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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 8 min |
| Mar 26, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 37 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.