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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Northern Indiana

July 15, 2010Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2010, 6:33 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:26 AM EDT, 12 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
526 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-160930-
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
526 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2010 /426 AM CDT THU JUL 15 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO
AROUND 105 DEGREES WITH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE IF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-160930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
526 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED
WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE...PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGH WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE IF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE.

&&

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, Jul 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
253 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

INZ022>026-032-033-151945-
BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-MIAMI IN-WABASH IN-WELLS
IN-
253 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...

AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER
TO JUST WEST OF MARION INDIANA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WABASH AND NORTH MANCHESTER...
  MARION...
  GAS CITY AND FAIRMOUNT...
  HUNTINGTON...
  UPLAND...
  HARTFORD CITY...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THESE STORMS
INTENSIFY.

LAT...LON 4040 8585 4058 8586 4058 8620 4079 8611
      4077 8587 4103 8585 4094 8534 4093 8534
      4093 8530 4092 8522 4039 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 278DEG 34KT 4068 8592

Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
258 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

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

0210 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOGANSPORT              40.75N  86.36W
07/15/2010                   CASS               IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN FROM LOGANSPORT AND NEW
            WAVERLY

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1000914

CEO

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
300 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

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

0206 PM     LIGHTNING        LOGANSPORT              40.75N  86.36W
07/15/2010                   CASS               IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOUSE ON FIRE FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE ON 20TH ST...TIME
            ESTIMATED

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1000915

CEO

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:31 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	25 min
Jul 15, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley	65 min
Jul 15, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	39 min
Jul 15, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash	52 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash	60 min
Jul 15, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble	34 min
Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	34 min
Jul 15, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	38 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph	57 min
Jul 15, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.