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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

March 1, 20174 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2017, 12:01 AM CST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2017, 12:01 AM CST (06:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2017, 12:45 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 12:15 AM CSTTSTM WND GST 602 Wnw South Bend, IN.
Mar 1, 12:24 AM CSTTSTM WND GST 601 Ssw Mishawaka, IN.
Mar 1, 12:37 AM CSTHAIL 0.75Bremen, IN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 28, 10:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

336 
WUUS53 KIWX 010601
SVRIWX
INC091-099-141-149-010645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.170301T0601Z-170301T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
101 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana  has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  St. Joseph County in north central Indiana...
  Northeastern Starke County in northwestern Indiana...
  Northern Marshall County in north central Indiana...
  Central La Porte County in northwestern Indiana...

* Until 145 AM EST/1245 AM CST/

* At 101 AM EST/1201 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from New Carlisle to 6 miles southwest of
  Kingsford Heights, moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  South Bend, Mishawaka, La Porte, Plymouth, Bremen, Gulivoire Park,
  Osceola, Walkerton, North Liberty, New Carlisle, Kingsford Heights,
  Wanatah, Hamlet, Lakeville, Koontz Lake, Hanna, La Paz, Kingsbury,
  Teegarden and Salem Heights.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM EST/600 AM CST/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4170 8659 4169 8606 4154 8606 4131 8614
      4142 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 269DEG 63KT 4170 8648 4141 8676 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARSILI
2 follow-up statements
154 
WWUS53 KIWX 010616
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
116 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

INC091-099-141-149-010645-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170301T0645Z/
St. Joseph IN-Starke IN-Marshall IN-La Porte IN-
116 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM
EST/1245 AM CST/ FOR ST. JOSEPH...NORTHEASTERN STARKE...NORTHERN
MARSHALL AND EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTIES...

At 115 AM EST/1215 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from near South Bend to Hamlet, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
South Bend, Mishawaka, Plymouth, Bremen, Gulivoire Park, Osceola,
Walkerton, North Liberty, Kingsford Heights, Hamlet, Lakeville,
Koontz Lake, La Paz, Teegarden, Salem Heights, Fish Lake, Stillwell,
Crumstown, Tyner and Woodland.

A trained spotter reported a 62 mph wind gust with these 
thunderstorms 1.5 miles southwest of La Porte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM EST/600 AM CST/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4169 8651 4169 8606 4154 8606 4131 8614
      4140 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 273DEG 48KT 4168 8630 4139 8657 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARSILI
837 
WWUS53 KIWX 010643
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
143 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

INC091-099-141-149-010652-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170301T0645Z/
St. Joseph IN-Starke IN-Marshall IN-La Porte IN-
143 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. JOSEPH...NORTHEASTERN
STARKE...NORTHERN MARSHALL AND EAST CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST/1245 AM CST/...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM EST/600 AM CST/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4169 8651 4169 8606 4154 8606 4131 8614
      4140 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 269DEG 63KT 4169 8567 4140 8594 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningIWX118 min
Feb 28, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph54 min
Feb 28, 7:20 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningIWX85 min
Feb 28, 7:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph53 min
Feb 28, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte30 min
Feb 28, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph39 min
Feb 28, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph45 min
Feb 28, 9:01 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph6 hr
Feb 28, 9:01 PM CSTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph29 min
Feb 28, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph39 min
Feb 28, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph6 hr
Feb 28, 9:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningIWX93 min
Feb 28, 9:29 PM CSTTornado WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange31 min
Feb 28, 9:52 PM CSTTornado WarningIWXLaGrange, Steuben23 min
Feb 28, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningIWXSteuben31 min
Feb 28, 11:18 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningIWX87 min
Feb 28, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph65 min
Feb 28, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke49 min
Mar 1, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White38 min
Mar 1, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph45 min
Mar 1, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke34 min
Mar 1, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and 1 more39 min
Mar 1, 1:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington, Miami, Wabash51 min
Mar 1, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Steuben, Whitley61 min
Mar 1, 1:31 AM CSTTornado WarningIWXAllen29 min
Mar 1, 1:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 2 more46 min
Mar 1, 9:54 AM CSTWind AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Grant and 6 more11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.