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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana

June 6, 2008Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Elkhart County, LaGrange County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2008, 5:09 PM EDT for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Elkhart County, LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: Jun 6, 2008, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 5:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 E White Pigeon, MI
Jun 6, 6:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Centreville, MI	REPORTS OF TREES UPROOTED...POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 062109
SVRIWX
INC039-087-MIC027-149-062215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0031.080606T2109Z-080606T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
509 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
  ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE SEVERE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PORTAGE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNLAP...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  GOSHEN...
  THREE RIVERS...
  STURGIS...
  BRISTOL...
  MIDDLEBURY AND CONSTANTINE...
  WHITE PIGEON...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4185 8530 4146 8606 4189 8604 4200 8577
      4207 8577 4208 8574 4208 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 239DEG 32KT 4209 8573 4158 8595

$$

JC

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 062122
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INC039-087-MIC027-149-062215-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/
ELKHART IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND
NORTHWESTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND EASTERN CASS
AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THREE RIVERS TO GOSHEN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  STURGIS...
  CENTREVILLE...
  COLON...
  FISHERS LAKE...
  KLINGER LAKE AND SCOTT...
  WASEPI...NOTTAWA AND MENDON...

IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OF INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.
DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4208 8530 4185 8530 4156 8587 4195 8590
      4200 8577 4207 8577 4208 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 231DEG 49KT 4207 8568 4164 8574

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 062137
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
536 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INC039-087-MIC027-062146-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/
ELKHART IN-LAGRANGE IN-CASS MI-
536 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND NORTHWESTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA...AND EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN IS
CANCELLED...

AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4208 8530 4185 8530 4176 8548 4176 8549
      4176 8562 4176 8563 4208 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 231DEG 49KT 4210 8548 4181 8547

$$

MIC149-062215-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
536 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE TO 4 MILES
WEST OF STURGIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  COLON...LEONIDAS AND FINDLEY...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS ....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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4208 8530 4185 8530 4176 8548 4176 8549
      4176 8562 4176 8563 4208 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 231DEG 49KT 4210 8548 4181 8547

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 062151
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MIC149-062215-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM LEONIDAS TO STURGIS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4208 8530 4185 8530 4178 8545 4179 8548
      4208 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 220DEG 47KT 4209 8526 4188 8535

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 062200
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MIC149-062210-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN IS CANCELLED...

AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4208 8530 4185 8530 4178 8545 4179 8548
      4208 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 220DEG 47KT 4211 8503 4191 8513

$$

JC

What 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 Jun 6, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
256 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...SEVERE STORMS IMMINENT...

.NEAR TERM...
DEEP WARM SECTOR CONTS TO DESTABILIZE ESP EAST OF MID/HIGH CLD PLUME
ALG PREFNTL TROUGH THROUGH IL. LARGE SCALE SW TROUGH CONTS TO SHIFT
RAPIDLY NEWD INTO MB YET DOWNSTREAM FLW STILL QUITE STRONG W/TAIL
END OF MID LVL SPD MAX AND ATTENDANT LLJ STILL PROGGED TO SHIFT ACRS
CWA BTWN 21-00Z. ARRIVAL OF MID LVL HGT FALLS AND ASSOCD LARGE SCALE
ASCENT TIMED W/MAX HEATING AND DEEPLY SHEARED FLW STILL ALL POINT TO
SVR STORMS THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING W/MIXED MODE CONVN XPCD. MID
LVL CAPPING INVERSION SLOW TO ERODE W/EWD EXTENT AND SEEN IN 12Z
RAOBS AND CURRENT SAT IMAGERY YET WILL PROMOTE A WINDOW OF DISCRETE
SUPERCELL POTENTIAL ALG PREFNTL TROUGH THIS AFTN AND SUBSEQUENT QLCS
ALG ACCOMPANYING CDFNT THIS EVE. RAPID NEWD STORM MOTION W/STG MID
LVL FLW AND ALTHOUGH PWS HIGH W/INHERENT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL DONT
BELIEVE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THAT MUCH OF A PROB UNLESS TRAINING CONVN
MATERIALIZES.  NEW 12Z HIGHRES WRF DOES MAKE SOME SUGGESTION OF
THAT POSSIBILITY BUT MENTIONED ALREADY IN VARIOUS PRODUCTS. FAR
BIGGER THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WIND GIVEN STG MOMENTUM FIELD IN
PLACE W/TOR POTENTIAL CONFINED TO MATURE BOW STRUCTURES AND DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS EARLY ON. INITIATION ALREADY UNDERWAY FM ERN MO INTO SE
WI W/ADDNL STORMS DVLPG DOWNSTREAM THROUGH ERN IL AND WRN IN BY 20Z
AND GROWING UPSCALE QUICKLY AFT THAT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
ELONGATING UPR TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR CDFNT TO STALL OVR THE AREA
OVERNIGHT W/NEAR TERM CONV EVOLUTION DICTATING POTENTIAL LTR TONIGHT.
IN THE LEAST...STG LLJ IMPINGING ON POTENTIAL MESOSCALE OUTFLW WILL
LIKELY AUGMENT CONVECTIVE CHCS AFT MIDNIGHT SOUTH AND WILL SHADE
POPS THAT WAY IN AGREEMENT W/HIGHER RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE.

