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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 10:36 AM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:49 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 8:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 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 44 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 23 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 21 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, 58 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:57 AM EDT, 39 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, 10:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 39 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 |
Nearby
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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.