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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2019, 2:21 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 54 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
- May 26, 2019, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2019, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 26, 12:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:42 PM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 342 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-261945- 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- 342 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019 /242 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Sunday. Chances for showers and storms increase overnight as we head into Sunday mainly south of US-30 with heavy rain and gusty winds remaining the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday night through Friday. Thunderstorms may return by Monday night into Wednesday, with chances for heavy rain and isolated strong to severe storms becoming possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LMZ043-046-261945- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 342 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible through tonight which may bring gusty winds and locally higher waves. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday night through Friday. Periodic chances of thunderstorms can be expected through Sunday and may bring gusty winds along with hazards to small craft. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:21 AM EDT, 0 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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| May 26, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 52 min |
| May 26, 3:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 39 min |
| May 26, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Miami | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 26 min |
| May 26, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash | 24 min |
| May 26, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Wells | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 49 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.