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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

March 26, 2024Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2024, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2024-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2024-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1069 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1069 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1018 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WUUS53 KIWX 261815
SVRIWX
MIC027-149-261830-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.240326T1815Z-240326T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
215 PM EDT Tue Mar 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Cass County in southwestern Michigan...
  Northwestern St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 215 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marcellus, or
  7 miles northwest of Three Rivers, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Marcellus, Flowerfield, and Howardsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4195 8572 4199 8584 4207 8580 4207 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 207DEG 38KT 4201 8574 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MCS
1 follow-up statement
785 
WWUS53 KIWX 261824
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
224 PM EDT Tue Mar 26 2024

MIC027-149-261834-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240326T1830Z/
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-
224 PM EDT Tue Mar 26 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CASS AND
NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

&&

LAT...LON 4195 8572 4199 8584 4207 8580 4207 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 207DEG 38KT 4208 8569 

$$

MCS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph8 min
Mar 26, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale37 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.