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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Leesburg, IN | TREE DOWN ONTO POWER LINE. 600 N AT SR 15. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
942 WUUS53 KIWX 070000 SVRIWX INC039-085-070030- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0069.210807T0000Z-210807T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 800 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Elkhart County in north central Indiana... Northern Kosciusko County in north central Indiana... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Milford, or near Nappanee, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Warsaw, Nappanee, Syracuse, Milford, North Webster, Leesburg, Oswego, Big Barbee Lake, Monoquet, James Lake, Hastings, Irish Lake, Sechrist Lake, Big Chapman Lake, Lake Wawasee, Clunette, Gravelton, Dewart Lake, Oakwood Park and Tippecanoe Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4128 8601 4146 8602 4149 8566 4128 8566 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 269DEG 27KT 4138 8592 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ NWS
1 follow-up statement
474 WWUS53 KIWX 070014 SVSIWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 814 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 INC039-085-070030- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210807T0030Z/ Elkhart IN-Kosciusko IN- 814 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKHART AND NORTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES... At 814 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Syracuse, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Warsaw, Syracuse, Milford, North Webster, Leesburg, Oswego, Big Barbee Lake, Monoquet, James Lake, Irish Lake, Sechrist Lake, Big Chapman Lake, Lake Wawasee, Clunette, Dewart Lake, Oakwood Park and Tippecanoe Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4128 8597 4147 8588 4149 8566 4128 8566 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 269DEG 27KT 4140 8577 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ NWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 29 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.