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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 7, 2021Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:13 AM EDT for Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2021, 3:13 AM EDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 588 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

298 
WWUS83 KIWX 070713
SPSIWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
313 AM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
INZ018-024>026-070745-
Wabash IN-Huntington IN-Wells IN-Allen IN-
313 AM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Allen,
central Wabash, Huntington and north central Wells Counties through
345 AM EDT...

At 313 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Wabash, moving east at 30 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...
Huntington, Wabash, Andrews, Markle, Aboite, Roanoke, Zanesville,
Lagro, Uniondale, Ijamsville, Bowerstown, Servia, Bracken,
Goblesville, Urbana, Speicherville, Laketon, Mahon, Bippus and
Rolling Hills.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 469 near mile marker 0, near mile marker 3, and between
mile markers 7 and 8.
 Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 282 and 301.

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 4079 8586 4098 8587 4100 8557 4100 8534
      4102 8533 4103 8523 4076 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 268DEG 25KT 4089 8576 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

FISHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko30 min
Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble45 min
Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb44 min
Aug 6, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte36 min
Aug 7, 12:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph3 hr
Aug 7, 12:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall33 min
Aug 7, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko24 min
Aug 7, 2:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble27 min
Aug 7, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski31 min
Aug 7, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton35 min
Aug 7, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko32 min
Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen32 min
Aug 7, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen37 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington29 min
Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen47 min
Aug 6, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch53 min
Aug 6, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale39 min
Aug 7, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXSaint Joseph3 hr

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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.