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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 9, 2018Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2018, 2:13 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. 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: Jun 9, 2018, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Jay County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
414 AM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-100815-
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-
414 AM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018 /314 AM CDT Sat Jun 9 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest
Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected today. Gusty winds...locally heavy
rain...and isolated flooding are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain are possible again on Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or
check our web site at weather.gov/iwx

LMZ043-046-100815-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
414 AM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore
Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Thunderstorms are expected again on Sunday.

&&

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, Jun 9, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1259 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

INZ018-024>026-091730-
Wabash-Huntington-Allen-Wells-
1259 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN...EAST
CENTRAL WABASH...CENTRAL HUNTINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WELLS
COUNTIES...

At 1257 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Andrews, or
near Huntington, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne, Huntington, New Haven, Ossian, Andrews, Markle, Aboite,
Middletown, Roanoke, Lancaster, Zanesville, Mount Etna, Nine Mile,
Bowerstown, Yoder, Poe, Hessen Cassel, Majenica, Banquo and Mahon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 284 and 306.

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4082 8572 4101 8537 4100 8534 4103 8533
      4115 8510 4097 8497 4069 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 240DEG 48KT 4079 8557

MF

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
109 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

INZ025-026-032-033-091745-
Huntington-Blackford-Wells-Grant-
109 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GRANT...NORTHERN
BLACKFORD...SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON AND WELLS COUNTIES...

At 108 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Van Buren, or 7
miles northeast of Marion, moving east at 55 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Marion, Bluffton, Gas City, Montpelier, Van Buren, Warren,
Nottingham, Poneto, Mcnatts, Landess, Wellsburg, Liberty Center,
Mount Zion, Buckeye, Keystone, Domestic, Pleasant Plain, Home Corner,
Travisville and Reiffsburg.

This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 262 and
278.

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4065 8568 4065 8564 4069 8564 4080 8509
      4057 8508 4057 8520 4055 8520 4050 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 256DEG 48KT 4061 8556

FRAZIER

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
213 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

INZ026-027-033-034-091845-
Jay-Blackford-Adams-Wells-
213 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BLACKFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN JAY COUNTIES...

At 213 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Montpelier, or
10 miles northeast of Hartford City, moving east at 55 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Portland, Berne, Montpelier, Geneva, Pennville, Westchester, Center,
Nottingham, Bryant, Trinity, Ceylon, Dillman, Petroleum, Keystone,
Linn Grove, Domestic, New Corydon, Fiat, Balbec and Trenton.

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 8528 4060 8533 4073 8480 4048 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 256DEG 48KT 4053 8521

FRAZIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 12:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, White	4 hr
Jun 9, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	20 min
Jun 9, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Whitley	44 min
Jun 9, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	42 min
Jun 9, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Huntington	31 min
Jun 9, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	36 min
Jun 9, 2:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Jay	3 hr
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	25 min
Jun 9, 5:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	38 min
Jun 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam, Van Wert	32 min
Jun 9, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	25 min
Jun 9, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry	39 min
Jun 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	43 min
Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	26 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph	3 hr
Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	3 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.