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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 31, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:54 AM EDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-011000- 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 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 /454 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 69. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-011000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THIS 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 31, 3:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
310 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
MIZ077-311945-
BERRIEN-
310 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...
AT 309 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRIDGMAN...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...
BRIDGMAN...WATERVLIET...COLOMA...STEVENSVILLE...PAW PAW LAKE...LAKE
MICHIGAN BEACH...SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILLS-HARBERT...SHOREWOOD-TOWER
HILL...SODUS...RIVERSIDE...BARODA...SHOREHAM...EAU CLAIRE...TURNER
SHORES...SAWYER AND LAKESIDE IN BERRIEN COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 42.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 8622 4184 8668 4192 8660 4211 8649
4224 8637 4224 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 240DEG 48KT 4196 8666
BENTLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:04 PM EDT | Gale Watch | IWX | 30 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.