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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 7:12 PM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 14, 2024, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2024, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 14, 6:59 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:59 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Northern Indiana 515 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 INZ005>009-012>015-017-103-104-116-203-204-216-MIZ078>081-177-277- OHZ001-002-152115- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall- Fulton IN-Whitley-Northern La Porte-Eastern St. Joseph IN- Northern Kosciusko-Southern La Porte-Western St. Joseph IN- Southern Kosciusko-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale- Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams-Fulton OH- 515 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 /415 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a chance for scattered storms late this afternoon into early this evening. Locally heavy rain and small hail appear to be the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected. INZ018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-152115- Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant- Blackford-Jay-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 515 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 44 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...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...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed through early this evening. LMZ043-046-152115- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 515 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 14, 6:21 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
621 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM Hail 2 N Dillman 40.64N 85.25W
03/14/2024 M1.50 inch Wells IN Storm Chaser
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 6:28 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
628 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM Hail Decatur 40.83N 84.93W
03/14/2024 M1.00 inch Adams IN Amateur Radio
0618 PM Hail 1 N Wellsburg 40.68N 85.22W
03/14/2024 E1.00 inch Wells IN Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 6:32 PM EDT, 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 3:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 36 hr | |
| Mar 14, 5:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 5:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 11:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Grant, Huntington | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 1:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 14 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Wabash | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wells | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wells | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wells | 19 min |
| Mar 14, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Wells | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 21 min |
| Mar 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 15 min |
| Mar 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay, Wells | 20 min |
| Mar 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 16 min |
| Mar 14, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 1 more | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 4:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 18 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 35 min |
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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.