Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 3:38 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
643 WUUS53 KIWX 262038 SVRIWX INC091-141-MIC021-262115- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0043.210626T2038Z-210626T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 438 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern St. Joseph County in north central Indiana... Northeastern La Porte County in northwestern Indiana... Southeastern Berrien County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 515 PM EDT/415 PM CDT/. * At 437 PM EDT/337 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Carlisle, or 11 miles east of La Porte, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... South Bend, Niles, Buchanan, Georgetown, Gulivoire Park, New Carlisle, Roseland, Bertrand, Indian Village, Lydick, Chain-o-lakes and Crumstown. This includes Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 62 and 78. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/ for north central and northwestern Indiana...and southwestern Michigan. 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 4153 8653 4174 8653 4188 8623 4161 8622 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 237DEG 42KT 4163 8650 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MCS
2 follow-up statements
966
WWUS53 KIWX 262050 RRA
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
450 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
INC091-262059-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210626T2115Z/
La Porte IN-
450 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for north central
Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4155 8644 4175 8646 4184 8623 4161 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 238DEG 33KT 4168 8639
$$
INC141-MIC021-262115-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210626T2115Z/
St. Joseph IN-Berrien MI-
450 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES...
At 449 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near South Bend,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
South Bend, Niles, Georgetown, Gulivoire Park, New Carlisle,
Roseland, Bertrand, Indian Village, Lydick, Chain-o-lakes and
Crumstown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for north central
Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.
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 8644 4175 8646 4184 8623 4161 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 238DEG 33KT 4168 8639
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCS992
WWUS53 KIWX 262102
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
502 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
INC141-MIC021-262111-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210626T2115Z/
St. Joseph IN-Berrien MI-
502 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND
SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for north central
Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4155 8644 4175 8646 4184 8623 4161 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 237DEG 42KT 4176 8623
$$
MCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 14 min |
| Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 9 min |
| Jun 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 70 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 5 days |
| Jun 26, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 114 min | |
| Jun 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 34 min | |
| Jun 26, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 95 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 14 min |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke, White | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 17 min |
| Jun 26, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 23 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.