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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 8:04 PM EDT for Benton County, Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2015, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 7:50 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:50 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 347 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 092100- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 347 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST MAY PRODUCE: HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS CAUSED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR AMPLE INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY WITH THIS ACTIVITY...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. PORTIONS OF THE IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PORTIONS OF THE IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS WILL REMAIN AT BANKFULL STAGE OR IN FLOOD THROUGH MID TO LATE WEEK. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THIS EVENING. && LMZ740>745-092100- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 347 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE AND PARTS OF THE INDIANA SHORE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-092100- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 347 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. && RC VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 53 min | |
| Jun 8, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 5:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 44 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:41 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 5:12 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Porter | 5 days |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.