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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 5:34 PM CDT for Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KIWX 062234
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
534 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
INZ003-012-062315-
La Porte IN-Starke IN-
534 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Starke and
southwestern La Porte Counties through 615 PM CDT...
At 533 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
La Crosse, or near Dunns Bridge, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
North Judson around 650 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Knox and Hamlet.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8693 4143 8647 4121 8648 4118 8683
4117 8688 4117 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 255DEG 20KT 4127 8692
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.