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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Northern Indiana

September 14, 2021Cass County, Fulton County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT for Cass County, Fulton County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 14, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Miami County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 14, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

As transmitted.

749 
WUUS53 KIWX 142231
SVRIWX
INC017-049-103-142300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0110.210914T2231Z-210914T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
631 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Fulton County in north central Indiana...
  Northeastern Cass County in north central Indiana...
  Northwestern Miami County in north central Indiana...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 631 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
  of Rochester, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rochester, Akron, Fulton, Macy, Nyena Lake, Leases Corner,
  Deedsville, Athens, Twelve Mile, Metea, Grass Creek, Fletcher, Lake
  Manitou, Gilead, Lucerne and Marshtown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 8608 4109 8608 4108 8607 4109 8602
      4104 8602 4104 8595 4092 8594 4081 8636
      4095 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 245DEG 35KT 4093 8629 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

NWS
2 follow-up statements
125 
WWUS53 KIWX 142243
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
643 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

INC017-049-103-142300-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210914T2300Z/
Fulton IN-Cass IN-Miami IN-
643 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FULTON...NORTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN MIAMI
COUNTIES...

At 643 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fulton,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Akron, Fulton, Macy, Nyena Lake, Leases Corner,
Deedsville, Athens, Twelve Mile, Metea, Fletcher, Gilead, Lucerne and
Marshtown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 8608 4109 8608 4108 8607 4109 8602
      4104 8602 4104 8595 4092 8594 4081 8636
      4090 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 245DEG 35KT 4098 8615 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

NWS
857 
WWUS53 KIWX 142256
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
656 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

INC017-049-103-142306-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210914T2300Z/
Fulton IN-Cass IN-Miami IN-
656 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FULTON...
NORTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700
PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds are still possible with
this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
north central Indiana.

LAT...LON 4110 8608 4109 8608 4108 8607 4109 8602
      4104 8602 4104 8595 4092 8594 4081 8636
      4090 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 245DEG 35KT 4103 8601 

$$

NWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 5:06 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWX30 hr
Sep 14, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben23 min
Sep 14, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski, White47 min
Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall36 min
Sep 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton42 min
Sep 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, LaGrange49 min
Sep 14, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Huntington, Miami, Wabash66 min
Sep 14, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange, Steuben42 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.