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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Oct 7, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Fulton County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Oct 7, 3:37 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 3:37 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 337 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 322 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S WITH HIGHS WEDNESDAY RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S NORTHEAST TO THE MID 60S SOUTHWEST. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 333 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 STRONG SHRTWV MOVG EAST ACROSS THE AREA COMBINED WITH WK INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO CONT TO CAUSE SCT SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTMS LATE THIS AFTN WITH CONVECTION GRDLY DIMINISHING FROM W-E BY THIS EVE. 500-1000J/KG CAPE COMBINED WITH 40KT 0-6KM SHEAR AND FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 7KFT COULD RESULT IN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG SUBSIDENCE/DRY AIR ADVECTION IN WAKE OF THE SHRTWV SHOULD RESULT IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BY TIME LUNAR ECLIPSE BEGINS EARLY WED MORNING. SOME CU SHOULD REDEVELOP WED MORNING GIVEN RATHER COLD AIR ALOFT... BUT OVERALL EXPECT A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY WEDNESDAY. H85 TEMPS FCST ABOUT 3C COOLER THAN TODAY BUT GREATER INSOLATION SHOULD COMPENSATE ALLOWING HIGHS TO RANGE FROM THE U50S NE TO THE M60S SW FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE L-M40S. && .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 333 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS PERSISTENT ONTARIO NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY LIFTS OUT LEAVING FLATTER WNW FLOW IN ITS WAKE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE ENERGY EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW, RIGHT ENTRANCE UPPER JET SUPPORT, AND POTENTIAL FOR SOME TROPICAL STORM SIMON (NEAR BAJA CA) MOISTURE TO STREAM EAST INTO THE CENTRAL US WILL LIKELY ALLOW AN AREA OF RAIN TO BLOSSOM INVOF A TIGHTENING BAROCLINIC ZONE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THE LAST SEVERAL MODEL CYCLES OVERALL HAVE SHIFTED SOUTHWARD WITH THIS FGEN FORCING/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE RESULTING IN A CONTINUED DECREASE IN POPS NORTHERN HALF (RETAINED MID CHC POPS SOUTHERN CWA). OTHERWISE...COOL/DRY ENE LOW LEVEL FEED ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVEL ANTICYCLONE BUILDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST/WESTERN LAKES SHOULD ENSURE A DRY/PARTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY AFTERNOON-SATURDAY. LITTLE CHANGE TO LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST (MILDER WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS IN STRENGTHENING SW FLOW) SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK GIVEN CONSIDERABLE MODEL DIFFERENCES REGARDING AMPLITUDE/TIMING OF TROUGHING INTO THE CENTRAL US. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1246 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 STRONG SHRTWV MOVG THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTN WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS WITH GREATEST COVERAGE SE OF SBN. GENERALLY MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT KFWA... WITH OCNL MVFR AT KSBN IN SHRA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH THE SHRTWV/TROF PASSAGE THIS EVE AND CLOUDS WILL GRDLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT TO SCT CU WED MORNING. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL PROMOTE LOW LEVEL MIXING BY LATE WED MORNING WITH GUSTS IN THE 20-25KT RANGE. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EDT WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && SYNOPSIS...JT SHORT TERM...JT LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL AVIATION...JT VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:56 AM EDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 556 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-081030- 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 556 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 /456 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 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 OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-081030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 556 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && 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
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:03 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
303 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
INZ003-012>014-071930-
LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN-STARKE IN-
203 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST STARK COUNTY MOVING TOWARD
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH JUDSON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KNOX...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
KNOX...
CULVER...
TOTO...
BASS LAKE...
WINONA AND ORA...
OBER...OAK GROVE AND BURR OAK...
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 INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4139 8640 4117 8634 4117 8646 4115 8647
4112 8687 4129 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 259DEG 23KT 4122 8677Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:15 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 315 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 INZ015-016-071945- FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN- 315 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WABASH... SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES... AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ROCHESTER... MENTONE AND AKRON... LAKE MANITOU... ATHENS AND TALMA... SEVASTOPOL AND BEAVER DAM... BEAVER DAM LAKE...BURKET AND PALESTINE... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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 4119 8593 4103 8595 4105 8638 4113 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 266DEG 38KT 4110 8626 FISHER
Local storm report, Oct 7, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
339 PM EDT TUE OCT 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0337 PM HAIL 2 S ALDINE 41.18N 86.67W
10/07/2014 M0.75 INCH STARKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL RANGED FROM 0.5 INCH TO 0.75 INCH.
&&
MCDSpecial weather statement, Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 240 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 2014 INZ012>015-072015- FULTON IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN-STARKE IN- 340 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN FULTON AND SOUTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTIES... AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULVER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINAMAC...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CULVER AND MONTEREY... DELONG...MAXINKUCKEE AND LAKE BRUCE... LEITERS FORD...BRUCE LAKE STATION AND RUTLAND... WALNUT... TIOSA... LAT...LON 4122 8608 4100 8614 4110 8665 4128 8660 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 282DEG 24KT 4117 8650
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Wabash | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 67 min |
| Oct 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam, Van Wert | 24 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 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.