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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 10, 2017Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Fulton County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.

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

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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: 1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:56 AM EDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
456 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2017

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-110900-
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-
456 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2017 /356 AM CDT Mon Jul 10 2017/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Additional thunderstorms are expected this morning. Widespread
severe weather is not anticipated, but an isolated strong to severe
thunderstorm is possible with isolated damaging winds...hail...and
locally heavy rainfall. Additional thunderstorms are expected to
develop this evening. Some of these storms may be severe with
damaging winds...hail...and heavy rain. Localized flooding is
possible...especially in areas that saw heavy rain on Friday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Additional thunderstorms are expected on Wednesday and Thursday.
Severe weather may be possible but confidence is low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-110900-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
456 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected this morning and again this evening. Some
of the storms may be strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Additional thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Thursday.

&&

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, Jul 10, 2:02 PM EDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
202 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

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

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIMA                    40.74N 84.11W
07/10/2017                   ALLEN              OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN AND AROUND LIMA.
            SOME STREETS ARE BEING CLOSED OFF BY POLICE.

&&

SKIP

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
203 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

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

1235 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CONVOY                  40.92N 84.71W
07/10/2017  M1.14 INCH       VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TOTAL FROM PAST 6 HRS.

&&

CR

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
206 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

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

1240 PM     FLOOD            LIMA                    40.74N 84.11W
07/10/2017                   ALLEN              OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN AND AROUND LIMA.
            SOME STREETS ARE BEING CLOSED OFF BY POLICE.

&&

SKIP

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:23 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	5 days
Jul 10, 12:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	37 min
Jul 10, 1:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	24 min
Jul 10, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Whitley	23 min
Jul 10, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	35 min
Jul 10, 3:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wells	49 min
Jul 10, 4:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	32 min
Jul 10, 4:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	29 min
Jul 10, 8:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Noble	39 min
Jul 10, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall	45 min
Jul 10, 9:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	36 min
Jul 10, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		90 min
Jul 10, 9:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Whitley	40 min
Jul 10, 9:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange, Noble	58 min
Jul 10, 9:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	111 min
Jul 10, 10:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells	111 min
Jul 10, 10:53 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	3 days
Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 10 more	11 hr
Jul 10, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	53 min
Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	50 min
Jul 10, 7:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Cass	42 min
Jul 10, 7:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Miami, Wabash	50 min
Jul 10, 4:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	30 min
Jul 10, 4:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	28 min
Jul 10, 4:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Henry	28 min
Jul 10, 6:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	26 min
Jul 10, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	25 min
Jul 10, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Henry, Putnam	23 min
Jul 10, 10:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	119 min
Jul 10, 11:21 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	5 days
Jul 10, 11:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, Williams	3 hr
Jul 10, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	22 min
Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	37 min
Jul 10, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	33 min

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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.