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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 2, 2014Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 12:23 AM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 82 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
Aug 2, 2014, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2014, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 00:00Z on 2014-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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 Aug 1, 3:53 PM EDT, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:53 PM EDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:42 AM EDT, 19 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
442 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-020845-
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
442 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 /342 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE STRONGEST
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE
POSSIBLE LATE NEXT WEEK WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE EXACT DETAILS
AND TIMING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-020845-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
442 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
ALONG WITH HIGHER WAVES NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE SEVERE LATE NEXT WEEK.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen34 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWells32 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington52 min
Aug 2, 3:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXVan Wert3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2014Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2014Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.