Special Weather Statement
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northeastern St. Joseph And Northern Branch Counties Through 930 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 849 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Union City to near Centreville. Movement was east at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Coldwater, Union City, Colon, Girard, Leonidas, Mendon, Sherwood, South Butler, Wasepi, Hodunk, and Fairfax. This includes Interstate 69 in Michigan between mile markers 13 and 21.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- St. Joseph County, MI
- Branch County, MI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m9s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KV2J8V95W9SW0V84JF6JJV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d1baccbb8317b95bc4c848e49f0575cf81732365.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Northern Indiana
- AWIPS ID
- CAPIWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1428
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS83 KIWX 160049 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHERN BRANCH COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T00:49:00-00:00...storm...276DEG...25KT...42.12,-85.19 41.92,-85.44 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- St. Joseph County, MI
- Branch County, MI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 026149 |
| SAME | 026023 |
| UGC | MIZ079 |
| UGC | MIZ080 |
- Polygons
- 41.93,-84.95 41.94,-85.55 42.07,-85.36 42.07,-84.83 41.93,-84.95