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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 11:15 AM EDT for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan; Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2008, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Steuben County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:17 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Angola, IN | |
| May 2, 11:20 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Angola, IN | |
| May 2, 11:32 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 9 W Fremont, IN | |
| May 2, 11:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 N Angola, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIWX 021515
SVRIWX
INC151-MIC023-059-021600-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0015.080502T1515Z-080502T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1115 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL NOON EDT
* AT 1113 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SALEM CENTER...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SILVER LAKE...FLINT...ORLAND...LAKE GAUGE...CROOKED LAKE...NEVADA
MILLS...LAKE JAMES...EAST GILEAD...FREMONT...KINDERHOOK...LAKE OF
THE WOODS...COLDWATER LAKE...RAY...CLEAR LAKE...CALIFORNIA...
MONTGOMERY...CAMDEN...MARBLE LAKE...QUINCY...LONG LAKE...READING...
CAMBRIA...SOUTH BUTLER...BEAR LAKE...LAKE WILSON...ALLEN...OSSEO...
LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE AND HILLSDALE
IN ADDITION TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH....CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4190 8444 4154 8510 4157 8520 4173 8519
4208 8481 4208 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 227DEG 34KT 4164 8511
$$
SIMPSON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 021543
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1141 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
INC151-MIC023-059-021600-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080502T1600Z/
STEUBEN IN-HILLSDALE MI-BRANCH MI-
1141 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH...HILLSDALE AND STEUBEN COUNTIES...
AT 1138 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALIFORNIA...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF ANGOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MONTGOMERY...CAMDEN...MARBLE LAKE...QUINCY...LONG LAKE...READING...
CAMBRIA...BEAR LAKE...LAKE WILSON...ALLEN...OSSEO...LITCHFIELD...
JONESVILLE AND HILLSDALE.
IN ADDITION TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4190 8444 4154 8510 4157 8520 4173 8519
4208 8481 4208 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 227DEG 34KT 4180 8487
$$
SIMPSON000
WWUS53 KIWX 021556
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1154 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
INC151-MIC023-059-021604-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080502T1600Z/
STEUBEN IN-HILLSDALE MI-BRANCH MI-
1154 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH...
HILLSDALE AND STEUBEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EDT/1100 AM
CDT/...
AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4190 8444 4154 8510 4157 8520 4173 8519
4208 8481 4208 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 227DEG 34KT 4188 8475
$$
SIMPSONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 7:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
725 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008
.AVIATION/UPDATE...
ELEVATED MIXED LAYER FINALLY BEGINNING TO GIVE WAY WITH INCREASE
AS WEAK WAVE MOVES IN FOR THIS MORNING. EFFECTS ALREADY EVIDENT AS
SHOWERS AND STORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA IN THE PAST HALF HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS WELL WITH A FEW HAIL REPORTS
ALREADY NEAR OR JUST AT SEVERE LEVELS COMING OUT. BASED ON
TRENDS...GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS SE HALF
OF THE CWA THROUGH 14-15Z...WITH THE ACTIVITY IN CNTRL ILLINOIS
HITTING THE NW HALF (POSSIBLY MORE) AFTER 14-15Z. THEN LINE OF
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RACE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE AREA FROM
WESTERN ILLINOIS. FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS STILL SHOWING A
WEAKENING TREND BUT THERE AREA A FEW BANDS OF STORMS THAT APPEAR
TO BE HOLDING THEIR OWN AT THIS TIME. WILL MONITOR AS WELL. AT A
MINIMUM WILL HAVE TO UPDATE GRIDS/ZONES TO GO HIGH SCT POPS IF NOT
NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z AND SEE ABOUT
EXPANDING THIS AFTERNOON.
IN TERMS OF AVIATION...BASES/VSBYS ARE STILL IN THE VFR RANGE AND
TAFS REFLECT THIS ALONG WITH A TEMPO TO COVER THE ACTIVITY THIS
MORNING. FURTHER DETAIL WILL BE ADDED BEYOND 18Z IN LATER
AMENDMENTS/FORECASTS AS SITUATION EVOLVES.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008/
SHORT TERM...
CONUNDRUM THIS MORNING IS WHERE/WHEN/HOW CONV EVOLVES THROUGH TDA.
SVRL POSSIBILITIES EXIST YET MOST CONVINCING NR TERM IS W/SUBTLE SW
LIFTING OUT OF MO. EARLIER MID LVL RTNS ACRS WRN IL FINALLY SHOWING
SOME SIGNS OF LIFE W/CONVN NOW SEEN NR EFFINGHAM IL AND ON ERN EDGE
OF MID LVL HGT FALLS ASSOCD/W DEEP PLAINS TROUGH SPREADING EWD AND
COLLOCATED W/SECONDARY THETA-E SURGE ADVTG NEWD OUT OF THE LWR MS
VALLEY. EXTRAPOLATION PUTS THIS INTO SWRN ZONES BY 12Z ASSUMING IT
MAINTAINS BUT IS REFLECTED IN 06Z RUC PROGS. HWVR EXPECTATIONS AT
THIS POINT TEMPERED BY SVR EML IN PLACE AND CAPTURED WELL IN 00Z
RAOBS LAST EVENING AT KILX/KSGF AND WHICH WILL BE SLOW TO ERODE THIS
MORNING.
