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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Northern Indiana

June 23, 2014DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; Hillsdale County, Michigan; Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2014, 12:59 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; Hillsdale County, Michigan; Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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 23, 2014, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Hillsdale County, MI, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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 23, 1:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 45	2 E Hamilton, IN	WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND 1.11 INCHES OF NEW RAINFALL.
Jun 23, 1:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 45	Bryan, OH	GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ESTIMATED 45 MPH WINDS.
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Bryan, OH	MULTIPLE 6-8 UTILITY POLES DOWN ON SR-15
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Bryan, OH
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Bryan, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 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.

135 
WUUS53 KIWX 231659
SVRIWX
INC033-151-MIC059-OHC171-231745-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0039.140623T1659Z-140623T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1259 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
  WESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1253 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRYAN...MONTPELIER...EDGERTON...EDON...ARTIC...BERLIEN...
  ALVARADO...METZ...COLUMBIA...BLAKESLEE...MELBERN...NETTLE LAKE...
  LAKE SENECA...BRIDGEWATER CENTER...HALLOCK AND WEST JEFFERSON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 339 AND
345.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153
AND 156.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4176 8460 4144 8450 4144 8502 4159 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 250DEG 24KT 4155 8491

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

$$

FISHER

2 follow-up statements

505 
WWUS53 KIWX 231730
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
130 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

INC033-151-MIC059-231739-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140623T1745Z/
STEUBEN IN-DE KALB IN-HILLSDALE MI-
130 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL 
HILLSDALE...NORTHEASTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4144 8480 4166 8479 4171 8463 4171 8458
      4144 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 245DEG 22KT 4152 8463

$$

OHC171-231745-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140623T1745Z/
WILLIAMS OH-
130 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 128 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
MONTPELIER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...LAKE SENECA...HALLOCK...BRIDGEWATER CENTER AND
WEST JEFFERSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4144 8480 4166 8479 4171 8463 4171 8458
      4144 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 245DEG 22KT 4152 8463

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

$$

FISHER

294 
WWUS53 KIWX 231746
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
146 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OHC171-231756-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140623T1745Z/
WILLIAMS OH-
146 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY HAS 
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. STAY 
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. 

LAT...LON 4144 8480 4166 8479 4171 8463 4171 8458
      4144 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 245DEG 22KT 4152 8462

$$

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 10:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	3 hr
Jun 23, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	33 min
Jun 23, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	31 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	33 min
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	32 min
Jun 23, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	28 min
Jun 23, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	44 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		62 min
Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	31 min
Jun 23, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	47 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant, Wells	39 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Wells	44 min
Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	46 min
Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	50 min
Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	29 min
Jun 23, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	33 min
Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Henry	48 min
Jun 23, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.