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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 5:28 AM EDT for Kosciusko 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, 5:28 AM EDT (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 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 070928
SPSIWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
528 AM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
INZ015-016-071000-
Kosciusko IN-Fulton IN-
528 AM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Fulton
and southwestern Kosciusko Counties through 600 AM EDT...
At 528 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mentone, or 7 miles northeast of Rochester, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Kosciusko and northeastern Fulton Counties, including the following
locations... Beaver Dam Lake, Sevastopol, Beaver Dam, Burket,
Claypool and Palestine.
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 4108 8611 4116 8611 4119 8584 4105 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 265DEG 17KT 4111 8606
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 12:54 AM EDT | 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.