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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Northern Indiana

May 25, 20114 counties in Ohio; Adams County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 8:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2011, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 8:39 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 1:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

014 
WUUS53 KIWX 260012
SVRIWX
INC001-OHC003-125-137-161-260115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0081.110526T0012Z-110526T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
812 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF OHIO CITY...OR 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BERNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  VAN WERT...OHIO CITY AND CONVOY...
  SPENCERVILLE...
  DELPHOS...
  ELIDA...
  KALIDA...
  CONTINENTAL AND COLUMBUS GROVE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WREN...
ABANAKA...GLENMORE...SCHUMM...MIDDLEBURY...DULL...JONESTOWN...
ELGIN...CAVETT...VENEDOCIA...MIDDLE POINT AND WETZEL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4068 8441 4069 8445 4072 8445 4072 8479
      4065 8480 4083 8491 4114 8420 4084 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 240DEG 57KT 4073 8485
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$


JC

2 follow-up statements

256 
WWUS53 KIWX 260028
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
828 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC001-260038-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
ADAMS IN-
828 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED 
OUT AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY 
EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8478 4114 8420 4093 8397 4072 8445
      4072 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 240DEG 57KT 4086 8456

$$

OHC003-125-137-161-260115-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-ALLEN OH-
828 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLEN...SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING...VAN WERT AND
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OHIO CITY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  DELPHOS...
  KALIDA...
  CONTINENTAL AND COLUMBUS GROVE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WETZEL...ROSELMS...OTTOVILLE...FORT JENNINGS...MANDALE...
CLOVERDALE...DUPONT AND KIEFERVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8478 4114 8420 4093 8397 4072 8445
      4072 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 240DEG 57KT 4086 8456
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$


JC

066 
WWUS53 KIWX 260039
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
839 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC003-125-137-161-260049-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-ALLEN OH-
839 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLEN...
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING...VAN WERT AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN
WEST CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8478 4114 8420 4093 8397 4072 8445
      4072 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 240DEG 57KT 4094 8436

$$


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 May 25, 7:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
733 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

.UPDATE...
TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6Z SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN
INDIANA. INTENSE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW ACROSS IL WILL PROPAGATE
EWD THROUGH THE FA BTW 02-07Z TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE
LARGE HAIL GIVEN ADVECTION OF STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND
MUCAPE/S NEAR 2000 J/KG ON THE NOSE OF A 50-55 KNOT LLJ. BOUNDARY
LAYER HAS BEEN WORKED OVER BY EARLIER CONVECTION...HOWEVER...HIGHLY
HELICAL 0-1 KM ENVIRONMENT INVOF OF A NWD MIXING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
MAY BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE
WATCHED AREA. MAINLY A HAIL AND HVY RAIN THREAT ACROSS THE NORTH
AND EAST IN OVERRUNNING SETUP AND INCREASING FROTOGENETICAL FORCING
ALONG A SEWD SINKING LOW LVL FRONT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 701 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011/

AVIATION...

VARIABLE FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AT FWA EARLY THIS EVENING
AS SCT SHOWERS/STORMS CONTINUE JUST NORTH OF AN OUTFLOW LAID OUT
JUST SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL...SUPPORTING AN OVERRUNNING TYPE SET UP
INITIALLY. STABLE BUBBLE HAS BRIEFLY SETTLED INTO THE SBN AREA
RESULTING IN A DRY/VFR PERIOD THROUGH AT LEAST 02Z THIS EVENING.
UPSTREAM INTENSE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW GETTING INTO WESTERN IL
WILL PROPAGATE EWD THROUGH THE FA TONIGHT. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH
AN INTENSIFYING FRONTAL CIRCULATION SINKING SEWD TOWARDS SBN BY
LATE TONIGHT. LATEST 3 KM HRRR PROGS AND TIME OF ARRIVAL TOOL
RESULTS SHOW THIS ACTIVITY SPREADING INTO THE TERMINALS AROUND
02Z. AS A RESULT EXPECT AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS AND TSRA AFTER
THIS TIME. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AS THE FILLED CYCLONE AND DEFORMATION/LOW LEVEL
BAROCLINICITY MEANDERS INTO THE AREA. COOLING/SATURATED BOUNDARY
LAYER WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SUSTAINED IFR AND POTENTIALLY LIFR
CONDITIONS BY LATE TONIGHT AT SBN. OPTED FOR MORE OPTIMISTIC MVFR
CIGS/VIS AT FWA.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011/

DISCUSSION...

OCCLUDED STACKED CYCLONE NEAR KANSAS CITY WILL PROPAGATE EWD TOWARDS
THE FA TONIGHT...AND INTO THE AREA TOMORROW. THIS FEATURE WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE FA WILL ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH TOMORROW.
LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A WELL DEFINED LEAD SHORTWAVE AND MID
LEVEL JET MAXIMA LIFTING NEWD THROUGH THE AREA AS OF THIS WRITING.
THIS COMBINED WITH ADVECTION OF STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND DEEP
LAYER SHEAR OF NEARLY 60 KNOTS HAS ALLOWED FOR STRONG/SEVERE
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...NOW ROUGHLY LINED UP FROM SW TO NE
ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN/EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS OF 20Z.
DEFINITELY A CONCERN FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN POTENTIAL/FURTHER BOUNDARY LAYER
DESTABILIZATION UNDER CIRRUS...AND FROM 200-400 0-1KM SRH VALUES
INVOF OF THE SFC BOUNDARY/CONVECTION OUTFLOW PER BACKED FLOW. STABLE
BUBBLE SHOWING UP NICELY ON VIS SATELLITE ACROSS NRN IL...WITH A
BOUNDARY SET UP NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THIS STABLE AIR
WILL LIKELY WORK IN BETWEEN FORCING FROM LEAD SHORTWAVES...AT LEAST
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THIS MAY SUPPORT A LULL IN THE SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY DURING
THIS TIME. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL LIKELY PROPAGATE
THROUGH TONIGHT AS CONVECTION ACROSS MISSOURI TRACKS NEWD AND THE
FRONTAL CIRCULATION DEEPENS/INTENSIFIES. THERE IS STILL A RISK FOR
SVR WX TONIGHT...BUT DO EXPECT THAT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WX WITH
POTENTIAL LEWP/SQLN BYPASSES TO THE SOUTH GIVEN PROGGED ORIENTATION
OF MASS FIELDS AND CURRENT SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS. STORMS SO FAR
TODAY HAVE DROPPED BTW 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. WITH
THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS...RESULTING LOW FFG/S...PWATS NEAR 1.5
INCHES...AND ADDITIONAL HVY RAINS ANTICIPATED DECIDED TO HOIST A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CWA WIDE THROUGH 08Z THUR. BEST CHANCES FOR
FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN/EASTERN AREAS.

