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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

March 27, 2021Fulton County, White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 7:27 PM EDT for Fulton County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
Mar 27, 2021, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Fulton County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2021-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 27, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
344 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

INZ003>009-018-026-027-033-034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-281945-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-
Allen IN-Wells-Adams-Blackford-Jay-Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-
Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-
Van Wert-Allen OH-
344 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021 /244 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a chance for thunderstorms this evening. An isolated strong
storm with small hail and gusty winds is possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ012>017-020-022>025-032-281945-
Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White-Cass IN-
Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Grant-
344 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021 /244 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a chance of thunderstorms this evening, some of which could
reach severe limits with large hail and isolated damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-281945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
344 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM EDT SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

Hazardous conditions for small craft are expected Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
727 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

INZ013>015-020-022-280000-
Cass-White-Marshall-Fulton-Pulaski-
727 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WHITE...EASTERN
PULASKI...FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL
COUNTIES...

At 726 PM EDT, radar indicated a broken line of strong thunderstorms
extending from Winamac to near Templeton. Movement was east at 30
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Monticello, Winamac, Monon, Brookston, Royal Center,
Pulaski, Walnut, Tippecanoe, Kewanna, Reynolds, Chalmers,
Burnettsville, Leiters Ford, Smithson, Indiana Beach, Delong, Old Tip
Town, Idaville and Sitka.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 185 and 195.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4111 8660 4124 8606 4119 8605 4073 8656
      4074 8675 4073 8676 4072 8675 4070 8676
      4069 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674 4066 8678
      4056 8677 4057 8710 4066 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 259DEG 26KT 4107 8660 4055 8717

HAIL...0.50IN
WIND...40MPH

FISHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 3:45 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX46 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.