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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Northern Indiana

June 26, 2021LaPorte County, Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKnox, INNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 493 Ssw La Porte, INAWOS STATION KPPO LA PORTE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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°0°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

016 
WUUS53 KIWX 262244
SVRIWX
INC091-131-149-262345-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0044.210626T2244Z-210626T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM EDT/645 PM CDT/.

* At 643 PM EDT/543 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from South Haven to near Hebron to near Fair Oaks
  to near Percy Junction, moving east at 55 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, Knox, Winamac, Trail Creek,
  North Judson, Kingsford Heights, Wanatah, Francesville, Hamlet,
  Medaryville, La Crosse, Pulaski, Ripley, Hanna, Kingsbury,
  Monterey, Lomax and Beardstown.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 38 and 61.
 Interstate 94 in Indiana between mile markers 33 and 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 8693 4175 8653 4143 8652 4118 8647
      4097 8647 4091 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 264DEG 52KT 4154 8715 4132 8729 4109 8721 4083
8734

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

MCS
2 follow-up statements
827 
WWUS53 KIWX 262308
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
708 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC091-131-149-262345-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210626T2345Z/
Pulaski IN-Starke IN-La Porte IN-
708 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM
EDT/645 PM CDT/ FOR PULASKI...STARKE AND LA PORTE COUNTIES...

At 708 PM EDT/608 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from Beverly Shores to near Westville to near La
Crosse to 6 miles south of North Judson to Hanging Grove, moving east
at 60 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Michigan City, La Porte, Westville, Knox, Winamac, Trail Creek, North
Judson, Kingsford Heights, Wanatah, Francesville, Hamlet,
Medaryville, La Crosse, Pulaski, Ripley, Hanna, Kingsbury, Monterey,
Lomax and Beardstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 8693 4175 8653 4143 8652 4118 8647
      4097 8647 4091 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 263DEG 52KT 4169 8699 4151 8694 4135 8685 4112
8677 4093 8696

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MCS
499 
WWUS53 KIWX 262332
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
732 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC091-131-149-262345-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210626T2345Z/
Pulaski IN-Starke IN-La Porte IN-
732 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM
EDT/645 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHERN PULASKI...STARKE AND NORTHEASTERN LA
PORTE COUNTIES...

At 732 PM EDT/632 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from near New Carlisle to near Kingsford Heights to
near Koontz Lake to Culver to 6 miles east of Medaryville, moving
east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
La Porte, Knox, North Judson, Kingsford Heights, Francesville,
Hamlet, Ripley, Kingsbury, Monterey, Beardstown, Ober, Salem Heights,
Fish Lake, Denham, Stillwell, Winona, Byron, Hudson Lake, South
Center and Vanmeter Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4112 8647 4095 8692 4097 8692 4116 8684
      4135 8666 4152 8674 4173 8674 4175 8653
      4143 8652 4118 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 262DEG 51KT 4171 8662 4152 8662 4139 8642 4121
8645 4106 8676

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke47 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.