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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Northern Indiana

August 5, 2023Blackford County, Grant County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2023, 7:17 PM EDT for Blackford County, Grant County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 5, 2023, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 12:00Z on 2023-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2023-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Aug 5, 6:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 1:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
149 PM EDT Sat Aug 5 2023

INZ005>009-017-018-023>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204-216-
MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-061800-
Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Whitley-Allen IN-Miami-Wabash-
Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Northern La Porte-
Eastern St. Joseph IN-Northern Kosciusko-Southern La Porte-
Western St. Joseph IN-Southern Kosciusko-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-
Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams-
Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
149 PM EDT Sat Aug 5 2023 /1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A slow moving system may produce pockets of heavy rainfall, primarily
over western Indiana.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ012>015-020-022-061800-
Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-White-Cass IN-
149 PM EDT Sat Aug 5 2023 /1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana.

.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.

   Flood Watch.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-061800-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
149 PM EDT Sat Aug 5 2023

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 1:42 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXCass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White9 hr
Aug 5, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXWhite4 hr
Aug 5, 5:53 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXWhite23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.