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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana

March 31, 20235 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2023, 10:43 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2023, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 31, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 9:48 AM EDT, 12 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:19 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:20 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1020 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W CHALMERS            40.66N 86.96W
03/31/2023                   WHITE              IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SHINGLES AND SHEATHING REMOVED FROM GARAGE.
            NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED, SOME LARGE TREES
            DOWNED.

&&

PBM

Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:27 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:38 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Mar 31, 9:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	White	42 min
Mar 31, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	50 min
Mar 31, 9:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	38 min
Mar 31, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	45 min
Mar 31, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash, White	39 min
Mar 31, 10:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Starke	23 min
Mar 31, 10:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White	52 min
Mar 31, 10:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph	31 min
Mar 31, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash and 1 more	45 min
Mar 31, 10:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	3 hr
Mar 31, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Whitley	47 min
Mar 31, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Wells	57 min
Mar 31, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble and 2 more	42 min
Mar 31, 11:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells	25 min
Mar 31, 11:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen	29 min
Mar 31, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells	34 min
Mar 31, 11:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen	34 min
Mar 31, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	56 min
Apr 1, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Adams, Allen	57 min
Apr 1, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Allen	55 min
Apr 1, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Adams, Jay	16 min
Apr 1, 10:44 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 1, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Williams	23 min
Apr 1, 12:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	23 min
Apr 1, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Allen, Putnam	15 min
Mar 31, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.