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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana

June 18, 20144 counties in Ohio; DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 3:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; DeKalb County, Steuben County, Indiana; Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min. 7 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 18, 2014, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Hillsdale County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 18, 4:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Montpelier, OH	LARGE TREE BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF ROAD SOUTHWEST OF MONTPELIER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Butler, IN	TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN BUTLER
Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Bryan, OH	TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wauseon, OH	POWER LINES DOWN IN MANY LOCATIONS. TREE LIMBS DOWN ON VEHICLES. POWER LINES DOWN ON ROOF OF A BURNING BUILDING. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wauseon, OH	PRIVATELY OWNED AMATUER RADIO TOWER BLOWN DOWN IN WAUSEON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wauseon, OH	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN WAUSEON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Bryan, OH	UTILITY POLE SNAPPED NORTHEAST OF BRYAN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 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 18, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

408 
WUUS53 KIWX 181956
SVRIWX
INC033-151-MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-182045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0031.140618T1956Z-140618T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
  DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTE TO EDGERTON TO HICKSVILLE
  TO GRABILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BRYAN AROUND 405 PM EDT.
  STRYKER AROUND 410 PM EDT.
  ARCHBOLD AROUND 415 PM EDT.
  WAUSEON AROUND 425 PM EDT.
  DEFIANCE AROUND 430 PM EDT.
  DELTA AROUND 435 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ZONE...FARMER...ELMIRA...
DENSON...BURLINGTON...MARK CENTER...NEY...TEDROW...OAKSHADE AND
SHERWOOD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150
AND 156.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 8433 4123 8445 4125 8445 4125 8461
      4127 8480 4129 8481 4129 8498 4176 8489
      4176 8483 4183 8483 4187 8436 4171 8436
      4171 8388 4160 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 279DEG 32KT 4175 8430 4142 8469
          4131 8478 4119 8499

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BENTLEY

2 follow-up statements

481 
WWUS53 KIWX 182022
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
422 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

INC151-182032-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140618T2045Z/
STEUBEN IN-
422 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150
AND 156.

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4122 8433 4123 8444 4125 8445 4127 8480
      4129 8481 4129 8498 4149 8472 4162 8461
      4185 8460 4187 8436 4171 8436 4171 8388
      4160 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 279DEG 32KT 4169 8399 4137 8439
          4126 8448 4114 8469

$$

INC033-MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-182045-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140618T2045Z/
DE KALB IN-HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
422 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON...
WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...NORTHWESTERN HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 418 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF DELTA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEFIANCE TO 9 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE TO ANTWERP...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DELTA AND DEFIANCE AROUND 430 PM EDT.
  NAPOLEON AROUND 440 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE METAMORA...ASSUMPTION...
GERALD...JEWELL...INDEPENDENCE AND OKOLONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 8433 4123 8444 4125 8445 4127 8480
      4129 8481 4129 8498 4149 8472 4162 8461
      4185 8460 4187 8436 4171 8436 4171 8388
      4160 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 279DEG 32KT 4169 8399 4137 8439
          4126 8448 4114 8469

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BENTLEY

037 
WWUS53 KIWX 182033
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

INC033-MIC059-182043-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140618T2045Z/
DE KALB IN-HILLSDALE MI-
433 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4122 8433 4123 8444 4125 8445 4127 8479
      4141 8450 4148 8438 4157 8431 4166 8430
      4171 8430 4171 8388 4160 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 279DEG 32KT 4168 8409 4134 8426
          4123 8436 4111 8457

$$

OHC039-051-069-171-182045-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140618T2045Z/
HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
433 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON...
SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 431 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORENCI TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DEFIANCE TO DEFIANCE TO PAULDING...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NAPOLEON AROUND 440 PM EDT.
  DELTA AROUND 445 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINAMEG...GERALD...ASSUMPTION
AND METAMORA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 8433 4123 8444 4125 8445 4127 8479
      4141 8450 4148 8438 4157 8431 4166 8430
      4171 8430 4171 8388 4160 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 279DEG 32KT 4168 8409 4134 8426
          4123 8436 4111 8457

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BENTLEY

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 18, 3:11 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:11 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
311 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 311 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP OVER THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING AIDED BY VERY WARM
AND HUMID AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS IN
THE LOW TO MID 80S...AND LOWS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN THE MID
60S AND LOW 70S CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 311 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

REINVIGORATING CONV LINE INADV OF POTENT MCV MARCHING EWD ACRS WI
THE NR TERM CHALLENGE THIS PD. COPIOUS MSTR IN PLACE ALG W/RAPID
MORNING DESTABILIZATION HAS LED TO A CONCRETE SHRT TERM SVR THREAT
EWD ACRS THE AREA. IN ADDN ECHO ALIGNMENT WITHIN MID LVL SHEAR
VECTORS PORTEND A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN ESP THROUGH CNTRL CWA
THROUGH THIS AFTN. WILL BUMP POPS APPRECIABLY THROUGH FIRST PART OF
EVENING AS TENDENCY SHLD BE FOR REDVLPMNT TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN WRN
FLANK OF GROWING COLD POOL LTR THIS AFTN.

