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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 6:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 12 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
- Mar 27, 2016, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Warren, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sse Nine Mile, IN | MOSTLY SMALLER THAN PENNY SIZED BUT THE LARGEST WAS ABOUT PENNY SIZED. |
| Mar 27, 6:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Ne Markle, IN | HAIL UP TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS. |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Nw Bluffton, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Sse Kingsland, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Kingsland, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:43 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Tocsin, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Wallen, IN | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DIME-QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
| Mar 27, 6:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Sse Wallen, IN | |
| Mar 27, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hoagland, IN | 0.5 INCH TO 0.75 INCH HAIL |
| Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Hoagland, IN | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HAIL 0.88 INCH TO 1.0 IN DIAMETER. |
| Mar 27, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Monmouth, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 9 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
196
WUUS53 KIWX 272217
SVRIWX
INC001-003-069-179-272300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0003.160327T2217Z-160327T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 617 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARKLE...OR
10 MILES WEST OF BLUFFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...OSSIAN...
MONROEVILLE...MARKLE...MONROE...ABOITE...MIDDLETOWN...WARREN...
LANCASTER...PREBLE...ZANESVILLE...UNIONDALE...PONETO...VERA CRUZ...
LIBERTY CENTER...TRAVISVILLE AND YODER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22...AND NEAR MILE MARKER
30.
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 277 AND 307...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 311 AND 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 8551 4105 8530 4117 8509 4100 8481
4073 8481 4062 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 229DEG 42KT 4073 8538
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
PBM2 follow-up statements
695
WWUS53 KIWX 272232
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
632 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC069-272241-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-
632 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4075 8534 4105 8530 4117 8509 4100 8481
4073 8481 4068 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 229DEG 42KT 4084 8521
$$
INC001-003-179-272300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-
632 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ALLEN...NORTHERN ADAMS AND NORTHEASTERN WELLS
COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSSIAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...OSSIAN...MONROEVILLE...
MARKLE...MONROE...MIDDLETOWN...PREBLE...ZANESVILLE...UNIONDALE...VERA
CRUZ...LIBERTY CENTER...TRAVISVILLE...YODER...ROCKFORD...HESSEN
CASSEL...PETERSON AND ZULU.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22...AND NEAR MILE MARKER
30.
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 294 AND 307...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 311 AND 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 8534 4105 8530 4117 8509 4100 8481
4073 8481 4068 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 229DEG 42KT 4084 8521
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JBALL720
WWUS53 KIWX 272252
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
652 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC179-272302-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
WELLS IN-
652 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4080 8506 4084 8507 4092 8507 4092 8508
4100 8508 4105 8490 4100 8481 4079 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 238DEG 40KT 4087 8502
$$
INC001-003-272300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-
652 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES...
AT 652 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DECATUR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...MONROEVILLE...MIDDLETOWN...PREBLE...MONMOUTH...TOWNLEY...
MAGLEY...MAPLES...TILLMAN...HESSEN CASSEL...PETERSON...HOAGLAND...
ZULU AND RIVARE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 15.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 8506 4084 8507 4092 8507 4092 8508
4100 8508 4105 8490 4100 8481 4079 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 238DEG 40KT 4087 8502
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JBALLWhat 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
429 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 207 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
A SURGE OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
LIKELY INITIATE SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF A FEW STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO TOLEDO OHIO LINE. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AND THIS AREA OF RAINFALL
WILL SWEEP EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING WILL
DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TO THE LOWER LOWER 40S
ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO TO EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. DRY AND COOLER AIR
WILL INFILTRATE FOR MONDAY. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE JUST A FEW DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL...PRIMARILY INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 416 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
AWAITING RELATIVELY SHORT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONDITIONAL
STORM/SEVERE POTENTIAL 22-02 UTC TIMEFRAME EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO
THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN LINE. LATEST HRRR3 CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY RAMP
MLCAPE TO 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE ACROSS SERN CWA IN 22-23 UTC AS 20-30
KT 1-6KFT SOUTHERLY FLOW TAPS THROUGH SHARP ISODROSOTHERMAL GRADIENT
KFWA TO FAR SERN INDIANA WHERE UPPER 50S SURFACE DEWPOINTS RESIDE.
ADDITIONAL CYCLOGENESIS OF NWRN INDIANA SURFACE LOW ANTICIPATED PER
SLOT OF LEADING 4 MB/3HR FALLS KRCR-KHUF SHOULD AID IN MAINTAINING
EFFICIENT MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE NORTHWARD. DEEP LAYER EFFECTIVE
SHEAR ON ORDER OF 35-40 KTS WITH STORM INITIATION THOUGH BOTH
INSTABILITY AND DYNAMICS QUICKLY FALTER BEYOND 02 UTC WITH QUICK
EASTWARD SWEEP OF SURFACE FRONT INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE SHOULD STORMS BREAK WEAKENING CAPPING INVERSION AND TAP
INTO DEEP LAYER 7.5-8 C/KM LAPSE RATE LAYER AS WELL AS A MARGINAL
WIND RISK. FARTHER WEST...CWA IMPACTED BY TRAILING ANAFRONTAL
LIFT/MOISTURE FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL MOVING INTO WRN CWA BEYOND 00
UTC...SAVE FOR POSSIBLE SPRINKLES/BRIEF LIGHT SHRA PRIOR. TURNING
NOTICEABLY COLDER/ALBEIT STILL ONLY A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DRY
AIR ADVECTION TO AFFORD AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING MONDAY AFTERNOON
AS CP AIRMASS/PLAINS RIDGE DENOTED BY 0.2-0.3 PWAT VALUES SETTLES
INTO WRN GRTLKS/MID MS VLY BY 00 UTC.