OTHERWISE MOST REALISTIC MODEL SOLUTION LIES W/00Z HIGH RES NMM
WHICH HAS A SUPERIOR HANDLE ON INTENSE SVR SQUALL LINE STRETCHING FM
NW MO INTO N TX THIS MORNING. DOUBT THIS LINE WILL DECAY ENTIRELY
GIVEN MESOSCALE DVLPMNT OF LARGE BOW HEAD AND DEEP OUTFLW BNDRY
ALTHOUGH SOME WEAKENING XPCD THROUGH MID MORNING AS IT APPROACHES MS
RVR VALLEY. HWVR DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS AT THAT TIME LOOKS TO
DESTABILIZE ENOUGH EVEN W/DIRTY WARM SECTOR TO LEAD TO A
RE-INTENSIFICATION THIS AFTN W/STILL UNCERTAIN TIMING PUTTING IT
INTO NW IN TWD 21Z AND WELL INTO CWA BY 00Z W/SOME RISK FOR DAMAGING
WINDS/HAIL THIS EVENING.
SECONDARY CONCERNS THEN TIED TO STG CDFNT WHICH ACCELERATES EWD
TONIGHT AS MID LVL TROUGH OPENS AND LOOKS TO PARTIALLY PHASE
W/RETROGRADING DEEP LOW OVR SW HUDSON BAY. DEEP FORCED ASCENT ALG
THE CDFNT AND SIG UPSTREAM DRY INTRUSION SHLD AIDE REDVLPMNT OF
ANOTHER CONV LINE AFT MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL TRANSLATE RAPIDLY EWD.
DRYSLOT OVERSPREADING AREA LATE TONIGHT SHLD PROMOTE SOME HEATING
SAT
MORNING W/AT LEAST LIMITED INSOLATION XPCD. THIS SHLD SETUP ANOTHER
POTENTIAL LINE OF LOW TOPPED STORMS BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN AS
COLD CORE UPR TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH AND HOLDS AT LEAST A MARGINAL
HAIL RISK AS DENOTED IN DY2 OUTLOOK ALTHOUGH TIMING SUGGEST BTR CHCS
CNTRL AND EAST.
WILL KEEP CLOSE TO CONTINUITY FOR TEMPS THROUGHOUT YET A BIT WARMER
FOR HIGHS THIS AFTN AND SAT.
LONG TERM...
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MAIN CHALLENGES THIS COMING WEEK
INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN
THE FORECAST PERIOD AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM EJECTS INTO THE AREA.
BUT BEFORE THIS SYSTEM ARRIVES...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST. NOT MUCH COLD AIR WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE
AREA AS RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...WITH CLEAR
TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AND A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS
SUNDAY NIGHT...HAVE LOWERED TEMPS TO BASICALLY 37F TO 39F. THE GFS
MEX OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 DAYS APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK WITH TRENDING
DOWN LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE 30S. FROST IS STILL POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST AREAS. AFTER THAT...TEMPERATURES
SHOULD RECOVER CLOSE TO NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE REGION. TIMING OF THE SECOND SYSTEM AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOME WEAKER SHORTWAVES REACHING THE AREA EARLIER
BEFORE THE MAIN SYSTEM ARE STILL IN QUESTION...SO WAS HESITANT TO
MAKE ANY CHANGES PAST MONDAY. THE NEW 00Z ECMWF BRINGS A NEGATIVELY
TILTED AND POTENT SHORTWAVE INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE IN
THE PERIOD WHICH WOULD INDICATE A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
UPDATE...FISHER
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...HOLSTEN
LONG TERM...SKIPHazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:13 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 513 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-030900- 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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 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 513 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 /413 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY WEST OF A MARION TO COLDWATER LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF A SOUTH BEND TO PERU LINE AND THEN MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND MAY SPAWN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND POCKET OF COLD AIR MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && 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, May 2, 10:19 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1019 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0954 AM HAIL FORT WAYNE 41.07N 85.14W
05/02/2008 E0.25 INCH ALLEN IN BROADCAST MEDIA
HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN PEA SIZE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01318
LWFLocal storm report, May 2, 10:20 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1020 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 AM HAIL 1 E KNOX 41.29N 86.60W
05/02/2008 M0.25 INCH STARKE IN AMATEUR RADIO
SOME SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01319
LEWISLocal storm report, May 2, 11:12 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1112 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM HAIL ELKHART 41.69N 85.97W
05/02/2008 M1.00 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR STATE ROUTE 19 AND BRISTOL IN ELKHART.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01320
LEWISSpecial weather statement, May 2, 11:13 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1113 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 INZ005-MIZ078-079-021600- CASS-ELKHART-ST. JOSEPH- 1113 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMONTON LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...MOTTVILLE...WHITE PIGEON... CONSTANTINE...KLINGER LAKE...THREE RIVERS...CENTREVILLE...FISHERS LAKE...NOTTAWA...WASEPI...FINDLEY...MENDON AND FAIRFAX. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Local storm report, May 2, 11:14 AM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1114 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1114 AM HAIL NEY 41.38N 84.52W
05/02/2008 E0.25 INCH DEFIANCE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01321
BMLLocal storm report, May 2, 11:15 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1115 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 AM HAIL 1 E ELKHART 41.69N 85.95W
05/02/2008 M0.63 INCH ELKHART IN AMATEUR RADIO
EAST OF THE AIRPORT 5 8 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01322
LEWISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 38 min |
| May 2, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph | 26 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.