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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Nov 5, 2017, 9:45 AM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 5, 2017, 9:45 AM EST (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2017, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 5, 6:49 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 6:49 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 5:34 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 534 AM EST Sun Nov 5 2017 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-061045- 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- 534 AM EST Sun Nov 5 2017 /434 AM CST Sun Nov 5 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Areas of dense fog should lift by late morning for far southern Lower Michigan and adjacent ares in northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. See the Dense Fog Advisory product for more information. Thunderstorms will become likely today and persist into this evening. Severe storms are possible with large hail and damaging winds. Isolated tornadoes and heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding are also possible. The best chances for severe storms and flooding are near and south of highway 24. Please see the Flash Flood Watch product for more information. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today and early tonight. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-061045- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 534 AM EST Sun Nov 5 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a chance for thunderstorms today into this evening. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. Conditions hazardous to small craft are expected tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Conditions hazardous to small craft will persist Monday. && 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, Nov 5, 9:45 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
945 AM EST SUN NOV 5 2017
INZ005-014-016-051515-
Kosciusko-Marshall-Elkhart-
945 AM EST SUN NOV 5 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ELKHART...NORTHERN
KOSCIUSKO AND EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
At 944 AM EST, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bourbon, or 9
miles south of Bremen, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Goshen, Nappanee, Syracuse, Bourbon, Milford, New Paris, Benton,
Locke, Etna Green, Leesburg, Oswego, Hoffman Lake, Inwood, Hastings,
Foraker, Lake Wawasee, Old Tip Town, Clunette, Gravelton and Dewart
Lake.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4159 8582 4137 8565 4136 8565 4121 8615
4136 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 241DEG 20KT 4132 8611
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Starke and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Grant and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:57 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 40 hr | |
| Nov 5, 9:54 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 3 hr | |
| Nov 5, 10:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 10:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Steuben | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 11:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 1:06 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 1:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Jay | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 2:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 2:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 21 min |
| Nov 5, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 1:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 33 min |
| Nov 5, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 33 min |
| Nov 5, 4:49 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 5 days |
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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.