Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 1:12 AM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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 16, 2016, 1:12 AM EDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mendon, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 1:25 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mendon, MI | . |
| Jun 16, 1:25 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mendon, MI | |
| Jun 16, 1:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Centreville, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 979 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
458
WUUS53 KIWX 160512
SVRIWX
MIC027-149-160600-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0013.160616T0512Z-160616T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
112 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 111 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARCELLUS...
OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAW PAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THREE RIVERS...CONSTANTINE...CENTREVILLE...MARCELLUS...COLON...
NOTTAWA...FLOWERFIELD...LEONIDAS...MENDON...FISHERS LAKE...MOORE
PARK...FINDLEY...CLEAR LAKE...HOWARDSVILLE...WASEPI...FAIRFAX...
COREY LAKE AND KLINGER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4202 8529 4192 8529 4177 8558 4205 8591
4207 8589 4207 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 302DEG 36KT 4208 8577
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NWS3 follow-up statements
866
WWUS53 KIWX 160524
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
124 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
MIC027-149-160600-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0600Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
124 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES...
AT 124 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THREE
RIVERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THREE RIVERS...CONSTANTINE...CENTREVILLE...MARCELLUS...COLON...
NOTTAWA...FLOWERFIELD...LEONIDAS...MENDON...FISHERS LAKE...MOORE
PARK...FINDLEY...CLEAR LAKE...HOWARDSVILLE...WASEPI...FAIRFAX...COREY
LAKE AND KLINGER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4202 8529 4192 8529 4177 8558 4205 8591
4207 8589 4207 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 302DEG 36KT 4201 8562
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NWS135
WWUS53 KIWX 160547
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
147 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
MIC027-160556-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0600Z/
CASS MI-
147 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4202 8529 4192 8529 4177 8558 4192 8570
4207 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 302DEG 36KT 4189 8536
$$
MIC149-160600-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0600Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
147 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...
AT 146 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLON...OR
NEAR STURGIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THREE RIVERS...CENTREVILLE...COLON...NOTTAWA...LEONIDAS...MENDON...
FAIRFAX...FISHERS LAKE...FINDLEY...KLINGER LAKE AND WASEPI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 4202 8529 4192 8529 4177 8558 4192 8570
4207 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 302DEG 36KT 4189 8536
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NWS094
WWUS53 KIWX 160602
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
202 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
MIC149-160611-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0600Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
202 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. JOSEPH COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4202 8529 4192 8529 4177 8558 4192 8570
4207 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 302DEG 36KT 4189 8536
$$
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 44 min |
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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.