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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

October 8, 2021Adams County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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: Oct 8, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Adams County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

223 
WWUS83 KIWX 081908
SPSIWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
308 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021
 
INZ018-026-027-OHZ024-081945-
Adams IN-Wells IN-Allen IN-Van Wert OH-
308 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Allen,
east central Wells, northern Adams and west central Van Wert Counties
through 345 PM EDT...

At 307 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Decatur, moving northeast at 25 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 south central
Allen, east central Wells, northern Adams and west central Van Wert
Counties, including the following locations... Preble, Magley,
Tocsin, Hoagland, Craigville, Middlebury, Rivare, Peterson, Monmouth
and Curryville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a
funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the
National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4067 8498 4081 8514 4100 8499 4083 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 214DEG 22KT 4082 8499 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

MCD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 6:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Noble	3 hr
Oct 8, 7:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	2 hr
Oct 8, 9:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Noble	21 days
Oct 8, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Starke	43 min
Oct 8, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	46 min
Oct 8, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Marshall	46 min
Oct 8, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	47 min
Oct 8, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	45 min
Oct 8, 6:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Wabash	86 min
Oct 8, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	46 min
Oct 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Henry	51 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.