&&
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 416 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
SFC RIDGE CNTRD THROUGH THE WRN LAKES TO START WILL SHUNT QUICKLY
EWD IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING CYCLONE DVLPG ACRS THE CNTRL PLAINS
TO START THE PD. LL THERMAL TROUGH BLDS IN EARNEST WED W/RTN OF
WELL ABV NORMAL TEMPS LINGERING INTO THU. GIVEN MULTI-CYCLE
CONSOLIDATION/SLWG TRENDS OF GFS/CMC TWD PREFERRED EC
SOLUTION...WILL FOREGO PRIOR POP MENTION ON WED. OTRWS SEASONABLY
STG FROPA XPCD LT WED NIGHT/ERLY THU FOLLOWED BY TEMPERED LL CAA
WING INITIALLY. SECONDARY SW DIGGING/PHASING IN WAKE OF LEAD SYS
EJECTING UP THROUGH WRN QB WILL DRIVE SIG POLAR INTRUSION SWD SAT
NIGHT ALTHOUGH CORE OF COLDEST AIR WILL HOLD NORTH. SOME SHRA PSBL
W/THIS SYS.
STG MODERATION FOLLOWS THEREAFTER AS SIG SW ENERGY DRIVES EWD
INTO THE SRN ROCKIES MID NXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 416 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
DIFFICULT FORECAST WITH UNIQUE SEPARATION OF RAPIDLY INCREASING
INSTABILITY ACROSS SRN INDIANA INTO NERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON
WITH CONVECTION POTENTIAL LATER THIS EVENING FOR KFWA...AND A MORE
STABLE/STRATIFORM TYPE RAIN EVENT FOR KSBN AS UPSTREAM RAIN BAND
SLIDES EASTWARD INTO NWRN IN BEYOND 23 UTC. AFFORDED SHORT TWO
HOUR WINDOW FOR BEST POTENTIAL TSRA/PROBABLE PRODIGIOUS LIGHTNING
PRODUCING CONVECTION WITH 23-01 UTC TIMEFRAME...ALBEIT AN HOUR OR
SO EITHER SIDE IS CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF REALM OF POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
LOWERED CIGS TO FUELING/ALTERNATE AS DEEPER LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE/SATURATION OCCURS IN POST FRONTAL REGIME. OPTIMISTIC THAT
DRIER AIR ADVECTION TO BRING CIGS AT LEAST OUT OF THIS CATEGORY
SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK AND STRONG MIXING TO PRECLUDE EARLY MORNING
BR FORMATION AS WELL.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY
FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MURPHY
SHORT TERM...MURPHY
LONG TERM...T
AVIATION...MURPHY
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 5:25 AM EDT, 12 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 525 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-280930- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-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...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN...PAW PAW LAKE... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE... JONESVILLE...LITCHFIELD...BRYAN...EDGERTON...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... SWANTON...DELTA...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...PAYNE...OTTAWA... LEIPSIC...COLUMBUS GROVE...CONTINENTAL...PANDORA...VAN WERT... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 525 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 /425 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO INDIANA TO WARSAW INDIANA TO BRYAN OHIO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF US ROUTE 24. THE MAIN THREAT IS ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... BUT LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS...AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE US ROUTE 24 CORRIDOR. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-280930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 525 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND. && 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, Mar 27, 5:49 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
549 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INZ024>026-032-272230-
HUNTINGTON-WABASH-WELLS-GRANT-
549 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HUNTINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
WABASH...NORTHWESTERN WELLS AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...
AT 549 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MARION...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION...HUNTINGTON...GAS CITY...SWEETSER...ANDREWS...MARKLE...LA
FONTAINE...VAN BUREN...ROANOKE...WARREN...LANCASTER...ZANESVILLE...
UNIONDALE...MOUNT ETNA...MAHON...BRACKEN...LINCOLNVILLE...
GOBLESVILLE...HANFIELD AND ROCKFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 265 AND
293.
&&
LAT...LON 4061 8583 4100 8562 4100 8549 4097 8534
4092 8534 4092 8527 4082 8517 4049 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 222DEG 39KT 4061 8567
PBMLocal storm report, Mar 27, 6:08 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
608 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM HAIL 1 NE MARION 40.56N 85.66W
03/27/2016 M0.75 INCH GRANT IN TRAINED SPOTTER
RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA TO PENNY
SIZED HAIL. HEAVY RAIN ALSO REPORTED.
&&
MCDLocal storm report, Mar 27, 6:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
610 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM HAIL VAN BUREN 40.62N 85.51W
03/27/2016 M0.25 INCH GRANT IN TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED
&&
MCDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:26 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 37 hr | |
| Mar 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant, Huntington | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford | 35 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.