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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 1:39 PM EDT for LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Colon, MI | DELAYED REPORT. NUMEROUS 1-2 FT DIAMETER OR SMALLER LIMBS DOWNED AROUND COLON TOWNSHIP AND THE VILLAGE. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED, AROUND 1-3 FT IN DIAMETER. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE, MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PART OF A METAL ROOF WAS TORN OFF A STORAGE |
| Aug 11, 1:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coldwater, MI | LARGE TREE DOWNED ON A HOME. |
| Aug 11, 1:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Orland, IN | TREE DOWN ON ORLAND ROAD SOUTHEAST OF ORLAND, INDIANA. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
482 WUUS53 KIWX 111739 SVRIWX INC087-151-MIC023-059-149-111815- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0088.210811T1739Z-210811T1815Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 139 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Steuben County in northeastern Indiana... Northeastern Lagrange County in northeastern Indiana... Eastern St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan... Branch County in southwestern Michigan... Northwestern Hillsdale County in southeastern Michigan... * Until 215 PM EDT. * At 139 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Vicksburg to near Bronson to 7 miles northeast of Lagrange, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sturgis, Coldwater, Bronson, Fremont, Quincy, Union City, Litchfield, Colon, Reading, Long Lake, Ray, Nottawa, Girard, Kinderhook, Fawn River, Batavia, Leonidas, California, Mendon and Burr Oak. This includes the following highways... Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 356 and 357. Interstate 69 in Michigan between mile markers 1 and 21. Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 123 and 145. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4177 8476 4166 8533 4207 8558 4207 8472 TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 241DEG 42KT 4207 8550 4191 8525 4169 8529 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CM
1 follow-up statement
423
WWUS53 KIWX 111759
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
159 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
INC087-MIC149-111809-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210811T1815Z/
Lagrange IN-St. Joseph MI-
159 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAGRANGE AND
EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
northeastern Indiana...and southeastern and southwestern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4177 8476 4171 8510 4186 8519 4200 8529
4207 8529 4207 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 241DEG 42KT 4218 8524 4202 8499 4180 8503
$$
INC151-MIC023-059-111815-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210811T1815Z/
Steuben IN-Branch MI-Hillsdale MI-
159 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN...BRANCH AND NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE
COUNTIES...
At 159 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Climax to near Coldwater to 6
miles northwest of Fremont, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Coldwater, Bronson, Fremont, Quincy, Union City, Litchfield, Reading,
Long Lake, Ray, Girard, Kinderhook, Batavia, California, Montgomery,
Sherwood, Allen, East Gilead, Nevada Mills, South Butler and Marble
Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 356 and 357.
Interstate 69 in Michigan between mile markers 1 and 21.
Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 137 and 145.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Northern Indiana.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4177 8476 4171 8510 4186 8519 4200 8529
4207 8529 4207 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 241DEG 42KT 4218 8524 4202 8499 4180 8503
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 86 min | |
| Aug 10, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Saint Joseph | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, White | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 54 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski and 2 more | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 56 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami and 3 more | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 46 min | |
| Aug 11, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 46 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.