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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 10:09 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County LaPorte County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KIWX 070309
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1009 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
INZ003-070345-
La Porte IN-
1009 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern La
Porte County through 1045 PM CDT...
At 1008 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wanatah, or 7 miles southeast of Westville, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Kingsford Heights.
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 4154 8693 4161 8663 4143 8663 4143 8664
4141 8667 4140 8670 4138 8671 4135 8673
4134 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 252DEG 9KT 4145 8684
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
BrownThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 11:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.