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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Northern Indiana

June 30, 2014LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min. 8 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 30, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
90.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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
Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGStevensville, MINUMEROUS TREES DOWN UP TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER ACROSS MUCH OF BERRIEN COUNTY.
Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGStevensville, MITREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AREAS
Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 705 N La Porte, IN
Jun 30, 11:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKingsbury, INTREE DOWN ONTO HOME. WINDOWS BROKEN ON WEST SIDE OF GARAGE. NEAR US 6 AND US 35.
Jun 30, 11:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKingsford Heights, INNUMEROUS TREES DOWN ONTO HOMES. SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE
Jun 30, 11:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Buchanan, MI
Jun 30, 11:37 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLa Porte, INTREE DAMAGE REPORTED AROUND PINE LAKE
Jun 30, 11:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBerrien Springs, MI12 TREES DOWN FROM BERRIEN SPRINGS TO STEVENSVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 30, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC7 hr
Jun 30, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3809 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3809 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
27.2

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The text

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

088 
WUUS53 KIWX 010357
SVRIWX
INC091-141-149-MIC021-010445-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0049.140701T0357Z-140701T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1057 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT/1245 AM EDT/

* AT 1054 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG BEACH TO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BEVERLY SHORES TO HEBRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

  HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AN 86 MPH WIND GUST WAS         
  REPORTED IN LOWELL INDIANA

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES WILL
           HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT EXTENSIVE
           TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTVILLE AND TRAIL CREEK AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
  NEW BUFFALO AND WANATAH AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
  NORTH JUDSON AND LA PORTE AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
  THREE OAKS AND SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL AROUND 1220 AM EDT.
  ST. JOSEPH AND STEVENSVILLE AROUND 1225 AM EDT.
  FAIR PLAIN AND BENTON HARBOR AROUND 1230 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OTIS...HASKELL...POTTAWATTOMIE
PARK...MICHIANA...GRAND BEACH...WATERFORD...SOUTH WANATAH...PINOLA...
PINHOOK AND MICHIANA SHORES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND
71.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND
45.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE 
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 4225 8623 4206 8623 4149 8643 4148 8648
      4118 8647 4118 8693 4172 8695 4178 8682
      4192 8661 4213 8650 4225 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 266DEG 49KT 4204 8705 4176 8705
          4132 8716

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...90MPH

$$

BENTLEY
1 follow-up statement
230 
WWUS53 KIWX 010421
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1221 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INC091-141-149-MIC021-010445-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140701T0445Z/
STARKE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-LA PORTE IN-BERRIEN MI-
1121 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERRIEN...LA
PORTE...WESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND STARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT/1245
AM EDT/...

AT 1218 AM EDT/1118 PM CDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL TO
NEW BUFFALO TO 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH JUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES WILL
         HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE
         DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  THREE OAKS AND SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL AROUND 1225 AM EDT.
  STEVENSVILLE AND BRIDGMAN AROUND 1230 AM EDT.
  FAIR PLAIN AND ST. JOSEPH AROUND 1235 AM EDT.
  BENTON HEIGHTS AND BERRIEN SPRINGS AROUND 1240 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAWYER...HARBERT...
STILLWELL...SOUTH CENTER...SALEM HEIGHTS...ROLLING PRARIE...BYRON...
BASS LAKE...WINONA AND NEW TROY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND
71.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND
45.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 4206 8623 4149 8643 4148 8648 4118 8647
      4118 8688 4176 8685 4192 8661 4213 8650
      4225 8638 4225 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 266DEG 49KT 4201 8673 4175 8667
          4131 8672

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...90MPH

$$

BENTLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX42 min
Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke48 min
Jun 30, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX37 min
Jun 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph44 min
Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX113 min
Jun 30, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke26 min
Jun 30, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski35 min
Jun 30, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX44 min
Jun 30, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXPulaski29 min
Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke27 min
Jun 30, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke45 min
Jun 30, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph26 min
Jun 30, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph24 min
Jun 30, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko31 min
Jul 1, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben45 min
Jul 1, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley43 min
Jul 1, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningIWXHuntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley28 min
Jul 1, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Noble, Whitley26 min
Jul 1, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells47 min
Jul 1, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and 1 more54 min
Jul 1, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben46 min
Jul 1, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningIWXAllen25 min
Jul 1, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells44 min
Jul 1, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb37 min
Jul 1, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay26 min
Jun 30, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass51 min
Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.