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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Northern Indiana

August 11, 2021Kosciusko County, Marshall County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 12:16 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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 11, 2021, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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 11, 12:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Inwood, INDELAYED REPORT. SEVERAL HEALTHY 1-2 FT DIAMETER TREES DOWNED, NUMEROUS SMALLER LIMBS BROKEN OFF. ONE ROTTED TREE WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. NEAR COUNTY ROADS 12B AND 12TH.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 11, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1930 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
1930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WUUS53 KIWX 111616
SVRIWX
INC085-099-111645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0084.210811T1616Z-210811T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1216 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Kosciusko County in north central Indiana...
  Southeastern Marshall County in north central Indiana...

* Until 1245 PM EDT.

* At 1216 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bourbon, or
  7 miles southeast of Plymouth, moving east at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Warsaw, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Bourbon, Etna Green, Leesburg,
  Monoquet, Hoffman Lake, Inwood, Atwood, Hastings, Old Tip Town,
  Clunette and Gravelton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4144 8597 4144 8588 4121 8581 4121 8623
      4139 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 269DEG 22KT 4130 8617 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CM
1 follow-up statement
687 
WWUS53 KIWX 111630
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1230 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

INC085-099-111645-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210811T1645Z/
Kosciusko IN-Marshall IN-
1230 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO AND EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTIES...

At 1229 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bourbon, or 10
miles south of Nappanee, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Warsaw, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Etna Green, Leesburg, Monoquet,
Hoffman Lake, Atwood, Clunette, Gravelton and Hastings.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4144 8597 4144 8588 4121 8581 4124 8607
      4142 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 270DEG 22KT 4130 8606 

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

$$

CM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX86 min
Aug 10, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte41 min
Aug 10, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph49 min
Aug 10, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke57 min
Aug 10, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Saint Joseph48 min
Aug 10, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke43 min
Aug 10, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben29 min
Aug 10, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski34 min
Aug 11, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley40 min
Aug 11, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington31 min
Aug 11, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen22 min
Aug 11, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Allen, Wells49 min
Aug 11, 3:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, White33 min
Aug 11, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Fulton, Miami44 min
Aug 11, 4:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko46 min
Aug 11, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte39 min
Aug 11, 5:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble41 min
Aug 11, 5:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte38 min
Aug 11, 5:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley51 min
Aug 11, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke38 min
Aug 11, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX54 min
Aug 11, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke30 min
Aug 11, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski and 2 more46 min
Aug 11, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX56 min
Aug 11, 12:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXKosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke3 hr
Aug 11, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph43 min
Aug 11, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash36 min
Aug 11, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, LaGrange50 min
Aug 11, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami and 3 more43 min
Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX46 min
Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Steuben36 min
Aug 11, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Wells27 min
Aug 11, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben43 min
Aug 11, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells55 min
Aug 11, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Wells46 min
Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay29 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.