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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 7:56 PM EDT for Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Steuben County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
135
WWUS83 KIWX 062356
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
756 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
INZ006-007-070030-
Lagrange IN-Steuben IN-
756 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Steuben
and eastern Lagrange Counties through 830 PM EDT...
At 755 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Lagrange, moving northeast at 20 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.
Locations impacted include...
Angola.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 349 and 352.
Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 134 and 137.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4166 8498 4156 8527 4169 8539 4176 8517
4176 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 240DEG 19KT 4165 8525
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, 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, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 40 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 |
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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.