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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

May 1, 2017Kosciusko County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2017, 4:18 AM EDT for Kosciusko County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 1, 2017, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2017, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Wabash County, IN

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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 May 1, 1:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 1:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
304 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

INZ003-004-012>015-020-022-023-010730-
Miami-La Porte-St. Joseph-Cass-White-Marshall-Fulton-Pulaski-Starke-
304 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WHITE...WESTERN ST.
JOSEPH...WESTERN FULTON...PULASKI...CASS...STARKE...SOUTHWESTERN
MIAMI...WESTERN MARSHALL AND LA PORTE COUNTIES...

At 303 AM EDT/203 AM CDT/, radar indicated showers were located along
a line extending from near Medaryville to 6 miles west of Frankfort.
Movement was northeast at 65 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
La Porte, Logansport, Plymouth, Monticello, Knox, Winamac, Grissom
Afb, Walkerton, North Liberty, New Carlisle, North Judson, Kingsford
Heights, Culver, Walton, Wanatah, Royal Center, Hamlet, Medaryville,
La Crosse and Koontz Lake.

This includes INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA between MILE MARKERs 60 and
65.

LAT...LON 4144 8693 4176 8652 4176 8646 4056 8609
      4056 8637 4069 8637 4069 8652 4074 8653
      4074 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674 4066 8676
      4067 8676 4120 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 207DEG 58KT 4108 8684 4029 8662

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Special weather statement, May 1, 3:35 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
335 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

INZ015-016-022>024-010815-
Wabash-Miami-Kosciusko-Cass-Fulton-
335 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT WABASH...SOUTHEASTERN FULTON...
SOUTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO...EASTERN CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES...

At 334 AM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Logansport to 8 miles west of Kokomo. Movement
was northeast at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Logansport, Warsaw, Peru, Wabash, North Manchester, Winona Lake,
Grissom Afb, Akron, Walton, Bunker Hill, Mexico, Lincoln, Wells,
Galveston, Miami, Erie, Denver, Roann, Claypool and Lagro.

LAT...LON 4056 8637 4062 8638 4069 8637 4069 8639
      4072 8639 4133 8579 4077 8571 4056 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 220DEG 40KT 4070 8633 4043 8629

NWS
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:18 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
418 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

INZ005-008-016-017-024-025-032-010845-
Wabash-Noble-Whitley-Huntington-Kosciusko-Elkhart-Grant-
418 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ELKHART...
WABASH...WEST CENTRAL NOBLE...NORTHWESTERN GRANT...WESTERN WHITLEY...
NORTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES...

At 417 AM EDT, radar indicated showers and thunderstorms were
located along a line extending from near Akron to near Sweetser.
Movement was northeast at 60 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Warsaw, Wabash, North Manchester, Winona Lake, Syracuse, Middlebury,
South Whitley, Sweetser, Andrews, North Webster, Pierceton, Swayzee,
Millersburg, La Fontaine, Benton, Sims, Converse, Leesburg, Cromwell
and Roann.

This includes INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA near MILE MARKER 108.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4045 8586 4065 8586 4065 8590 4104 8595
      4109 8599 4176 8566 4152 8566 4145 8563
      4096 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 203DEG 54KT 4109 8594 4058 8585

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Fulton, LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke26 min
May 1, 3:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash40 min
May 1, 6:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart37 min
May 1, 7:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells52 hr
May 1, 6:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2017Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.