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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Northern Indiana

April 5, 2023White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 10:21 AM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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
Apr 5, 8:41 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 393 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 7.1

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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 Apr 5, 9:49 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:49 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 8:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
847 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023

MIZ078>081-177-277-061300-
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-
Southern Berrien-
847 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

 Tornado Watch.

.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-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-061300-
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-
847 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /747 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 125 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Tornado Watch.
   Wind Advisory.

.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.

LMZ043-046-061300-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
847 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 125 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...Today 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.
   Tornado Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Conditions may be hazardous to small craft Thursday morning.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
852 AM EDT WED APR 5 2023

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

0810 AM     HAIL             1 SSW SAN PIERRE        41.19N 86.90W
04/05/2023  U0.75 INCH       STARKE             IN   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
913 AM EDT WED APR 5 2023

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

0840 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY      41.73N 86.91W
04/05/2023  M39 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

0650 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY      41.73N 86.91W
04/05/2023  M43 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
915 AM EDT WED APR 5 2023

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

0840 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY      41.73N 86.91W
04/05/2023  M45 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS MARINE TSTM WIND REPORT
            FROM 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY.

0650 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY      41.73N 86.91W
04/05/2023  M49 MPH          LMZ046             IN   C-MAN STATION

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS MARINE TSTM WIND REPORT
            FROM 2 NW MICHIGAN CITY.

&&

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:38 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:44 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:57 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
957 AM EDT WED APR 5 2023

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

0950 AM     FLOOD            3 W SODUS               42.04N 86.42W
04/05/2023                   BERRIEN            MI   PUBLIC

            FLOODING REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            LAURE LANE AND SOLAK COURT IN ROYALTON, MI.
            TWO CARS STUCK IN FLOODWATERS.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 6:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	45 min
Apr 5, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		40 min
Apr 5, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		118 min
Apr 5, 8:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	35 min
Apr 5, 9:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	39 min
Apr 5, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Miami and 2 more	97 min
Apr 5, 10:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke	43 min
Apr 5, 10:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	54 min
Apr 5, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami	46 min
Apr 5, 11:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	42 min
Apr 5, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant	23 min
Apr 5, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wells	34 min
Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 2 more	51 min
Apr 5, 1:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	25 min
Apr 5, 1:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Blackford, Wells	22 min
Apr 5, 1:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams	27 min
Apr 5, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay, Wells	24 min
Apr 5, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams	26 min
Apr 5, 7:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		9 hr
Apr 5, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams	49 min
Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	43 min
Apr 5, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	17 min
Apr 5, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	17 min
Apr 5, 7:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien	37 min
Apr 5, 9:46 AM EDT	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.