Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2007, 10:12 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2007, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KIWX 240212 FFAIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1012 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL LONG TERM FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SUNDAY AUGUST 19 ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL HAS FALLEN THROUGH THIS PERIOD WHICH HAS LEAD TO MAJOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE AND EXTEND THE ONGOING FLOODING AND CREATE NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...BE PREPARED IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>080-241015- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.A.0002.070824T0212Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 1012 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 /912 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ALLEN IN...DE KALB...ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...NOBLE...ST. JOSEPH IN... STARKE...STEUBEN AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI AND ST. JOSEPH MI. * THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOOD AND LONGER TERM FLOOD PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-241015- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.A.0002.070824T0600Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1012 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...MIAMI...PULASKI...WABASH... WELLS AND WHITE. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...HILLSDALE. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY... PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOOD AND LONGER TERM FLOOD PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KIWX 240952 FFAIWX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 552 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL LONG TERM FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SUNDAY AUGUST 19 ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL HAS FALLEN SINCE THEN...WHICH HAS ALREADY LEAD TO MAJOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TWO TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE AND EXTEND THE ONGOING FLOODING AND CREATE NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...BE PREPARED IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>080-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 552 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 /452 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ALLEN IN...DE KALB...ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE... MARSHALL...NOBLE...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI AND ST. JOSEPH MI. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOODING AND EXTEND LONG TERM RIVER FLOOD PROBLEMS. * IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS...LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR NEAR A RECENTLY FLOODED RIVER OR STREAM...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN EVEN IF THE WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RECEDING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PUSH THE RIVER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EXTEND THE FLOODING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY CRESTS ALONG MANY RIVERS MAY CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 552 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...FULTON IN...GRANT... HUNTINGTON...JAY...MIAMI...PULASKI...WABASH...WELLS AND WHITE. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...HILLSDALE. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOODING AND EXTEND LONG TERM RIVER FLOOD PROBLEMS. * IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS... LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR NEAR A RECENTLY FLOODED RIVER OR STREAM...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN EVEN IF THE WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RECEDING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PUSH THE RIVER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EXTEND THE FLOODING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY CRESTS ALONG MANY RIVERS MAY CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS ON THE BLANCHARD AND AUGLAIZE RIVER IN NORTHWEST OHIO IS POSSIBLE. $$ MURPHY
000 WGUS63 KIWX 241746 FFAIWX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 146 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL LONG TERM FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SUNDAY AUGUST 19 ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL HAS FALLEN SINCE THEN...WHICH HAS ALREADY LEAD TO MAJOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TWO TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE AND EXTEND THE ONGOING FLOODING AND CREATE NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING... BE PREPARED IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-250215- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 146 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 /1246 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB... ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI... HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH... DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOODING AND EXTEND LONG TERM RIVER FLOOD PROBLEMS. * IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS... LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR NEAR A RECENTLY FLOODED RIVER OR STREAM...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN EVEN IF THE WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RECEDING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PUSH THE RIVER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EXTEND THE FLOODING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY CRESTS ALONG MANY RIVERS MAY CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS ON THE BLANCHARD AND AUGLAIZE RIVER IN NORTHWEST OHIO IS POSSIBLE. $$
000 WGUS63 KIWX 250114 FFAIWX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 914 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL LONG TERM FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY MORNING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER MOST AREAS...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SUNDAY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY LEAD TO MAJOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. RUNOFF FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORMS IN ADDITION TO RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE AND EXTEND THE ONGOING FLOODING AND CREATE NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING... BE PREPARED IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-250915- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 914 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 /814 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ SATURDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB... ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI... HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH... DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ SATURDAY * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW FLASH FLOODING AND EXTEND LONG TERM RIVER FLOOD PROBLEMS. * IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS... LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOST FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES AT NIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION ORDERS OR REQUESTS FROM EMERGENCY AND FLOOD CONTROL PERSONNEL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR NEAR A RECENTLY FLOODED RIVER OR STREAM...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN EVEN IF THE WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RECEDING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PUSH THE RIVER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EXTEND THE FLOODING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY CRESTS ALONG MANY RIVERS MAY CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS ON THE BLANCHARD AND AUGLAIZE RIVER IN NORTHWEST OHIO IS POSSIBLE. $$
