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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2016, 10:08 PM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
- Apr 25, 2016, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:19 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Marcellus, MI | |
| Apr 25, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nnw Marcellus, MI | REPORTED THAT THE HAIL WAS QUITE LARGE, BUT ESTIMATED IT WAS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN A QUARTER. |
| Apr 25, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nnw Marcellus, MI | REPORTED THAT THE HAIL WAS QUITE LARGE, BUT ESTIMATED IT WAS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN A QUARTER. DELAYED REPORT. |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
960 WUUS53 KIWX 260208 SVRIWX MIC027-149-260245- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0009.160426T0208Z-160426T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1008 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN... NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT * AT 1008 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DECATUR... OR NEAR DOWAGIAC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MARCELLUS AROUND 1030 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FLOWERFIELD...HOWARDSVILLE AND WAKELEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4207 8556 4196 8576 4201 8611 4207 8613 TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 275DEG 30KT 4206 8605 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JBALL
1 follow-up statement
941
WWUS53 KIWX 260233
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1033 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016
MIC027-260243-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160426T0245Z/
CASS MI-
1033 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4207 8556 4196 8576 4207 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 275DEG 30KT 4204 8577
$$
MIC149-260245-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160426T0245Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
1033 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...
AT 1033 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARCELLUS...
OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THREE RIVERS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
FLOWERFIELD AND HOWARDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4207 8556 4196 8576 4207 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 275DEG 30KT 4204 8577
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JBALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 56 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.