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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at Jan 11, 2020, 5:12 AM CST for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2020, 5:12 AM CST (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 11, 3:43 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:43 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:58 AM CST, 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 558 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-121100- Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley- Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant- Blackford-Jay-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam- Van Wert-Allen OH- 558 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 /458 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MIZ077-078-121100- Berrien-Cass MI- 558 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. Heavy rain will change to a period of freezing rain mixed at times with snow and possibly sleet late this afternoon. There is also a chance of sleet. The precipitation will change to all snow late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts greater than 2 inches and any flooding. INZ003>007-MIZ079>081-121100- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-St. Joseph MI-Branch- Hillsdale- 558 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 /458 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts greater than 2 inches and any flooding. LMZ043-046-121100- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 558 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Gale Warning.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 11, 4:31 AM CST, 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 531 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-111600- 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- Including the cities of Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend, Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, Lagrange, Topeka, Shipshewana, Angola, Fremont, Kendallville, Ligonier, Albion, Auburn, Garrett, Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Winamac, Francesville, Medaryville, Plymouth, Bremen, Culver, Rochester, Akron, Warsaw, Winona Lake, Syracuse, Mentone, Columbia City, Tri-Lakes, South Whitley, Fort Wayne, New Haven, Monticello, Monon, Brookston, Logansport, Royal Center, Peru, Grissom AFB, Mexico, Wabash, North Manchester, Huntington, Roanoke, Bluffton, Ossian, Decatur, Berne, Marion, Gas City, Upland, Hartford City, Montpelier, Portland, Dunkirk, Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, Bryan, Edgerton, Wauseon, Archbold, Swanton, Delta, Defiance, Sherwood, Hicksville, Napoleon, Deshler, Liberty Center, Paulding, Antwerp, Payne, Ottawa, Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Continental, Pandora, Van Wert, Ohio City, Lima, and Spencerville 531 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 /431 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020/ ...Occasional strong wind gusts today and tonight... As a strong storm system moves through the region, there will be periods of strong winds, along with higher gusts. Peak wind gusts of around 35 to 40 mph are expected at times today and tonight. An area with potentially higher gusts is expected along and southeast of a Marion Indiana to Wauseon Ohio line tonight. Wind gusts to 45 mph are expected. The high wind will create difficult driving conditions, especially for high profile vehicles. Use caution when traveling.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben | 23 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 5 days |
| Jan 11, 9:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:44 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Huntington and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Jay | 9 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:45 PM CST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | IWX | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.