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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 29, 2017, 7:33 AM EDT for LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana; Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2017, 7:33 AM EDT (11:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Aug 29, 6:36 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 6:36 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 636 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 328 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 An upper level low will bring chances for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms today. Highs will reach the mid to upper 70s. Dry conditions are expected tonight into Wednesday with lows in the upper 50s tonight and highs in the upper 70s tomorrow. Areas of fog will be possible later tonight. A cold front then brings a low chance for showers on Thursday, followed by cooler and drier conditions Friday. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 328 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 Leftover mid level circulation/small scale vort max will continue to lift slowly northeast into ne IN/nw OH this morning with scattered showers and perhaps a few rumbles of thunder possible. Fog may become a concern early this morning across far ne IN/sc Lower MI/far nw OH, though gradient and cloud cover may be enough to preclude a more impactful fog threat. The larger scale upper low will open east over the local area by this afternoon. There should be enough surface heating under this cool pocket aloft to generate spotty showers/iso thunder near any weak boundaries, best chances southeast of US 24 near lingering low level convergent axis. The environment may become conducive for funnel clouds and small hail with stronger cells if more appreciable boundary layer heating is realized. Temperatures will remain on the cool side for this time of year otherwise with highs generally into the mid 70s. The upper wave and weak sfc trough will exit to the east tonight leaving dry conditions. Light winds and little in the way of low level drying may promote some fog development overnight as skies clear. && .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Monday) Issued at 328 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 Weak warm advection in advance of a cold front and ample sunshine should lead to a dry and warmer Wednesday. This cold front drops through from north to south on Thursday trailing a seasonably strong shortwave tracking se into the Eastern Great Lakes/Northeast. At this point this front appears moisture starved with little in the way of mid-upper level support. Thus, expect any shower activity to be light and scattered at best (20-30% PoPs) along it. Canadian high pressure will build into the Great Lakes by Thursday night and Friday resulting in dry and cooler conditions. Some weak troughing into the Central US looking more likely to lift the remnants of Harvey into the Ohio Valley by later Friday night/Saturday. This could bring clouds and a period of rain to areas mainly southeast of US 24, though incoming mid-upper jet energy likely shunts deeper moisture off to the east-southeast resulting in only low 20-30% type PoPs at this fcst range. Mainly dry west-northwest flow regime then takes shape Sunday into Monday with temperatures near to slightly below normal. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday Morning) Issued at 630 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 Weak MCV rotating near KFWA producing a few shra and possibly a tsra next few hours. IFR/LIFR cigs and vis near and northeast of KFWA this morning. Will have to monitor this up to issuance time to see if lower cigs and vis can work southwest into terminal. light rain and clouds with MCV may be enough to hold off much lower conditions. KSBN just seeing some MVFR vis restrictions and with cloud cover this may be as far as they sink. Isolated tsra and widely scattered shra this afternoon but too uncertain for inclusion in tafs. IFR/LIFR conditions possible again late tonight especially at KFWA with fog/stratus formation. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...Steinwedel SHORT TERM...Steinwedel LONG TERM...Steinwedel AVIATION...Lashley 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, Aug 29, 4:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 421 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-300830- 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- 421 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 /321 AM CDT Tue Aug 29 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Areas of fog may create hazardous travel conditions early this morning, mainly north of US 30. Fog may redevelop later tonight. There is a slight chance for thunderstorms today. Severe thunderstorms are not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-300830- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 421 AM EDT Tue Aug 29 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a slight chance for a thunderstorm this evening. Strong to severe storms are not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. && 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 29, 4:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.