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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 9, 20205 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2020, 4:04 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 9, 2020, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2020-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2020-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:31 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
331 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-101200-
Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen 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-
331 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The primary hazard
is damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Severe thunderstorms are possible again on Wednesday, especially
south central Lower Michigan, extreme northeast Indianan and
northwest Ohio.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

LMZ043-046-101200-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
331 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EDT
THURSDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.
   Small Craft Advisory.

Thunderstorms are possible tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

INZ003-004-012>015-020-022-101200-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-White-
Cass IN-
331 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020 /231 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

Severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The primary hazard
is damaging wind gusts. However, there is a non-zero risk for an
isolated tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday,
but widespread hazardous weather is not expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
404 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

INZ015>018-022>026-032-033-092045-
Miami-Wabash-Whitley-Huntington-Kosciusko-Blackford-Wells-Allen-Cass-
Fulton-Grant-
404 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN...
WABASH...NORTHERN GRANT...SOUTHERN WHITLEY...WESTERN BLACKFORD...
HUNTINGTON...CENTRAL FULTON...SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO...WESTERN WELLS...
NORTHEASTERN CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES...

At 404 PM EDT, radar indicated a line of showers and thunderstorms
located along a line extending from near Bunker Hill to near
Sweetser to near Hartford City. Movement was north at 50 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers and storms.

These storms will be near...
  Grissom Afb, Bunker Hill and La Fontaine around 410 PM EDT.
  Peru around 420 PM EDT.
  Wabash, Andrews and Mexico around 425 PM EDT.
  Markle around 435 PM EDT.
  Huntington, North Manchester and Akron around 440 PM EDT.
  South Whitley around 445 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Mcnatts, Bennetts
Switch, Landess, Nyena Lake, Erie, Liberty Mills, Aboite, Deedsville,
Liberty Center and Macy.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 469 near mile marker 3, and between mile markers 7 and 8.
 Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 258 and 302.

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8573 4052 8586 4057 8587 4056 8616
      4116 8625 4117 8572 4103 8523 4039 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 180DEG 43KT 4060 8606 4060 8574 4050 8541

HAIL...0.25
WIND...50MPH

JBALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:40 AM EDTWind AdvisoryIWXCass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White19 hr
Jun 9, 3:48 AM EDTGale WarningIWX22 hr
Jun 9, 3:48 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX55 hr
Jun 9, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko, Marshall, Noble, Whitley48 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben45 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph33 min
Jun 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley46 min
Jun 9, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Whitley42 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph39 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart47 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Noble, Steuben14 min
Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWilliams53 min
Jun 9, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph14 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.