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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 18, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Cass County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 614 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-191015- 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- 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 614 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 /514 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL LIFT THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE, BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-191015- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...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...BLUFFTON 614 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-191015- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 614 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AN ISOLATED STORM LATE SATURDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE. && 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, Aug 18, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
355 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
INZ023-024-032-182045-
WABASH-MIAMI-GRANT-
355 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...
SOUTHWESTERN WABASH AND NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES...
AT 354 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SWAYZEE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF GRISSOM AFB...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED THAT MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWEETSER...CONVERSE...AMBOY...SOMERSET...MIER AND SANTA FE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4054 8586 4057 8587 4057 8600 4065 8602
4072 8578 4053 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 266DEG 11KT 4060 8594
MARSILISpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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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 17, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 10:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 84 min |
| Aug 18, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, White | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 72 min |
| Aug 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 59 min |
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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.