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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 23, 2015Cass County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2015, 3:08 AM EDT for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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, 2015, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2015, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 3:14 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Royal Center, IN
Jun 23, 3:20 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Lucerne, INSEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN MAINLY BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 700W 500N AND 200W 300N. FEW ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO TREES LAYING ACROSS THE ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2126 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 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
2126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
17.2

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The text

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

558 
WWUS83 KIWX 230708
SPSIWX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
308 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
 
INZ020-022-023-230745-
WHITE-CASS-MIAMI-
308 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WHITE...
SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND CASS COUNTIES...

AT 307 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROYAL CENTER...OR 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOGANSPORT...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...WALTON...BUNKER HILL...ROYAL
CENTER...MEXICO...WELLS...DENVER...BURNETTSVILLE...ONWARD...BELL
CENTER...METEA...LUCERNE...TWELVE MILE...LAKE CICOTT...LEASES
CORNER...NEAD...ANOKA AND NEW WAVERLY.

TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4091 8665 4091 8637 4085 8598 4061 8607
      4073 8653 4074 8653 4076 8661 4075 8661
      4077 8663 4078 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 284DEG 41KT 4085 8657 
$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White56 min
Jun 23, 1:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass41 min
Jun 23, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant, Miami, Wabash31 min
Jun 23, 2:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski29 min
Jun 23, 2:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXPulaski, White3 hr
Jun 23, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski33 min
Jun 23, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami25 min
Jun 23, 1:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale25 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.