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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 9:31 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 20, 2016, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 Jun 20, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 733 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 409 PM EDT Mon Jun 20 2016 A cold front dropping across the area will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to northern Indiana and northwest Ohio this evening. A few storms may produce damaging wind gusts, large hail, and brief torrential rainfall. Quiet conditions are expected Tuesday and Tuesday night behind the front. This front will return northward on Wednesday as an upper level disturbance tracks out of the northern Plains. This will result in a renewed threat of showers and thunderstorms, with the possibility of severe weather Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, along with localized heavy rainfall. Low temperatures will range from 60 to 65. High temperatures on Tuesday will range from the upper 70s to lower 80s. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tuesday) Issued at 409 PM EDT Mon Jun 20 2016 Near term severe threat will continue to be the primary forecast Showers and thunderstorms have developed in association with lead short wave broad pre-frontal confluence/moisture-pooling zone. This pooled moisture has led to an axis of 1500-2500 100 mb MLCAPES from northeast Illinois across far northern Indiana and southern lower Michigan this afternoon. Deep layer shear has also been on increase across lower Michigan, northern Indiana this afternoon, into the 30 to 40 knot range. With very warm low/mid level profiles, isolated damaging wind gusts have been the main threat to this point, and would expect occasional more intense precip loading and core collapses to pose an additional threat of isolated damaging winds as storms drop southward over the next few hours, along with a possibility of some isolated large hail. Main limiting factors for a more widespread severe event continue to be rather weak convergence across the area and being somewhat divorced from strong mid/upper level forcing across the Great Lakes. Still expecting threat of isolated damaging winds/large hail to persist as front/prefrontal moisture zone drop southward across the area through around 01Z or 02Z. Cooler and less humid conditions for Tuesday/Tuesday night behind this front with a brief lull in more active weather as main focus for shower and thunderstorm activity shifts westward across the mid MS Valley. High should reach around the 80 degree mark for Tuesday with noticeably less humid conditions. && .LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday) Issued at 409 PM EDT Mon Jun 20 2016 Active weather still appears to be in store for midweek with greatest concern period late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night with a potential of an organized higher end severe event. Some inherent uncertainty still exists regarding convective evolution for Wednesday/Wednesday night. Synoptic pattern does appear to favor an active period however as low level boundary does not make significant southward progress, and should begin to lift back northeastward as westerly flow strengthens in response to next ridge riding wave across the Plains. This pattern will set up an intense instability gradient from the southern Great Lakes to the Mid Ms Rvr Valley which could pose a favorable track for any upstream MCS development into the local area, particularly by Wednesday night. Biggest uncertainty at this time is the nature of the convection Wednesday afternoon/Wednesday evening and whether any discrete development can occur. There may be a narrow window particularly across southwest half of the area where some near sfc based discrete development can occur late Wednesday afternoon/Wednesday evening. However, at this time will continue to stress primary hazards as damaging straight line winds with a potential more organized MCS. Strong low level moisture convergence associated with stronger southwest flow nosing into the area with PWATS pooling to 1.75-2.00 inches Wednesday night. With excessive column moisture and a couple of rounds of convection expected Wednesday/Wednesday night. Maintained mid range chance/low likely PoPs into Thursday morning, especially eastern half with gradually drying conditions for Thursday afternoon. A brief period of quieter weather then in store for Friday/Saturday before next Pacific wave tops the ridge across western CONUS on Saturday. This will allow for warming temperatures this weekend with eventual increasing rain/thunder chances for Saturday night-Sunday night. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday Evening) Issued at 724 PM EDT Mon Jun 20 2016 Thunderstorms which initiated along enhanced low level moisture axis have now slipped south of the terminals. Temps and dew points have recovered quickly to the north of these storms, with greatest MUCAPE axis across far northwest Indiana and southwest lower Michigan. With upper trough gradually sinking south across Great Lakes and frontal boundary about to push across northern Indiana, hard to completely discount isolated thunder developing over next few hours, but will omit from TAFS with low probabilities for terminal point forecasts. Quiet weather expected for the remainder of the TAF period, with gusty west-northwest winds on Tuesday to around 20 knots with mainly clear skies. && .IWX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...Marsili SHORT TERM...Marsili LONG TERM...Marsili AVIATION...Marsili Visit us at www.weather.gov/iwx Follow us on Facebook...Twitter...and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/NWSNorthernIndiana www.twitter.com/nwsiwx www.youtube.com/NWSNorthernIndiana
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 827 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-220030- 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 827 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 /727 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .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 LMZ043-046-220030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 827 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND INCREASED WAVE HEIGHTS. && 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, Jun 20, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
746 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE BIPPUS 40.92N 85.56W
06/20/2016 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
GRAIN BIN BLOWN OVER AT 6654 W 700 N.
&&
NDMSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
823 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
MIZ079-080-210130-
BRANCH-ST. JOSEPH-
823 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BRANCH AND NORTHEASTERN
ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES...
AT 823 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER COLON...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF STURGIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...COLON...RAY...NOTTAWA...KINDERHOOK...BATAVIA...
CALIFORNIA...BURR OAK...GILEAD...MARBLE LAKE...FINDLEY...LAKE OF THE
WOODS...FAIRFAX...MATTESON LAKE...COLDWATER LAKE...EAST GILEAD AND
WASEPI.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
12.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8483 4181 8482 4176 8483 4176 8520
4193 8547 4202 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 301DEG 27KT 4194 8534
SLLLocal storm report, Jun 20, 8:59 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
859 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 PM HAIL BRONSON 41.87N 85.19W
06/20/2016 E0.88 INCH BRANCH MI TRAINED SPOTTER
.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
914 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
INZ007-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-210215-
STEUBEN-HILLSDALE-BRANCH-WILLIAMS-
914 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN STEUBEN...SOUTHEASTERN
BRANCH...SOUTHWESTERN HILLSDALE AND NORTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES...
AT 913 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FREMONT...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF ANGOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANGOLA...MONTPELIER...FREMONT...HAMILTON...PIONEER...EDON...HOLIDAY
CITY...COLUMBIA...WEST JEFFERSON...RAY...KINDERHOOK...CALIFORNIA...
CAMDEN...MONTGOMERY...CLEAR LAKE...YORK...HAMILTON LAKE...NETTLE
LAKE...NEVADA MILLS AND LAKE OF THE WOODS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 351 AND 357.
INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.
INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 156.
INTERSTATE 80 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 18.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4169 8440 4153 8449 4153 8490 4177 8513
4186 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 304DEG 29KT 4178 8501
SLLSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 9:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 931 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 MIZ081-210145- HILLSDALE- 931 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY... AT 931 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADDISON...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JEROME...SOMERSET...MOSCOW...NORTH ADAMS AND SOMERSET CENTER. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4187 8436 4195 8460 4207 8463 4207 8436 TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 269DEG 46KT 4204 8450 SLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 12:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 51 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 67 min |
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