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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 9:33 PM EDT for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Whitley County, IN
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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 Aug 15, 7:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 7:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 538 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-160945- 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 538 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 /438 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 69. PLEASE SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, BUT RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS AND ANY FLOODING REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-160945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 538 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 11:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 15 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 36 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 63 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 17 days |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 24 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.