000 WGUS63 KIWX 250823 FFAIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 423 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ...ADDITIONAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER MOST AREAS...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SUNDAY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY LEAD TO MAJOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARION INDIANA TO BRYAN OHIO. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. INZ003>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-250930- /O.CAN.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER 423 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007 /323 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ INZ018-025>027-032>034-OHZ002-004-005-015-016-024-025-251600- /O.EXT.KIWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 423 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN... BLACKFORD...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY AND WELLS. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING... PUTNAM AND VAN WERT. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEW FLASH FLOODING AND EXTEND LONG TERM RIVER FLOOD PROBLEMS. * IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS... LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOST FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES AT NIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR NEAR A RECENTLY FLOODED RIVER OR STREAM...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. EVEN IF THE WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RECEDING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PUSH THE RIVER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EXTEND THE FLOODING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY CRESTS ALONG MANY RIVERS MAY CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS ON THE BLANCHARD AND AUGLAIZE RIVER IN NORTHWEST OHIO IS POSSIBLE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 23, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 745 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE MOST PART ALTHOUGH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL LIKELY BE REALIZED IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. 2 MAIN AREAS OF SHRA AND TSRA TO BE CONCERNED WITH AT 2330Z. FIRST IS JUST EXITING THE AREA TO THE NE. THE 2ND PRECIP FIELD OVER NRN IL MOVING E/NE SPARKED BY A SHORT/WV OVER IA/IL. RADAR TRENDS AND FAVORABLE THETA E AXIS SUGGEST THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SBN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS SO HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH PRECIP WILL MAKE IT TO FWA SO HAVE INCLUDED CB...BUT NO THUNDER MENTION AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. ANOTHER SHRT/WV SHOULD APPROACH THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAFS ATTM SINCE IT IS IN THE LAST 6 HRS OF TAF PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM... FIRST SHORT TERM PERIOD CONCERN IS WITH SHRT/WV OVER IA/IL BORDER SHOWN BY WV IMAGERY AT 19Z. INTENSE LINE OF STORMS BEING SPARKED BY THIS SHRT/WV. STORMS MOVING AT ABOUT 40 TO 50 KTS E ACROSS NRN IL. EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE EWRD TRACK OVER NRN IL INTO CWA WHERE BEST THETA E AXIS AND LOW 70S DEWPTS EXIST. AFTER THIS WAVE PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD SET UP FROM NRN MO TO NW IN/LWR MI. MODELS DIFFER ON FRONTAL PLACEMENT...BUT PREFER THE NAM AS IT HAS THE MORE SRLY TRACK WHICH MATCHES UP WITH CURRENT CONVECTIVE PATTERN. WITH BOUNDARY IN PLACE OVERNIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AND STRONG H85 JET NEARBY...HAVE LEFT POPS IN THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG SURGE OF ENERGY/INSTABILITY WILL APPROACH THE REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS A SECOND SHRT/WV MOVES NE FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE GRT LKS REGION. WITH 2000 TO 2500 J/KG OF CAPE AND 45 TO 55 KTS OF 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR...T-STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE LOOK PROMISING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE UPPED POPS IN THIS TIME FRAME. OTHER THAN THAT...ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO SKY COVER AND TEMPS. MAY NOT SEE QUITE AS MUCH DIURNAL HEATING AS TODAY IF CLOUDS STICK AROUND AS PROGGED...SO HAVE KEPT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S NORTH TO LOW 90S SOUTH. && .LONG TERM... FCST PERIOD BEGINS WITH SFC WAVE MOVING NE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DRAG COLD FRONT INTO THE NW CWA FRI EVENING. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH A 50-60KT SPEED MAX MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH NEAR OUR NORTHERN CWA. FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATING UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILE SO ANTICIPATE A LINEAR MODE OF CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. FRONT TO GRADUALLY WORK THROUGH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY SO WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER SMALL CHANCE POPS THROUGH 00Z SUN. HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN OVER THE REGION SUNDAY BRINGING COOLER DRIER AIRMASS TO THE AREA AND MUCH NEEDED DRY SPELL FOR A FEW DAYS. AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ON SUNDAY UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN US WILL AGAIN BUILD BACK UP INTO THE REGION SO EXPECT TEMPS TO ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. NEXT FRONT TO DROP DOWN INTO THE AREA BY MID WEEK FOR NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN...INC003-033-039-049-085-087-091-099-113-131-141-149-151-183. MI...MIC021-023-027-059-149. OH...OHC039-051-069-125-171. LM...LMZ043-046-061. && AVIATION...LAMMERS SHORT TERM...LAMMERS LONG TERM....LOGSDON
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 5:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 530 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-240930- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 530 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 /430 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A KNOX INDIANA TO DEFIANCE OHIO LINE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 6. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA... MAINLY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 95 TO 100 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IN ADDITION THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA AT LEAST INTO THE WEEKEND. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-240930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 530 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
641 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG THREE RIVERS 41.94N 85.63W
08/23/2007 ST. JOSEPH MI AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN...
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 23, 6:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
646 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG SHIPSHEWANA 41.67N 85.58W
08/23/2007 LAGRANGE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 23, 7:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
706 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM HAIL MICHIGAN CITY 41.71N 86.88W
08/23/2007 M1.25 INCH LA PORTE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DAMAGE TO CARS AND WINDOWS BROKEN OUT ON HOMES
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BMLLocal storm report, Aug 23, 7:12 PM EDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
712 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S UNION CITY 42.04N 85.14W
08/23/2007 BRANCH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
757 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM TSTM WND DMG HILLSDALE 41.93N 84.64W
08/23/2007 HILLSDALE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOWN DOWN ON CAR
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TCCSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 10:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1010 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 INZ016>018-023>026-240300- ALLEN-HUNTINGTON-KOSCIUSKO-MIAMI-WABASH-WELLS-WHITLEY- 1010 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF PIERCETON TO NORTH MANCHESTER TO 11 MILES WEST OF WABASH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE WINDS HAVE MOVED AHEAD OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS OUTFLOW RACES EAST. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...FORT WAYNE...WABASH...COLUMBIA CITY...HUNTINGTON...OSSIAN...ETNA...LOON LAKE...PEABODY...WASHINGTON CENTER...BLUE LAKE...RABER...CHURUBUSCO AND ARI. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. FISHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 9:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 24 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 43 min |
| Aug 23, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall | 20 min |
| Aug 24, 11:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 11 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Noble | 10 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Steuben | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Wells | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 40 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2007Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2007Flash Flood Watches in Michigan, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.