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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

June 22, 2016Saint Joseph County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2016, 10:20 PM EDT for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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 22, 2016, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Joseph County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 10:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse South Bend, INTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON CATALPA STREET IN SOUTH BEND. NO DETAILS ON TREE SIZE/HEALTH.
Jun 22, 10:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se South Bend, INTREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
Jun 22, 10:57 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 522 Se Mishawaka, INREPORTED AT CANTONDALE LANE MISHAWAKA, IN.
Jun 22, 11:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Mishawaka, INLARGE TREE DOWN. 57 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED.
Jun 22, 11:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Mishawaka, INLARGE TREE DOWN. 57 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED. .

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

343 
WUUS53 KIWX 230220
SVRIWX
INC141-230300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.160623T0220Z-160623T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1020 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1020 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCHANAN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH BEND AROUND 1025 PM EDT.
  GEORGETOWN AND ROSELAND AROUND 1030 PM EDT.
  GULIVOIRE PARK AROUND 1035 PM EDT.
  MISHAWAKA AND GRANGER AROUND 1040 PM EDT.
  OSCEOLA AROUND 1045 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND...CHAIN-O-LAKES...INDIAN VILLAGE AND LYDICK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND
86.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4176 8622 4173 8606 4148 8606 4176 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 300DEG 32KT 4175 8637 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAL
1 follow-up statement
128 
WWUS53 KIWX 230238
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1038 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

INC141-230300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160623T0300Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
1038 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...

AT 1038 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH BEND...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSCEOLA AROUND 1050 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WOODLAND
AND INDIAN VILLAGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND
86.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4176 8622 4173 8606 4148 8606 4166 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 315DEG 31KT 4166 8625 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange, Steuben58 min
Jun 22, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX97 min
Jun 22, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph58 min
Jun 22, 10:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph3 hr
Jun 22, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko63 min
Jun 22, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke45 min
Jun 22, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall41 min
Jun 22, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble, Whitley66 min
Jun 22, 11:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph3 hr
Jun 22, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite47 min
Jun 23, 12:00 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko, Wabash, Whitley30 min
Jun 23, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash, Whitley30 min
Jun 23, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wells38 min
Jun 23, 1:05 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXHuntington, Wells25 min
Jun 23, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay, Wells34 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.