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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 8, 2022Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2022, 8:12 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 8, 2022, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2022, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Jay County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 1552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
812 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

INZ034-090045-
Jay IN-
812 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Jay County
through 845 PM EDT...

At 812 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Portland, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph along with heavy downpours. Road
         ponding and localized nuisance flooding is possible.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Portland around 820 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4036 8522 4038 8522 4047 8505 4045 8480
      4031 8481 4031 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 284DEG 18KT 4039 8504

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Whitley	30 min
Aug 8, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	27 min
Aug 8, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	26 min
Aug 8, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Wells	16 min
Aug 8, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	19 min
Aug 8, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	33 min
Aug 8, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	26 min
Aug 8, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding, Van Wert	37 min
Aug 8, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding, Van Wert	46 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.