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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

March 30, 2017Adams County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2017, 2:47 PM EDT for Adams County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 30, 2017, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 520 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:39 AM EDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
539 AM EDT Thu Mar 30 2017

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-310945-
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-
539 AM EDT Thu Mar 30 2017 /439 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest
Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected today and early tonight. Severe storms
are possible, especially south of a line from Winamac to Fort Wayne
to Ottawa. Large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are all
possible. Locally heavy rainfall may cause some minor flooding in low
lying areas and rises on creeks and rivers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Additional rainfall early next week may bring the chance of local
flooding and rises on rivers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and early tonight.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or
check our web site at weather.gov/iwx

LMZ043-046-310945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
539 AM EDT Thu Mar 30 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore
Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Small craft advisory conditions are expected through mid afternoon.
There is also a chance for thunderstorms today and this evening. The
storms are not expected to become severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Small craft advisory conditions are likely Friday into Friday
evening.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or
check our web site at weather.gov/iwx

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 9:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
957 AM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FAIR PLAIN              42.08N 86.45W
03/30/2017  M1.00 INCH       BERRIEN            MI   PUBLIC

            SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
137 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

INZ018-026-027-301800-
Adams-Allen-Wells-
137 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ALLEN...NORTHEASTERN
WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

At 136 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Markle, or near
Ossian, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, New Haven, Bluffton, Ossian, Monroeville, Markle,
Middletown, Zanesville, Uniondale, Nine Mile, Magley, Yoder, Poe,
Murray, Hessen Cassel, Maples, North Oaks, Tocsin, Hoagland and
Kingsland.

This includes INTERSTATE 469 between MILE MARKERs 0 and 6, and
between MILE MARKERs 9 and 19.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4070 8526 4080 8534 4088 8534 4113 8510
      4095 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 224DEG 43KT 4083 8525

NWS

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
247 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

INZ018-026-027-OHZ024-301915-
Adams-Allen-Wells-Van Wert-
247 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN...
NORTHEASTERN WELLS...ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTIES...

At 246 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Bluffton,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
New Haven, Bluffton, Decatur, Berne, Monroeville, Convoy, Monroe,
Middletown, Preble, Dixon, Vera Cruz, Murray, Peterson, Zulu, Tocsin,
Kingsland, Rivare, Townley, Magley and Craigville.

This includes INTERSTATE 469 between MILE MARKERs 13 and 21.

LAT...LON 4061 8501 4074 8525 4110 8499 4101 8480
      4099 8480 4099 8476 4094 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 211DEG 44KT 4075 8506

NWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	56 hr
Mar 30, 11:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	5 days
Mar 30, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Wells	23 min
Mar 30, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami, Wabash	51 min
Mar 30, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells	60 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	45 min
Mar 30, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	58 min
Mar 30, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	49 min
Mar 30, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	64 min
Mar 30, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford, Jay	53 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	24 hr
Mar 30, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	30 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.