Special Weather Statement
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Central Allen...Southeastern Whitley...Eastern Huntington...Northeastern Wells And Northwestern Adams Counties Through 1130 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1103 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Columbia City to 8 miles southwest of Markle. 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, Huntington, New Haven, Bluffton, Ossian, Markle, Grabill, Aboite, Middletown, Roanoke, Warren, Lancaster, Zanesville, Uniondale, Vera Cruz, Yoder, Murray, Liberty Center, Buckeye, and Tocsin. This includes the following highways... Interstate 469 between mile markers 0 and 30. Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 273 and 315.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Whitley County, IN
- Allen County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
- Wells County, IN
- Adams County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2M2PS24D1KBHKAFXK3RXVBH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.097f178f186e6fb3418e543d9cd156df513f42ac.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.4520
- 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 160303 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ALLEN...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY...EASTERN HUNTINGTON...NORTHEASTERN WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T03:03:00-00:00...storm...254DEG...26KT...41.02,-85.37 40.75,-85.47 |
| 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
- Wells County, IN
- Adams County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018183 |
| SAME | 018003 |
| SAME | 018069 |
| SAME | 018179 |
| SAME | 018001 |
| UGC | INZ017 |
| UGC | INZ018 |
| UGC | INZ025 |
| UGC | INZ026 |
| UGC | INZ027 |
- Polygons
- 41.07,-85.43 41.25,-84.86 40.7,-85.07 40.66,-85.58 41.07,-85.43