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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Northern Indiana

July 2, 2019Fulton County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2019, 8:28 PM EDT for Fulton County, Henry 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2019, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
312 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-031200-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Berrien-Cass MI-
St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-
312 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019 /212 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible tonight. Some of the stronger storms may
bring wind gusts in excess of 50 mph this evening.

Heat indices will be in the 90s through early evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Periodic storms are possible through Sunday that could bring locally
heavy rainfall and strong winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-
031200-
Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-
Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-
Blackford-Jay-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
312 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019 /212 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2019/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and
northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

Thunderstorms are possible this evening and tonight. Some of the
stronger storms may bring wind gusts in excess of 50 mph this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Periodic storms are possible through Sunday that could bring locally
heavy rainfall and strong winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-031200-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
312 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The Nearshore Waters of
Southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This evening and tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible this evening and tonight. Strong gusty
winds in the vicinity of the storms will bring the potential for
hazards to small crafts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There will be periodic chances for thunderstorms Wednesday through
Saturday night. Locally higher winds and waves may occur near
storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart39 min
Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko36 min
Jul 2, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble39 min
Jul 2, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko43 min
Jul 2, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke38 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb47 min
Jul 2, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Noble45 min
Jul 2, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley33 min
Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble, Wells, Whitley42 min
Jul 2, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko51 min
Jul 2, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen47 min
Jul 3, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash41 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben36 min
Jul 3, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart29 min
Jul 3, 7:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph97 min
Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart31 min
Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam44 min
Jul 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance, Paulding48 min
Jul 3, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.