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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

May 19, 2024White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: May 19, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2024, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 19, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:38 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
338 PM EDT Sun May 19 2024

INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204-
216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-201945-
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-Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams-
Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
338 PM EDT Sun May 19 2024 /238 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible into this evening. Severe
weather is not expected, but a few storms have the potential to
produce strong winds and brief heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is another chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon and night.
Widespread severe weather is not expected but an isolated strong
storm is possible with some a wind and a hail threat from northwest
Indiana into southern Lower Michigan.

Strong to severe storms are possible Tuesday night, but confidence
in severe storms is low at this time. Strong to severe thunderstorms
will also be possible Wednesday afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-201945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
338 PM EDT Sun May 19 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon and night.

Strong to severe storms are possible Tuesday night.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
400 PM EDT Sun May 19 2024

INZ020-192030-
White IN-
400 PM EDT Sun May 19 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM EDT...

At 359 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Brookston, or 10 miles southwest of Monticello, moving east at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Brookston, Chalmers, and Badger Grove.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 185 and 192.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 8676 4069 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674
      4067 8674 4066 8676 4066 8678 4057 8677
      4056 8677 4056 8701 4065 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 264DEG 12KT 4063 8689

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	34 min
May 19, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	26 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.