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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

July 20, 2017Cass County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2017, 10:55 AM EDT for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2017, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2017, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Cass 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 Jul 20, 10:47 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:47 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:45 AM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:22 AM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:34 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1034 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2017

INZ013-015-020-022-201500-
Cass-White-Fulton-Pulaski-
1034 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WHITE...
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND CASS COUNTIES...

At 1034 AM EDT/934 AM CDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located near
Monticello, moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph, scattered lightning strikes, and heavy
downpours are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Logansport, Rochester, Winamac, Walton, Royal Center, Lincoln,
Pulaski, Galveston, Kewanna, Burnettsville, Fulton, Onward, Clymers,
Nyena Lake, Leases Corner, Hoover, Idaville, Star City, Thornhope and
Lucerne.

LAT...LON 4056 8637 4069 8637 4069 8652 4074 8653
      4074 8673 4105 8673 4105 8618 4056 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 272DEG 41KT 4081 8667

MCS

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:52 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:55 AM 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 19, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		116 min
Jul 19, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White	58 min
Jul 19, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		96 min
Jul 20, 12:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	43 min
Jul 20, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami	60 min
Jul 20, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 5 more	44 min
Jul 20, 10:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Marshall, Starke	23 min
Jul 20, 10:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Pulaski	26 min
Jul 20, 10:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	23 min
Jul 20, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.