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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Northern Indiana

August 11, 20215 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 12:47 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 8 reports 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, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 1:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Tippecanoe, INSEVERAL 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN AND CORN FLATTENED.
Aug 11, 1:12 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Monoquet, INSOME BRANCHES DOWN.
Aug 11, 1:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLeesburg, INLARGE TREE DOWN IN ROAD.
Aug 11, 1:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 412 Nne Warsaw, INAWOS STATION KASW WARSAW AIRPORT.
Aug 11, 1:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Big Barbee Lake, INSMALL TREE DOWNED ACROSS SR-13 (ABOUT 1 FT DIAMETER). TREE APPEARED HEALTHY.
Aug 11, 1:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLeesburg, INLARGE TREE TOPPLED IN THIS AREA.
Aug 11, 1:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarsaw, INLIMBS ALSO KNOCKED DOWN IN TOWN.
Aug 11, 1:34 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 532 Nw Benton, INASOS STATION KGSH GOSHEN.

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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WUUS53 KIWX 111647
SVRIWX
INC039-049-085-099-141-111730-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0085.210811T1647Z-210811T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1247 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Elkhart County in north central Indiana...
  Southeastern St. Joseph County in north central Indiana...
  North central Fulton County in north central Indiana...
  Kosciusko County in north central Indiana...
  Marshall County in north central Indiana...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 1247 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles west of Bremen to near Plymouth to Argos,
  moving east at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Goshen, Warsaw, Plymouth, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Bremen, Syracuse,
  Bourbon, Argos, Milford, North Webster, Pierceton, Mentone, New
  Paris, Benton, Locke, Walnut, Tippecanoe, Etna Green and La Paz.

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 4154 8575 4139 8565 4131 8565 4118 8571
      4115 8638 4149 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 266DEG 36KT 4143 8627 4133 8624 4123 8627 

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

$$

CM
1 follow-up statement
698 
WWUS53 KIWX 111717
SVSIWX

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

INC049-111727-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210811T1730Z/
Fulton IN-
117 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
north central and northeastern Indiana.

LAT...LON 4154 8575 4139 8565 4131 8565 4118 8571
      4117 8609 4151 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 266DEG 45KT 4144 8577 4134 8574 4124 8577 

$$

INC039-085-099-141-111730-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210811T1730Z/
Elkhart IN-St. Joseph IN-Kosciusko IN-Marshall IN-
117 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ELKHART...SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH...KOSCIUSKO AND
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

At 117 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Syracuse to near North Webster to near Winona Lake,
moving east at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Goshen, Warsaw, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Syracuse, Milford, North
Webster, Pierceton, Mentone, New Paris, Benton, Locke, Etna Green,
Leesburg, Big Barbee Lake, Monoquet, Hoffman Lake, Atwood, Irish Lake
and Foraker.

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 4154 8575 4139 8565 4131 8565 4118 8571
      4117 8609 4151 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 266DEG 45KT 4144 8577 4134 8574 4124 8577 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall29 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, 12:54 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.