Alert archive / Ohio / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 5:13 AM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 4, 2017, 5:13 AM EDT (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
734
WWUS83 KIWX 040913
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
513 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
INZ027-034-OHZ024-040945-
Jay-Adams-Van Wert-
513 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN
JAY AND SOUTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTIES...
At 513 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Geneva, or near
Berne, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Van Wert, Berne, Geneva, Ohio City, Westchester, Willshire, Bryant,
Wren, Trinity, Ceylon, Glenmore, Dull, Abanaka, Jonestown, Linn
Grove, New Corydon and Schumm.
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 4062 8507 4064 8507 4089 8461 4068 8444
4069 8446 4070 8446 4072 8448 4073 8480
4053 8480 4047 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 239DEG 33KT 4059 8493
$$
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, Starke, White | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 12:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 5:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.