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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Northern Indiana

September 12, 2019Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2019, 7:57 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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: Sep 12, 2019, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 12, 2019, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jay County, IN

The radar

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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 Sep 12, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 3:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
337 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-131945-
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-
337 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019 /237 PM CDT Thu Sep 12 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight will bring the
chance for gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorms are possible Friday. Gusty winds and locally heavy
rainfall in the vicinity of storms are likely.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-131945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
337 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible into tonight with locally hazardous
conditions to small craft in the vicinity of these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorms are possible Friday. Conditions hazardous to small
craft are likely in the vicinity of storms.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 12, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 5:57 PM EDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 6:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 7:05 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 7:48 PM EDT, 9 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
Sep 12, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		59 min
Sep 12, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	45 min
Sep 12, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	23 min
Sep 12, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	42 min
Sep 12, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash, Whitley	53 min
Sep 12, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash	36 min
Sep 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	43 min
Sep 12, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph	45 min
Sep 12, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wells	33 min
Sep 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	37 min
Sep 12, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Starke	46 min
Sep 12, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Kosciusko	118 min
Sep 12, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	42 min
Sep 12, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	33 min
Sep 12, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Noble	45 min
Sep 12, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	43 min
Sep 12, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	33 min
Sep 12, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	25 min
Sep 12, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant	34 min
Sep 12, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	24 min
Sep 12, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford	40 min
Sep 12, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Wabash, Wells	113 min
Sep 12, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	42 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.