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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

June 21, 20216 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 2:13 AM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 21, 2021, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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
Jun 21, 2:27 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGNew Paris, INSEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY. RECEIVED IN THE LAST HOUR.
Jun 21, 2:40 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 392 Nnw Howe, INMESONET STATION IN023 1.9 NW HOWE (INDOT).
Jun 21, 2:50 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 392 N North Webster, IN
Jun 21, 2:55 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 471 Ene Rochester, INAWOS STATION KRCR ROCHESTER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1632 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
1632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
13.7

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WWUS83 KIWX 210613
SPSIWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
213 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

INZ004>008-013>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>080-210700-
Miami-St.
Joseph-Steuben-Marshall-Wabash-Lagrange-Whitley-Noble-Kosciusko-Cass-
White-Fulton-Elkhart-Pulaski-Branch-St. Joseph-Cass-
213 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ELKHART...NORTHWESTERN
WABASH...WESTERN NOBLE...NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY...KOSCIUSKO...NORTHERN
CASS...LAGRANGE...NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...NORTHEASTERN WHITE...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...FULTON...
NORTHWESTERN MIAMI...EASTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN CASS...SOUTHERN
ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH COUNTIES...

At 213 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Bristol to near Bourbon to 10 miles
west of Rochester to 8 miles northwest of Royal Center. Movement was
east at 55 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Elkhart, Goshen, Warsaw, Sturgis, Plymouth, Nappanee, Rochester,
North Manchester, Winona Lake, Bremen, Ligonier, Syracuse, Lagrange,
Dunlap, Middlebury, Albion, Constantine, Bourbon, Wakarusa and Argos.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 69 in Michigan between mile markers 4 and 7.
 Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 96 and 140.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 8649 4135 8627 4183 8580 4186 8494
      4132 8547 4102 8569 4081 8611 4088 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 272DEG 48KT 4177 8576 4135 8618 4105 8640 4092
8665

$$

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH

FISHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange25 min
Jun 20, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben22 min
Jun 21, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange28 min
Jun 21, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX117 min
Jun 21, 12:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph43 min
Jun 21, 1:21 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte24 min
Jun 21, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph and 1 more45 min
Jun 21, 1:31 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke29 min
Jun 21, 2:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble21 min
Jun 21, 2:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Kosciusko, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Whitley26 min
Jun 21, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, DeKalb, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells and 1 more35 min
Jun 21, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Huntington, Wells34 min
Jun 21, 4:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay38 min
Jun 20, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton32 min
Jun 20, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams47 min
Jun 20, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Henry34 min
Jun 20, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam43 min
Jun 21, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams38 min
Jun 20, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph37 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale33 min
Jun 20, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale52 min
Jun 20, 9:57 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXBranch, Hillsdale33 min
Jun 20, 10:15 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale45 min
Jun 20, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien33 min
Jun 20, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass23 min
Jun 20, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass28 min
Jun 21, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien38 min
Jun 21, 1:26 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien, Cass, Saint Joseph34 min
Jun 21, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Cass, Saint Joseph34 min
Jun 21, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch, Hillsdale55 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.