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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Northern Indiana

August 10, 2021LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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 10, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 3:19 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 532 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 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

067 
WUUS53 KIWX 100650
SVRIWX
INC087-113-100730-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0074.210810T0650Z-210810T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
250 AM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Noble County in northeastern Indiana...
  Lagrange County in northeastern Indiana...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 249 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lagrange to 10 miles northwest of Rome City to
  Topeka, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Kendallville, Lagrange, Rome City, Topeka, Wolcottville,
  Honeyville, Stroh, Indianola, Woodruff, Elmira, Big Long Lake,
  Eddy, Adams Lake, Oliver Lake, Plato and Emma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 8519 4158 8519 4149 8523 4143 8532
      4157 8566 4164 8559 4172 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 301DEG 20KT 4170 8544 4161 8548 4155 8556 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MARSILI
2 follow-up statements
598 
WWUS53 KIWX 100657
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
257 AM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

INC087-113-100730-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210810T0730Z/
Noble IN-Lagrange IN-
257 AM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLE AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES...

At 257 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southeast of Sturgis to near Lagrange to near
Topeka, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Kendallville, Lagrange, Rome City, Topeka, Wolcottville, Honeyville,
Stroh, Indianola, Woodruff, Elmira, Big Long Lake, Eddy, Adams Lake,
Oliver Lake, Plato and Emma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 8519 4158 8519 4149 8523 4143 8532
      4157 8566 4164 8559 4172 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 300DEG 23KT 4166 8533 4158 8541 4152 8550 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MARSILI
839 
WWUS53 KIWX 100719
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
319 AM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

INC087-113-100728-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210810T0730Z/
Noble IN-Lagrange IN-
319 AM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLE AND
LAGRANGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Wind gusts to 40 mph and 
brief heavy rainfall are still possible through 400 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 4162 8519 4158 8519 4149 8523 4143 8532
      4157 8566 4164 8559 4172 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 301DEG 20KT 4160 8520 4152 8528 4146 8537 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX54 min
Aug 9, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX58 min
Aug 10, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart17 min
Aug 10, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange52 min
Aug 10, 2:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph3 hr
Aug 10, 4:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko, Noble29 min
Aug 10, 3:27 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more29 hr
Aug 10, 3:51 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX34 hr

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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.