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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 2:02 PM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio. 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
- Apr 5, 2023, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 2:45 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 Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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, 1:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 131 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 MIZ078>081-177-277-061745- Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien- Southern Berrien- 131 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ005>009-012>015-017-020-022>025-032-103-104-116-203-204-216- 061745- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall- Fulton IN-Whitley-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Grant- Northern La Porte-Eastern St. Joseph IN-Northern Kosciusko- Southern La Porte-Western St. Joseph IN-Southern Kosciusko- 131 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /1231 PM 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. .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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ018-026-027-033-034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-061745- Allen IN-Wells-Adams-Blackford-Jay-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry- Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 131 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .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. 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. LMZ043-046-061745- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 131 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...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...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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Conditions may be hazardous to small craft Thursday morning.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1241 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023
INZ017-018-024>027-051715-
Wabash IN-Whitley IN-Huntington IN-Adams IN-Wells IN-Allen IN-
1241 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Allen,
southeastern Wabash, southeastern Whitley, Huntington, Wells and
northwestern Adams Counties through 115 PM EDT...
At 1241 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Huntington, moving northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Wayne and New Haven.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 12.
Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 272 and 305.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for central, north
central and northeastern Indiana.
&&
LAT...LON 4065 8576 4101 8565 4111 8507 4065 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 244DEG 59KT 4091 8552
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
AndersenLocal storm report, Apr 5, 1:37 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
137 PM EDT WED APR 5 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG JONESBORO 40.49N 85.63W
04/05/2023 GRANT IN EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES DOWNED.
&&Local storm report, Apr 5, 1:44 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>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, 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, 2:43 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.