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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2018, 5:31 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 4, 2018, 5:31 AM EDT (09:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2018, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Noble County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 4, 4:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 509 AM EDT Wed Apr 4 2018 INZ007-009-018-025>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-050915- Steuben-De Kalb-Allen IN-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay- Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert- Allen OH- 509 AM EDT Wed Apr 4 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern Indiana... northwest Ohio and southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A wind advisory is in effect this morning. For the latest information, please see the latest Non Precipitation Weather Message from this office. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Light snow is possible Thursday night into Friday with minor accumulations possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>080-050915- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Noble-Starke-Pulaski- Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash- Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch- 509 AM EDT Wed Apr 4 2018 /409 AM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Snow showers can be expected this morning, especially closer to Lake Michigan. Some light accumulations on mainly grassy or elevated surfaces is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Light snow is possible Thursday night into Friday with minor accumulations possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-080-050915- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to mid- line of lake.- 509 AM EDT Wed Apr 4 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan and Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A gale warning is in effect through this morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. && 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, Apr 4, 2:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 11:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Wells | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 11:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:41 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Jay and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 5 days |
| Apr 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 13 hr | |
| Apr 3, 11:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 69 hr |
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.