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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Northern Indiana

June 22, 2024Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2024, 11:26 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2024, 11:26 PM EDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2024, 12:04 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 00:00Z on 2024-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2024-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 22, 7:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 7:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 8:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
818 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

MIZ177-277-240030-
Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-
818 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected to move into the
area late this evening into the early overnight. These storms may
bring wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph with isolated wind gusts up to 60
mph possible from northwest Indiana into southwest Lower Michigan.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.

Heat indices from the mid 90s to around 100 are possible on Tuesday.

There are additional chances of thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204-
216-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-240030-
Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-
Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-
Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-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-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-
Van Wert-Allen OH-
818 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 /718 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected to move into the
area late this evening into the early overnight. These storms may
bring wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph with isolated wind gusts up to 60
mph possible from northwest Indiana into southwest Lower Michigan.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Heat indices from the mid 90s to around 100 are possible on Tuesday.

There are additional chances of thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-240030-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
818 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely tonight. A few storms may
produce wind gusts to 50 knots from late evening into the early
overnight hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

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

   Small Craft Advisory.

There are additional chances of thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX2 hr
Jun 23, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph45 min
Jun 23, 1:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph4 hr
Jun 23, 2:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Marshall38 min
Jun 23, 2:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski, Starke32 min
Jun 23, 2:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange46 min
Jun 23, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben51 min
Jun 23, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass44 min

Nearby

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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.