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Areal Flood Advisory 48, NWS Northern Indiana

October 8, 2021Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 8, 2021, 6:40 AM EDT for Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2021, 6:40 AM EDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2021, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Noble County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 advisory went out at Oct 8, 3:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 3:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 4:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
451 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-090900-
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-
451 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021 /351 AM CDT Fri Oct 8 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible, but severe weather is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-090900-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
451 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 7:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXDeKalb, Steuben2 hr
Oct 8, 9:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXNoble21 days
Oct 8, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke43 min
Oct 8, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph46 min
Oct 8, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams37 min
Oct 8, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall46 min
Oct 8, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay47 min
Oct 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange45 min
Oct 8, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXWabash86 min
Oct 8, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPaulding46 min
Oct 8, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Henry51 min

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.