL AND SMALLER.
Oct 7, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 11 Ne Laketon, IN
Oct 7, 5:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Huntington, INDIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL.
Oct 7, 5:04 PM EDTHAIL 0.753 Nnw Bowerstown, INREPORT FROM SR 9 BETWEEN 600N AND 700N. HAIL WAS ABOUT 1 INCH DEEP.
Oct 7, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuntington, INWIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AROUND THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON. REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED AND SOME LARGER TREES UPROOTED.
Oct 7, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuntington, INTWO EIGHT INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN AND 4 METAL ROOF SHEETS AND INSULATION BLOWN OFF A FACTORY BUILDING AT FLAXMILL AND US-24 BYPASS.
Oct 7, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuntington, INSEVERAL 2 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
Oct 7, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Huntington, IN
Oct 7, 5:05 PM EDTHAIL 1Huntington, IN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

157 
WUUS53 KIWX 072025
SVRIWX
INC069-169-072115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0113.141007T2025Z-141007T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 423 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH
  MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ANDREWS...BRACKEN...BIPPUS...
  GOBLESVILLE AND BOWERSTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4094 8594 4104 8591 4098 8540 4080 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 285DEG 28KT 4100 8583

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

$$

MARSILI
2 follow-up statements
398 
WWUS53 KIWX 072047
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
447 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

INC069-169-072115-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141007T2115Z/
WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
447 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HUNTINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 445 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NORTH MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED  
         1 MILE NORTHEAST OF LAKETON AT 430 PM EDT BY A TRAINED WEATHER
         SPOTTER.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...ANDREWS...BRACKEN...BIPPUS...GOBLESVILLE AND BOWERSTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8577 4090 8578 4102 8571 4098 8541
      4097 8540 4080 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 285DEG 28KT 4093 8566

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

$$

MARSILI
769 
WWUS53 KIWX 072110
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

INC069-169-072119-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141007T2115Z/
WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
510 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HUNTINGTON AND EAST
CENTRAL WABASH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT/415 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZED HAIL WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHEAST HUNTINGTON COUNTY 
THROUGH 530 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4089 8577 4090 8578 4102 8571 4098 8541
      4097 8540 4080 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 285DEG 28KT 4089 8544

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke27 min
Oct 7, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton30 min
Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton35 min
Oct 7, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton33 min
Oct 7, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton27 min
Oct 7, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Wabash39 min
Oct 7, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte32 min
Oct 7, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen36 min
Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams48 min
Oct 7, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams67 min
Oct 7, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington30 min
Oct 7, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams33 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.