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Small Craft Advisory 53, NWS Northern Indiana

July 27, 2026

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at Jul 27, 2026, 3:48 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 28, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2026, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2026, 5:57 AM EDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jul 27, 3:10 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:10 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:46 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWXLaPorte50 hr
Jul 27, 6:50 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIWXFulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White2 hr
Jul 27, 10:52 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White6 hr
Jul 27, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX119 min
Jul 27, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph26 min
Jul 27, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke23 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph49 min
Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatIWXCass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more46 min
Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke44 min
Jul 27, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph32 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX95 min
Jul 27, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash52 min
Jul 27, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph3 hr
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Grant39 min
Jul 27, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells42 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte49 min
Jul 27, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke39 min
Jul 27, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass52 min
Jul 27, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph32 min
Jul 27, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien50 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.