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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 5:30 AM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 5, 2023, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Apr 5, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 5:17 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 617 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 MIZ078>081-177-277-061030- Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien- Southern Berrien- 617 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. ...Severe weather outbreak expected today... There is a significant threat for severe storms today. Severe storms are possible in the morning, but the most widespread severe weather is expected late morning through the afternoon. Tornadoes, possibly EF2 or greater, large hail, possibly 2 inches diameter or greater and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph are the anticipated hazards. A second round of severe storms is possible mid afternoon through evening, though the occurrence of a second round of severe storms is less certain. Strong non thunderstorm wind gusts are also expected today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204- 216-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-061030- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall- Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass 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-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance- Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 617 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /517 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. ...Severe weather outbreak expected today... There is a significant threat for severe storms today. Severe storms are possible in the morning, but the most widespread severe weather is expected late morning through the afternoon. Tornadoes, possibly EF2 or greater, large hail, possibly 2 inches diameter or greater and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph are the anticipated hazards. A second round of severe storms is possible mid afternoon through evening, though the occurrence of a second round of severe storms is less certain. Strong non thunderstorm wind gusts are also expected today. 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...Thursday through Tuesday. ...Severe weather outbreak expected Wednesday... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. LMZ043-046-061030- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 617 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. ...Severe weather outbreak expected today... There is a significant threat for severe storms today. Severe storms are possible in the morning, but the most widespread severe weather is expected late morning through the afternoon. Tornadoes, possibly EF2 or greater, large hail, possibly 2 inches diameter or greater and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph are the anticipated hazards. A second round of severe storms is possible mid afternoon through early evening, though the occurrence of a second round of severe storms is less certain. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Gale Warning. There is a slight chance of severe thunderstorms tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Conditions may be hazardous to small craft Thursday morning.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 40 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 118 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Miami and 2 more | 97 min |
| Apr 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Wells | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay, Wells | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 9 hr | |
| Apr 5, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 17 min |
| Apr 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 17 min |
| Apr 5, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Berrien | 3 hr |
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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.