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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 3:42 PM EDT for Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 18, 2019, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 Aug 18, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Northern Indiana 330 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-191930- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Berrien-Cass MI- 330 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 /230 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. An isolated strong storm is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday through Wednesday. A strong storm capable of gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall can't be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ005>009-012>016-020-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-191930- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall- Fulton IN-Kosciusko-White-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams- Fulton OH- 330 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 /230 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into early this evening. Storms may become strong to severe, capable of producing gusty winds, hail and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday through Wednesday. A strong storm capable of gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall can't be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon. INZ017-018-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-191930- Whitley-Allen IN-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant- Blackford-Jay-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 330 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into early this evening. Storms may become strong to severe, capable of producing gusty winds, hail and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday through Wednesday. A strong storm capable of gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall can't be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested this afternoon into early this evening. LMZ043-046-191930- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 330 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a chance for thunderstorms at times between Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:25 PM EDT, 17 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 |
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| Aug 18, 6:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 7:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 7:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 7:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 8:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 8:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 113 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 9:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 118 min | |
| Aug 18, 10:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble, Steuben | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 5:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 10:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.