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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Northern Indiana

October 12, 2021Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT for Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 12, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

321 
WUUS53 KIWX 120400
SVRIWX
MIC149-120430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0117.211012T0400Z-211012T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1200 AM EDT Tue Oct 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 1230 AM EDT.

* At 1159 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Centreville,
  or near Three Rivers, moving north at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Sturgis, Centreville, Colon, Nottawa, Leonidas, Mendon, Wasepi and
  Fairfax.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4204 8529 4182 8543 4185 8559 4207 8553
      4207 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 200DEG 39KT 4189 8552 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RTC
1 follow-up statement
862 
WWUS53 KIWX 120417
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1217 AM EDT Tue Oct 12 2021

MIC149-120430-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-211012T0430Z/
St. Joseph MI-
1217 AM EDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...

At 1217 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
of Vicksburg, or 11 miles northeast of Three Rivers, moving north at
45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Leonidas and Mendon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4196 8539 4198 8555 4207 8553 4207 8530
      4206 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 199DEG 37KT 4204 8544 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RTC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph37 min
Oct 12, 12:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch46 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.