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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Northern Indiana

August 7, 2021Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 12:08 PM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 7, 2021, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Allen County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

141 
WUUS53 KIWX 071608
SVRIWX
INC003-071645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0072.210807T1608Z-210807T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1208 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Allen County in northeastern Indiana...

* Until 1245 PM EDT.

* At 1208 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Huntertown,
  or 9 miles south of Garrett, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fort Wayne, Huntertown, Grabill, Leo-cedarville and Cuba. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 469 between mile markers 22 and 30.
 Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 316 and 321.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4109 8500 4123 8518 4127 8513 4126 8505
      4127 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 296DEG 15KT 4122 8508 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

FISHER
1 follow-up statement
161 
WWUS53 KIWX 071636
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1236 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

INC003-071645-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210807T1645Z/
Allen IN-
1236 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4109 8500 4123 8518 4127 8513 4126 8505
      4127 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 300DEG 15KT 4115 8498 

$$

FISHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko30 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.