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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Northern Indiana

June 17, 2024LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2024, 1:34 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 17, 2024, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 12:00Z on 2024-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1449 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 12:00Z on 2024-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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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 Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 4:45 AM CDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

INZ005>008-012>015-020-022-023-103-104-116-203-204-216-MIZ078>081-
177-277-180945-
Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-
White-Cass IN-Miami-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-
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024 /445 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and
southwest Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There are chances for thunderstorms today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Heat indices will range from around 95 to 100 degrees at times
through the week, especially Wednesday into Friday. Additional heat
headlines are likely. Monitor the forecast for updates.

Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible at times through the
week, especially in the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ009-017-018-024>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-
180945-
De Kalb-Whitley-Allen IN-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-
Blackford-Jay-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-
Van Wert-Allen OH-
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and
northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Excessive Heat Warning.

There are chances for thunderstorms today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Excessive Heat Warning.

Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible at times through the
week, especially in the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-080-180945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to mid-
line of lake.-
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Michigan and the
nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There are chances for thunderstorms today and tonight. Storms may
produce locally higher winds, waves, and currents.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hot and humid conditions are expected through much of the period,
with highs on land in the upper 80s and 90s and heat indices reaching
as high as 95 to 100 degrees. It will be cooler over the water,
however mariners should take precautions and be prepared for the
heat.

Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible at times through the
week, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. Storms may
produce locally higher winds, waves, and currents.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MCD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:16 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte45 min
Jun 17, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph27 min
Jun 17, 3:24 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 4 more6 days
Jun 17, 3:24 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryIWXCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte and 8 more6 days
Jun 17, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke29 min
Jun 17, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte32 min
Jun 17, 6:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton34 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton36 min
Jun 16, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien46 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass43 min
Jun 16, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass33 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph31 min
Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass29 min
Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass29 min
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph46 min
Jun 16, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph42 min
Jun 16, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph31 min
Jun 17, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph31 min
Jun 17, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch10 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.