SAT MORE UNCERTAIN ESP IN LIGHT OF MID LVL HGT RISES ACRS THE SRN
PLAINS AND CONTD INFLUX OF HIGH THETA-E AIR WITHIN FVRBL SWRLY LLJ.
IN THE LEAST XPC SUFFICIENT AFTN DESTABILIZATION TO WARRANT A CONTD
MENTION OF STORMS BFR INHIBITION BUILDS FURTHER SAT NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM...
UPPER LVL PATTERN NEXT WEEK CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT TROF WEST/RIDGE
EAST THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A SFC BNDRY IMPACTING CWA MON-WED.

NAM SLOWER THAN GFS WITH PROGRESSION OF CLOSED LOW ACROSS
MT-ND/CANADIAN BORDER WHICH RESULTS IN SLOWER SE PROGRESSION OF SFC
BOUNDARY ACROSS IA-WI. GFS PROGRESSES IT FURTHER WITH POSSIBLE FAR NW
CWA BEING IMPACTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT. NO CLEAR CUT FAVORITE MODEL FOR
SUNDAY SOLUTION...SO CONTINUING WITH A DRY SUNDAY FOR NOW AS SE
PROGRESSION OF QPF IN GFS SOMEWHAT SUSPECT AND NAM CONSISTENTLY
KEEPING THE ACTION JUST OFF TO THE NW.

MON NIGHT-TUES SFC FRONT MOVES INTO CWA WITH NAM SLIGHTLY FASTER TO
BRING IN BNDRY...BUT SIMILAR OVERALL BETWEEN MODELS.  FRONT MOVES
IN TO NW ILLINOIS EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND SLOWS SE PROGRESSION WITH
GFS STALLING FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.  BOTH SOLUTIONS PROJECT
CONVECTION ACROSS CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDED CHC POPS
MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT ON CONVECTION.

MODELS CONTINUE TO DIG CLOSED LOW INTO INTMTN WEST BUT GFS/EC BOTH
LIFT IT NE AND HOLD OFF ON FLATTENING THE E CONUS RIDGE UNTIL PAST
END OF EXTENDED PERIOD...KEEPING CONTINUED WARM HUMID CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

NEAR TERM...HOLSTEN
SHORT TERM...HOLSTEN
LONG TERM...LUDINGTON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:08 AM EDT, 12 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-070915-
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
508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 /408 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLY
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER...THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN
THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 WILL ALLOW FOR HEAT INDICIES TO REACH
INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-070915-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER...THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 KNOTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT IN
THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES...WITH A FEW
GUSTS OF 50 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

&&

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, Jun 6, 4:27 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
427 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LA PORTE                41.61N  86.71W
06/06/2008                   LA PORTE           IN   UTILITY COMPANY

            NIPSCO REPORTED MINOR POWER OUTAGES

&&

EVENT NUMBER 01381

MCS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
453 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0356 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALIEN                  41.80N  86.50W
06/06/2008                   BERRIEN            MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWNS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 01382

MCS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW DOWAGIAC           42.02N  86.17W
06/06/2008                   CASS               MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE INSIDE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 01383

LUD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien	66 min
Jun 6, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien	56 min
Jun 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Berrien	26 min
Jun 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	45 min
Jun 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch	38 min
Jun 6, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	33 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		62 min
Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	34 min
Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells	64 min
Jun 6, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	27 min
Jun 6, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	32 min
Jun 6, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay, Wells	34 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.