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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Apr 25, 2016, 11:10 PM EDT for Branch County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Branch County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sherwood, MI | REPORT OF TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN PER EM AND BRANCH COUNTY DISPATCH |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
453 WWUS83 KIWX 260310 SPSIWX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1110 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016 MIZ080-260345- BRANCH- 1110 PM EDT MON APR 25 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BRANCH COUNTY... AT 1110 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COLON...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF STURGIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... UNION CITY AROUND 1125 PM EDT. COLDWATER AROUND 1140 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE HODUNK...GIRARD AND SHERWOOD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 21. && LAT...LON 4191 8497 4197 8529 4207 8529 4207 8497 TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 273DEG 28KT 4201 8531 $$ JBALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 86 min | |
| Apr 26, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 1:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 57 min |
| 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, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 47 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 |
| Apr 26, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 27 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.