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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Northern Indiana

July 20, 2019Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2019, 2:56 AM EDT for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 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 20, 2019, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2019, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 2:07 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:07 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 9:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 4:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	35 min
Jul 20, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Jul 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Jul 20, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange	40 min
Jul 20, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	61 min
Jul 20, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		85 min
Jul 20, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	51 min
Jul 20, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	29 min
Jul 20, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	57 min
Jul 20, 3:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien, Cass	34 min
Jul 20, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	24 min
Jul 20, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph	46 min
Jul 20, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	49 min
Jul 20, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	36 min
Jul 20, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	30 min
Jul 20, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Buren	47 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.