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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 8, 2016LaPorte County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 8, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County LaPorte County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1584 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

141 
WWUS83 KIWX 082011
SPSIWX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
411 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
 
INZ003-004-014-082045-
MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH-LA PORTE-
411 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH...
NORTHERN LA PORTE AND NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 410 PM EDT /310 PM CDT/...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LA
PORTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH BEND...LA PORTE...WALKERTON...NORTH LIBERTY...KINGSBURY...
BYRON...SPRINGVILLE...FISH LAKE...ROLLING PRARIE...PINOLA...
CRUMSTOWN...STILLWELL AND TEEGARDEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND
53.
 
&&

LAT...LON 4169 8681 4166 8628 4140 8636 4159 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 283DEG 30KT 4162 8675 
$$

NWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:47 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementIWX48 hr
Jul 8, 3:47 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX48 hr
Jul 8, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph28 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart27 min
Jul 7, 10:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXHillsdale3 hr
Jul 8, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch23 min
Jul 8, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch, Hillsdale31 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch, Hillsdale30 min
Jul 8, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale27 min
Jul 8, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton31 min
Jul 8, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPaulding31 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.