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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Northern Indiana

August 6, 2021Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, 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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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
Aug 6, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Leesburg, INTREE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble45 min
Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb44 min
Aug 6, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte36 min
Aug 7, 12:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph3 hr
Aug 7, 12:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall33 min
Aug 7, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko24 min
Aug 7, 2:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble27 min
Aug 7, 3:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington, Wabash32 min
Aug 7, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski31 min
Aug 7, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton35 min
Aug 7, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko32 min
Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen32 min
Aug 7, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen37 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington29 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.