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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Northern Indiana

June 26, 2021LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 2:58 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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 26, 2021, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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
Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2021-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 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 2021-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WUUS53 KIWX 261958
SVRIWX
INC091-149-262045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0042.210626T1958Z-210626T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
258 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Starke County in northwestern Indiana...
  La Porte County in northwestern Indiana...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 258 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kouts, or
  over Malden, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  La Porte, Westville, Kingsford Heights, Wanatah, Hamlet, La Crosse,
  Hanna, Kingsbury, Byron, Thomaston, Pinhook, South Center, Salem
  Heights, Fish Lake, South Wanatah, Brems, Tracy, Rolling Prarie,
  Stillwell and Union Mills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northwestern
Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 8693 4171 8653 4139 8653 4124 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 240DEG 37KT 4135 8703 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MCS
2 follow-up statements
577 
WWUS53 KIWX 262021
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
321 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC091-149-262045-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210626T2045Z/
Starke IN-La Porte IN-
321 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STARKE AND CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTIES...

At 321 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kingsford
Heights, or 10 miles south of La Porte, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
La Porte, Kingsford Heights, Hamlet, Hanna, Kingsbury, Byron,
Thomaston, South Center, Salem Heights, Fish Lake, Brems, Tracy,
Stillwell and Union Mills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northwestern
Indiana.

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4155 8683 4171 8653 4139 8653 4129 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 243DEG 38KT 4146 8674 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MCS
843 
WWUS53 KIWX 262040
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
340 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC091-149-262050-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210626T2045Z/
Starke IN-La Porte IN-
340 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STARKE AND
CENTRAL LA PORTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northwestern
Indiana.

LAT...LON 4155 8683 4171 8653 4139 8653 4129 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 240DEG 37KT 4155 8653 

$$

MCS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXCass28 min
Jun 25, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXDeKalb14 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXCass9 min
Jun 25, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski38 min
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski3 hr
Jun 25, 10:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke3 hr
Jun 25, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko32 min
Jun 26, 12:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke3 hr
Jun 26, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart32 min
Jun 26, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart31 min
Jun 26, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph70 hr
Jun 26, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke5 days
Jun 26, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX114 min
Jun 26, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX34 min
Jun 26, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXSaint Joseph36 min
Jun 26, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph24 min
Jun 26, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX95 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke61 min
Jun 26, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph44 min
Jun 26, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke40 min
Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph14 min
Jun 26, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke, White41 min
Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph52 min
Jun 26, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart31 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.