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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

May 27, 2014Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
May 27, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Elkhart County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

938 
WUUS53 KIWX 280024
SVRIWX
INC039-280100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.140528T0024Z-140528T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
824 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 821 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRISTOL AND MIDDLEBURY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100
AND 108.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4175 8566 4161 8566 4161 8590 4169 8592
      4176 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 255DEG 16KT 4167 8582

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements
812 
WWUS53 KIWX 280039
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
839 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

INC039-280100-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T0100Z/
ELKHART IN-
839 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELKHART COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 834 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLEBURY...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 8583 4176 8577 4175 8566 4161 8566
      4161 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 253DEG 19KT 4169 8571

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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345 
WWUS53 KIWX 280049
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
849 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

INC039-280059-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T0100Z/
ELKHART IN-
849 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4171 8583 4176 8577 4175 8566 4161 8566
      4161 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 253DEG 19KT 4171 8564

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen38 min
May 28, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more27 min
May 28, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington43 min
May 28, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton29 min
May 28, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite44 min
May 28, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski27 min
May 28, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Pulaski47 min
May 28, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams3 hr
May 28, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami24 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.