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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 7:50 PM EDT for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 6, 2021, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 6, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Leesburg, IN | TREE DOWN ONTO POWER LINE. 600 N AT SR 15. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KIWX 062350
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
750 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
INZ005-016-070030-
Kosciusko IN-Elkhart IN-
750 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Elkhart and
northern Kosciusko Counties through 830 PM EDT...
At 750 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nappanee, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Milford around 810 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Syracuse and North
Webster.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4153 8566 4130 8565 4129 8606 4148 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 266DEG 27KT 4139 8603
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.