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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 14, 2015Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2015, 10:43 PM EDT for Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2015, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2943 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2943 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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 14, 8:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 10:33 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-160245-
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...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
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF US ROUTE 6.
A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

INZ003>005-160245-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF US ROUTE 6.
A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE LEVELS OF OZONE ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

LMZ043-046-160245-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
919 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

MIZ081-150215-
HILLSDALE-
919 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HILLSDALE
COUNTY...

AT 918 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANDERCOOK
LAKE TO NEAR BROOKLYN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEROME...SOMERSET...MOSCOW...NORTH ADAMS AND SOMERSET CENTER.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4189 8436 4189 8454 4207 8471 4207 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 322DEG 18KT 4211 8470 4211 8449 4213 8431

MARSILI
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:46 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
946 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

MIZ077-078-150230-
BERRIEN-CASS-
946 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CASS AND
NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES...

AT 946 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUGATUCK TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST. JOSEPH...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...DOWAGIAC...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON
HEIGHTS...BRIDGMAN...WATERVLIET...COLOMA...STEVENSVILLE...PAW PAW
LAKE...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH...SODUS...RIVERSIDE...BARODA...SHOREHAM...
EAU CLAIRE...SPINKS CORNERS...INDIAN LAKE...DEWEY LAKE AND MAGICIAN
LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 42.

SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4224 8622 4207 8622 4207 8601 4200 8604
      4193 8659 4211 8649 4224 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 307DEG 28KT 4256 8642 4227 8648 4217 8698

MARSILI
Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:27 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1027 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND GST     SAINT JOSEPH            42.11N  86.48W
08/14/2015  E50 MPH          BERRIEN            MI   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED AT 45-50MPH

&&

LOTHAMER
Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1037 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

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

1036 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N DOWAGIAC            42.03N  86.11W
08/14/2015  E50 MPH          CASS               MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS SMALL BRANCHES DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
            DOWAGIAC

&&

SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 10:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1040 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

OHZ002-150330-
FULTON-
1040 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN FULTON
COUNTY...

AT 1039 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLISSFIELD TO NEAR WAUSEON...AND MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUSEON...SWANTON...DELTA...METAMORA...LYONS...OTTOKEE...WINAMEG...
BRAILEY...SEWARD...ASSUMPTION AND TEDROW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 48.

SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4149 8388 4149 8395 4154 8428 4171 8409
      4172 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 269DEG 21KT 4186 8394 4158 8422

MARSILI
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 10:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1043 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

INZ007-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-150330-
STEUBEN-HILLSDALE-BRANCH-HENRY-FULTON-DEFIANCE-WILLIAMS-
1043 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN STEUBEN...
SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH...SOUTHWESTERN HILLSDALE...WILLIAMS...
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE
COUNTIES...

AT 1043 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FREMONT TO NEAR ARCHBOLD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYAN...ARCHBOLD...MONTPELIER...FREMONT...WEST UNITY...HAMILTON...
PIONEER...STRYKER...EDON...HOLIDAY CITY...COLUMBIA...WEST
JEFFERSON...RAY...PULASKI...BURLINGTON...CALIFORNIA...CAMDEN...
MONTGOMERY...CLEAR LAKE AND YORK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 2.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 156.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 28.

SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8480 4153 8480 4153 8485 4156 8496
      4184 8500 4160 8426 4135 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 333DEG 18KT 4178 8501 4157 8430

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX85 min
Aug 14, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, LaGrange27 min
Aug 14, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben24 min
Aug 14, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben27 min
Aug 14, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke46 min
Aug 15, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite39 min
Aug 14, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHenry49 min
Aug 14, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton50 min
Aug 14, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam26 min
Aug 15, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Putnam, Van Wert53 min
Aug 14, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale29 min
Aug 14, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale56 min
Aug 14, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Buren44 min
Aug 14, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass54 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.