Special Weather Statement
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Grant And Southwestern Blackford Counties Through 230 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 200 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Upland, moving southeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. A funnel cloud is also possible.
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... Hartford City, Gas City, Upland, Shamrock Lakes, and Arcana. This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 256 and 260.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Grant County, IN
- Blackford County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PZ9WZQJZ971SHEPC3FPTCC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b0f550475d6243f45fe13ecf5bdd3189b1451f92.001.1
- 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.11
- 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 170601 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN BLACKFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T06:00:00-00:00...storm...294DEG...23KT...40.48,-85.53 |
| maxWindGust | 30 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Grant County, IN
- Blackford County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018053 |
| SAME | 018009 |
| UGC | INZ032 |
| UGC | INZ033 |
- Polygons
- 40.45,-85.59 40.55,-85.52 40.47,-85.27 40.41,-85.31 40.38,-85.38 40.45,-85.59