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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Northern Indiana

July 14, 2023LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 11:13 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 14, 2023, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange32 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben30 min
Jul 14, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben24 min
Jul 14, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb28 min
Jul 14, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb29 min
Jul 14, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben28 min
Jul 14, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX117 min
Jul 14, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski, White37 min
Jul 14, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph35 min
Jul 15, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White25 min
Jul 15, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall48 min
Jul 15, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange, Steuben44 min
Jul 15, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte50 min
Jul 15, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte52 min
Jul 15, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke35 min
Jul 14, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWilliams23 min
Jul 14, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance28 min
Jul 14, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale12 min
Jul 14, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph32 min
Jul 15, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph31 min
Jul 15, 12:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXBranch, Hillsdale3 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.