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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 23, 2014LaPorte County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2014, 3:02 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 23, 2014, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 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.

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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 Jun 23, 2:09 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:09 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
309 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 1058 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

WARM AND HUMID TODAY. THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE REGION
WILL CAUSE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN TO 90 ALONG THE OHIO
RIVER. THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S WITH COOLER NEAR
LAKE MICHIGAN.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

COMPLICATED NR TERM AGAIN THIS AFTN OWING TO WELL DEFINED COMPOSITE
WMFNT/OUTFLW BNDRY ALIGNED W-E INVOF HIGHWAY 6 AND AHD OF PREFNTL
TROUGH THROUGH WRN IN. FVRBL DESTABILIZATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGH
THIS MORNING W/A SUBSTANTIALLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE
THIS AFTN. MORNING ANALYSIS SHOWS CORRIDOR OF HIGHER/MORE FVRBL MID LVL
FLW POSITIONED UPSTREAM ACRS IL AND XPC AN ISOLATED RISK FOR SVR
STORMS TO DVLP FURTHER THROUGH THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING OVR MOST
OF THE CWA.

GFS/GEM SOLUTIONS LOOK TO BE ON TO SOMETHING FOR LT TONIGHT/TUE PER
DEPICTION OF SRN STREAM DISTURBANCE OVR ERN OK EJECTING NEWD AHD OF
MORE PROMINENT DISTURBANCE SEEN IN VAPOR ACRS SD THIS AFTN AND
FURTHER CEMENTED IN VARIOUS HIGHRES OUTPUT. HWVR NWRN BIAS SEEN IN
SPECTRAL SOLUTIONS WAS DISCOUNTED IN FVR OF HIGHRES SEWD SLANT AND
GENERALLY RELIED ON PRIOR GRIDS FOR DELINEATION OF POP/WX GRADIENT.

&&

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OTHER THAN AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A LINGERING SHOWER IN FAR SE AREAS
AT THE START OF THE PERIOD A BRIEF DRY PERIOD WILL BE IN STORE AS
HIGH PRESSURE ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE IN AND PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SOUTH OF THE REGION. SOMEWHAT LESS HUMID CONDITIONS WILL
ARRIVE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH WITH NEAR OR JUST BELOW NORMAL
TEMPS INTO THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO RETURN NORTH
LATE THURS NGT INTO FRIDAY AS NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE BUCKLES
THE FLOW AND ALLOW FOR SOUTHERN PUSH OF WARM AND HUMID AIR ONCE
AGAIN. MARGINAL SETUP AT THIS POINT FOR CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND WILL
MAINTAIN SLGT CHC POPS FRI AND FRI NGT AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

SOUTH OF THE FRONT...FORECAST AREA WILL RE-ENTER THE WARM SECTOR
WITH VERY SUMMERY CONDITIONS AS HIGHS CLIMB BACK INTO THE MID 80S
AND DEWPOINTS CLIMB WELL THROUGH THE 60S AND INTO THE LOWER 70S BY
NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS COULD POP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK BUT NO WAY TO FORECAST THIS FAR OUT
AND NOT WORTHY OF POPS AT THIS STAGE WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
CAPPING WITH VERY WARM AIRMASS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 119 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

MORNING DESTABILIZATION RESULTING IN A VRY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS THIS AFTN. APCH OF PREFNTL TROUGH LEADING TO SCT CONVN
INITIATING ACRS NRN IN AND XPC THIS WILL CONT THROUGH AFTN ESP
INVOF KFWA. HWVR UPSTREAM SUBTLE MCV OVR WRN IL WILL LIKELY YIELD
ANOTHER BAND OF CONVN ALG CLD EDGE SEEN IN VISIBLE OVR NW IN/ERN
IL LTR THIS AFTN.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...LOTHAMER
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...FISHER
AVIATION...T

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FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 11:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-240900-
LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 /1136 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A
FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WIND GUSTS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS ON
TUESDAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 69.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-240900-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

&&

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

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
210 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       STURGIS                 41.80N  85.42W
06/23/2014  M1.80 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL AMOUNT IN ABOUT 1 HOUR. WATER WAS OVER ROAD AT
            COTTAGE AND WILSON STREETS

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

LOTHAMER

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
255 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE GERALD            41.44N  84.13W
06/23/2014                   HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AROUND CO RD T AND ST RD 108

&&

LOTHAMER

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE GERALD            41.47N  84.11W
06/23/2014                   HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AROUND CO RD V AND CO RD 13

&&

LOTHAMER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

INZ013-020-231930-
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WHITE AND
SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...

AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLCOTT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RENSSELAER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AN
ISOLATED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MONON...
  FRANCESVILLE...
  LEE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 198.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS 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 4083 8710 4084 8710 4084 8700 4087 8699
      4087 8698 4091 8698 4092 8694 4107 8694
      4107 8693 4098 8672 4064 8708 4066 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 211DEG 27KT 4076 8706

FISHER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:43 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
343 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

INZ022-232015-
CASS IN-
343 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CASS COUNTY...

AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROYAL CENTER...OR 9 MILES WEST
OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LOGANSPORT...
  ROYAL CENTER...
  CLYMERS...
  LUCERNE...
  ADAMSBORO...LEASES CORNER AND METEA...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS 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 4071 8653 4075 8653 4075 8658 4086 8658
      4091 8629 4091 8625 4070 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 264DEG 14KT 4078 8651

FISHER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-232030-
BERRIEN MI-LA PORTE IN-
302 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BERRIEN AND WESTERN
LA PORTE COUNTIES...

AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WANATAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TRAIL CREEK...
  WESTVILLE...
  LONG BEACH...
  NEW BUFFALO...
  WANATAH AND THREE OAKS...
  MICHIANA SHORES...MICHIANA AND GRAND BEACH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND
55.

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
13.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4171 8694 4174 8690 4180 8676 4188 8665
      4196 8647 4142 8681 4137 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 240DEG 26KT 4171 8690 4134 8713

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	33 min
Jun 23, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	31 min
Jun 23, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	46 min
Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	33 min
Jun 23, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	32 min
Jun 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte	44 min
Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		62 min
Jun 23, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	31 min
Jun 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	47 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant, Wells	39 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Wells	44 min
Jun 23, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	33 min
Jun 23, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Henry	48 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	29 min
Jun 23, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	46 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	50 min
Jun 23, 4:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	29 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.