Special Weather Statement
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Western Allen...Southeastern Whitley And Northeastern Huntington Counties Through 945 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Churubusco to 7 miles southeast of South Whitley. Movement was east at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fort Wayne, Huntertown, Grabill, Aboite, Leo-cedarville, Roanoke, Laud, Nine Mile, Dunfee, Goblesville, Coesse, Wallen, Washington Center, Raber, Arcola, Rolling Hills, Lake Everett, Luther, and Peabody. This includes the following highways... Interstate 469 near mile marker 0, between mile markers 2 and 3, between mile markers 7 and 8, and between mile markers 25 and 30. Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 295 and 319.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Whitley County, IN
- Allen County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KWVERW828AFDE85Y5WS8T6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.973c412eeac816e86843e41e11b6f756dbe0dae5.001.1
- 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.2205
- 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 160120 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN ALLEN...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T01:20:00-00:00...storm...267DEG...26KT...41.15,-85.34 41.01,-85.53 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Whitley County, IN
- Allen County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018183 |
| SAME | 018003 |
| SAME | 018069 |
| UGC | INZ017 |
| UGC | INZ018 |
| UGC | INZ025 |
- Polygons
- 40.98,-85.62 41.22,-85.35 41.24,-84.9 40.92,-85.24 40.98,-85.62