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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 3:01 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jay County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Portland, IN | MULTIPLE TREES BEING REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA OF 200 W AND SR 67 NEAR JAY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND AND NORTH OF PORTLAND 100 N US 27 AT OAKWOOD TRAILER PARK NO TREE SIZES GIVEN. |
| Aug 11, 3:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 5 Sw Portland, IN | ESTIMATED 40-45 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Aug 11, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 1 Nnw Portland, IN | MESONET STATION KPLD PORTLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
| Aug 11, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, IN | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR 200 W AND SR 67 NEAR JAY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR 100 N AND US 27 NEAR OAKWOOD TRAILER PARK. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
178 WUUS53 KIWX 111901 SVRIWX INC075-111930- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0095.210811T1901Z-210811T1930Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 301 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Jay County in east central Indiana... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Portland, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Portland, Redkey, Westchester, Salamonia, Trinity, Brice, Como, Bellfountain, College Corner, Boundary City, Liber, Blaine, Collett, New Corydon, Bluff Point, Powers and New Mount Pleasant. 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 this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4057 8487 4057 8480 4031 8481 4031 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 291DEG 34KT 4035 8501 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CM
1 follow-up statement
573 WWUS53 KIWX 111913 SVSIWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 313 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021 INC075-111930- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210811T1930Z/ Jay IN- 313 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY... At 311 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of Union City, or 9 miles southeast of Portland, moving east at 40 mph. This storm produced a 67 mph wind gust at the Portland Airport. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Portland, Redkey, Westchester, Salamonia, Trinity, Brice, Como, Bellfountain, College Corner, Boundary City, Liber, Blaine, Collett, New Corydon, Bluff Point, Powers and New Mount Pleasant. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4057 8487 4057 8480 4031 8481 4031 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 291DEG 34KT 4031 8489 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CM
The 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, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 36 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 |
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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.