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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2017, 9:43 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2017, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2017, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Pulaski County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 21, 9:08 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:08 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:23 PM EDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Northern Indiana 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-221930- 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- 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 /223 PM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected to move through the area late this evening into early Saturday morning, with the potential to produce flash flooding and severe weather. Damaging winds will be the primary threat, with the best chance for severe thunderstorms west of Interstate 69 in Indiana. An isolated tornado will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Thunderstorms are also possible into Saturday and Saturday night with a slight risk for severe storms. Damaging winds along with heavy rainfall would pose the main threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-221930- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected late this evening into Saturday morning with locally higher winds and waves. Wind gusts to 50 knots will be possible with the strongest storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The chance for thunderstorms will exist into Saturday afternoon. Locally gusty winds and higher waves will be possible. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 843 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2017 INZ012-013-220230- Pulaski-Starke- 843 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PULASKI AND SOUTH CENTRAL STARKE COUNTIES... At 843 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Francesville, or near Moody, moving northeast at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. This storm will be near... Winamac around 920 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Vanmeter Park, Denham, Beardstown and Ripley. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northwestern Indiana. LAT...LON 4098 8693 4111 8693 4124 8664 4106 8655 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 239DEG 22KT 4102 8691 JBALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 61 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 12 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 4:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 10:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 48 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 24 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.