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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2021, 10:18 PM CST for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
720
WUUS53 KIWX 110418
SVRIWX
INC091-149-110445-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0119.211211T0418Z-211211T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1018 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Starke County in northwestern Indiana...
La Porte County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 1045 PM CST.
* At 1017 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Burns Harbor to Dunns Bridge, moving northeast
at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Michigan City, La Porte, Westville, Trail Creek, New Carlisle,
Kingsford Heights, Long Beach, Wanatah, Hamlet, La Crosse,
Pottawattamie Park, Hanna, Michiana Shores, Kingsbury, Lomax,
Waterford, Pinhook, English Lake, Salem Heights and Fish Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 38 and 61.
Interstate 94 in Indiana between mile markers 33 and 45.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4171 8693 4173 8691 4175 8693 4176 8691
4176 8652 4142 8652 4117 8691 4117 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 219DEG 65KT 4165 8713 4122 8700
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHER1 follow-up statement
568
WWUS53 KIWX 110433
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1033 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
INC091-149-110445-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-211211T0445Z/
Starke IN-La Porte IN-
1033 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN STARKE AND LA PORTE COUNTIES...
At 1032 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Town Of Pines to near La Crosse, moving northeast
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Michigan City, La Porte, Westville, Trail Creek, New Carlisle,
Kingsford Heights, Long Beach, Wanatah, La Crosse, Pottawattamie
Park, Hanna, Michiana Shores, Kingsbury, Lomax, Waterford, Pinhook,
English Lake, Salem Heights, Fish Lake and Otis.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 38 and 61.
Interstate 94 in Indiana between mile markers 34 and 45.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4168 8692 4173 8691 4175 8692 4175 8693
4176 8691 4176 8652 4152 8652 4151 8653
4143 8652 4119 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 240DEG 36KT 4173 8697 4133 8682
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 10:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 37 min | |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White | 26 min |
| Dec 10, 11:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall | 23 min |
| Dec 10, 11:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Grant, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more | 56 min |
| Dec 10, 11:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 12:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 49 min |
| Dec 11, 12:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 30 min |
| Dec 11, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 1:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 32 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.