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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

March 6, 2022Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2022, 1:04 AM EST for Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2022, 1:04 AM EST (06:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2022, 1:45 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 5, 9:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 3:07 PM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
307 PM EST Sat Mar 5 2022

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>080-061130-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-
Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-
Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Berrien-
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-
307 PM EST Sat Mar 5 2022 /207 PM CST Sat Mar 5 2022/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and
southwest Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

An isolated thunderstorm is possible late tonight. Isolated wind
gusts to 50 mph are possible with any stronger shower or storm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

Some locally heavy rainfall is possible late Sunday night into
Monday, mainly along and south of US Route 24 corridor that could
lead to some minor flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-061130-
Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-
Allen OH-
307 PM EST Sat Mar 5 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan and
northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

Some locally heavy rainfall is possible late Sunday night into
Monday, mainly along and south of US Route 24 corridor that could
lead to some minor flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-061130-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
307 PM EST Sat Mar 5 2022

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

An isolated thunderstorm is possible tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

A gale warning will remain in effect until midday Sunday. Hazardous
conditions for small craft will persist through Sunday afternoon.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 12:06 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningIWX114 min
Mar 6, 1:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay, Wells44 min
Mar 6, 1:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, White44 min
Mar 6, 1:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke23 min
Mar 6, 2:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski25 min
Mar 6, 2:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Noble and 3 more47 min
Mar 6, 2:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay, Wells37 min
Mar 6, 3:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Jay, Wells39 min
Mar 6, 1:02 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX3 hr
Mar 6, 4:01 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX35 hr
Mar 6, 4:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatIWXAllen, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert45 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.