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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 6, 2021Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 7:10 PM EDT for Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 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, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

759 
WWUS83 KIWX 062310
SPSIWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
710 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
MIZ079-070000-
St. Joseph MI-
710 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of St. Joseph County
through 800 PM EDT...

At 710 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Constantine, or 10 miles southwest of Three Rivers, moving east at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  White Pigeon around 720 PM EDT.
  Constantine around 725 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Centreville,
Sturgis and Colon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4177 8529 4176 8576 4201 8576 4205 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 256DEG 24KT 4181 8575 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

NWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke41 min
Aug 6, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke28 min
Aug 6, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall55 min
Aug 6, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart43 min
Aug 6, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph3 hr
Aug 6, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko40 min
Aug 6, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben34 min
Aug 6, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph34 min
Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph30 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph32 min
Aug 6, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass40 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.