Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Harbert, MI | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND BERRIEN COUNTY, WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF FOCUS, INCLUDING CHIKAMING TWP. |
| Jun 26, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Eau Claire, MI | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND BERRIEN COUNTY, WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF FOCUS, INCLUDING BERRIEN TOWNSHIP. |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Niles, MI | A COUPLE OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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.
| 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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.
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WUUS53 KIWX 262316
SVRIWX
INC091-141-MIC021-270000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0045.210626T2316Z-210627T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
716 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...
Northwestern La Porte County in northwestern Indiana...
Berrien County in southwestern Michigan...
* Until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/.
* At 715 PM EDT/615 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from near Three Oaks to Trail Creek, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Shorewood-Tower Hill around 720 PM EDT.
Bridgman and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert around 725 PM EDT.
Three Oaks around 735 PM EDT.
Berrien Springs around 740 PM EDT.
Buchanan around 750 PM EDT.
Niles around 800 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Union
Pier, Grand Beach, Glendora, Sodus, New Troy, Michiana Shores,
Harbert, Bertrand, Pottawattomie Park and Sawyer.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 61 and 68.
Interstate 94 in Indiana between mile markers 42 and 45.
Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 0 and 21.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 8622 4171 8691 4182 8679 4192 8666
4198 8662 4214 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 242DEG 39KT 4183 8666 4171 8685
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JBALL1 follow-up statement
236
WWUS53 KIWX 262342
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
742 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
INC091-262351-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210627T0000Z/
La Porte IN-
742 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LA PORTE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for north central
and northwestern Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4176 8622 4174 8652 4176 8653 4176 8659
4193 8648 4206 8644 4214 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 242DEG 39KT 4196 8634 4184 8653
$$
INC141-MIC021-270000-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210627T0000Z/
St. Joseph IN-Berrien MI-
742 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES...
At 741 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Berrien Springs to near Three Oaks, moving northeast
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Berrien Springs around 800 PM EDT.
Niles around 805 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Spinks
Corners, Galien, Glendora, Sodus, Eau Claire, Bertrand and Dayton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for north central
and northwestern Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 8622 4174 8652 4176 8653 4176 8659
4193 8648 4206 8644 4214 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 242DEG 39KT 4196 8634 4184 8653
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JBALLThe 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, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 24 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, 6:20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.