SHOULD SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY
WITH CYCLONE AND BAROCLINIC ZONE OVERHEAD...WITH DEFORMATION
RAIN/DRIZZLE/LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST. SOUTHEASTERN AREAS
COULD SEE SOME STRONGER CONVECTION DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE
SE FRINGE OF THE CIRCULATION. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH PARTIAL CLEARING
OCCURS WE COULD SEE A MARGINAL SVR EVENT IN THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS
THE MID LEVEL DEFORMATION AXIS CONTINUES TO PIVOT THROUGH.  NO
CHANGES TO GRIDS/FCST BEYOND THURSDAY GIVEN MAIN FOCUS ON ONGOING
SEVERE WX. IT STILL APPEARS AS IF DRIER AND WARMER WX IS IN STORE
THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS AN EXPANSIVE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT /3 AM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR
     INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR MIZ077>081.

OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-
     015-016-024-025.

LM...NONE.
&&

DISCUSSION...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL
UPDATE...STEINWEDEL

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
459 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-262100-
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-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
459 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 /359 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
THERE IS THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS
EVENING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A GRISSOM INDIANA TO FORT WAYNE TO
DEFIANCE OHIO LINE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
DUE TO SATURATED GROUND AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR
FLOODING OF LOCAL RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ003-MIZ077-262100-
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
459 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 /359 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY RISKS.
ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR
FLOODING OF LOCAL RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-262100-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
459 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. HIGH
WAVES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT
ON THURSDAY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
551 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIMA                    40.74N  84.11W
05/25/2011                   ALLEN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE AGEATHER RD... EAST OF KEMP
            ROAD AND RESERVOIR ON THE WEST SIDE OF LIMA

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100914

SAW

Local storm report, May 25, 6:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
610 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0607 PM     HEAVY RAIN       7 SSE WESTHOPE          41.21N  83.91W
05/25/2011  E1.75 INCH       HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1.75 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 6 PM IN DESHLER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100915

FISHER

Special weather statement, May 25, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
628 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INZ027-033-034-252300-
ADAMS IN-BLACKFORD IN-JAY IN-
628 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN BLACKFORD...JAY
AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUNKIRK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  PORTLAND...
  BERNE...
  PENNVILLE...
  GENEVA...
  CENTER AND BLAINE...
  BALBEC AND COLLEGE CORNER...

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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4039 8522 4040 8530 4043 8528 4057 8511
      4057 8507 4060 8507 4068 8498 4052 8480
      4031 8512 4032 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 227DEG 36KT 4040 8518

Special weather statement, May 25, 7:18 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
718 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INZ032-260000-
GRANT IN-
718 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD GRANT COUNTY...

AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FAIRMOUNT...
  GAS CITY...MARION AND UPLAND...
  JONESBORO...
  VAN BUREN...
  MICHAELSVILLE AND HERBST...
  ROSEBURG AND FOWLERTON...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4040 8553 4040 8587 4046 8587 4066 8566
      4065 8545 4039 8545 4039 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 225DEG 34KT 4040 8575

Local storm report, May 25, 7:37 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
737 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0737 PM     HAIL             1 E GAS CITY            40.49N  85.59W
05/25/2011  M0.88 INCH       GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100916

SAW

Local storm report, May 25, 7:48 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
748 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0730 PM     HAIL             E GAS CITY              40.49N  85.61W
05/25/2011  M1.75 INCH       GRANT              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100917

SAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 10:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Henry	5 days
May 25, 10:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Putnam	5 days
May 26, 12:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 1 more	11 hr
May 26, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	11 hr
May 26, 12:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding, Van Wert	37 min
May 26, 1:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Putnam	23 min
May 26, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	7 days
May 26, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance	52 hr
May 26, 2:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	3 hr
May 26, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	48 min
May 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	40 min
May 26, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	3 hr
May 26, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert	56 min
May 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Fulton, Henry, Putnam	58 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	66 min
May 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	6 hr
May 25, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington	30 min
May 25, 8:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Grant	10 hr
May 25, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Pulaski, White	54 min
May 25, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash	62 min
May 25, 11:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 4 more	12 hr
May 25, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells	37 min
May 25, 11:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Wells	24 hr
May 25, 11:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	16 min
May 26, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Jay	24 min
May 26, 12:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells	11 hr
May 26, 12:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Whitley	10 hr
May 26, 2:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	32 hr
May 26, 4:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		28 hr
May 26, 7:30 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Statement	IWX		35 hr
May 26, 10:05 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	36 hr
May 26, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wabash	58 hr
May 26, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	9 days
May 26, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Carroll, Pulaski, White	8 days
May 26, 12:17 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Elkhart	23 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.