OTRWS OVERNIGHT PD REMAINS SKETCHY OWING TO EFFECTS OF CURRENT
GROWING CONV CLUSTER TAKING SHAPE ACRS NE IL/NW IN AND WHERE
UPSTREAM LIKELY SVR MCS DVLPMNT TAKES PLACE THIS AFTN. RUC/HRRR
WOULD SUGGEST LL WAA OVERTOP OUTFLW BUBBLE THIS EVENING WILL SUSTAIN
ADDNL DVLPMNT ACRS MUCH OF THE CWA AND GENERALLY BROADBRUSHED POPS
IN ACCORDANCE W/NEWER 12Z MOS GUIDANCE. REGARDLESS AN EVENTUAL SWD
SAG XPCD OVERNIGHT W/COMPOSITED OUTFLW/SYNOPTIC SFC BNDRY AND HAVE
BOUGHT INTO MODEL CONSENSUS OF SHIFTING PCPN WELL SOUTH OF AREA
TOMORROW. HAVE CUT/ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDINGLY.

&&

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 311 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

BROADBRUSH CHANCE POPS REMAIN THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD AS SEVERAL
CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED SHORTWAVES WORK EAST IN FLATTENED WNW
FLOW...WITH CONVECTION/MCV'S LIKELY LATCHING ONTO A QUASI-STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY. THE RESULT IS A
LOW CONFIDENCE FCST WITH MESOSCALE FEATURES IN LOW AMPLITUDE FLOW
DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE BEYOND 24 HOURS. BEST CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS/STORMS/HVY RAIN STILL APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY AS CORRIDOR OF
WEAK HEIGHT FALLS AND NORTHEAST PUSH OF RICH THETA-E AIR IN ADVANCE
OF A LEAD WAVE EJECTING EAST FROM A NORTHERN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS
CLOSED LOW OVERSPREADS. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGHLY CONDITIONAL
ON STRENGTH OF FLOW ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF POTENTIAL MCV AND TIMING OF
WAVE (DEGREE OF DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION).

LAST SEVERAL MODEL CYCLES HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND DRIER OVER THE
WEEKEND...WITH FRIDAY'S WAVE FORCING COMPOSITE OUTFLOW SOUTH WITH
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE LOW LEVELS. WITH THAT SAID STILL
HELD WITH LOW CHC POPS GIVEN RELIANCE/UNCERTAINTY OF FRIDAY'S WAVE
TO SHUNT FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA. A SIMILAR REGIME IS
EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE MORE TROUGHING/DEEPER NW FLOW
FINALLY AMPLIFIES INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK
RESULTING IN DRIER/COOLER CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR TWEAKS
MADE TO TEMPS WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 140 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

SHALLOW/BRIEF MVFR CIGS ASSOCD/W TAIL END OF DECAYING CONV REMNANTS
ACRS NW IN WILL MIX OUT QUICKLY INTO THIS AFTN. LTL SIGN YET OF
WHERE/WHEN RENEWED CONV DVLPMNT WILL OCCUR AND AS SUCH WILL SIT
TIGHT W/IMPLIED DRY TAF FCST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MOST LIKELY
SCENARIO IS FOR NEW CONVN TO INITIATE FM ERN IA EWD THROUGH NRN IL
THIS EVENING AS LLJ KICKS UP AND THEN GROW UPSCALE INTO A FWD
PROPAGATING MCS AS IT SPREADS EWD THROUGH THE SRN LAKES OVERNIGHT.

OTRWS GUSTY SWRLY GRADIENT WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNSET.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...AGD/STEINWEDEL
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...T

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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
219 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-191830-
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
219 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 /119 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SINK SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-191830-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
219 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS
AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

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

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
326 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

INZ009-017-018-182000-
ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-WHITLEY IN-
326 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN WHITLEY...AND
NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRI-LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT WAYNE...
  CHURUBUSCO...
  HUNTERTOWN...
  LAKE EVERETT AND DUNFEE...
  ARCOLA...
  WALLEN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 30.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 305 AND
322.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4109 8557 4128 8555 4128 8554 4127 8553
      4126 8520 4128 8519 4127 8502 4105 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 278DEG 37KT 4122 8544

JBALL

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:28 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
328 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAGRANGE                41.64N  85.42W
06/18/2014                   LAGRANGE           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON ROADS ACROSS
            COUNTY.

&&

LASHLEY

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N OSCEOLA               41.67N  86.08W
06/18/2014                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            *** 1 INJ *** TREE DOWN ON VAN. FEMALE DRIVER SUFFERED
            MINOR INJURY.

&&

LASHLEY

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
342 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MENDON                  42.01N  85.45W
06/18/2014                   ST. JOSEPH         MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UTILITY LINE AND A SINGLE TREE DOWN IN MENDON.

&&

LASHLEY

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
348 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELKHART                 41.68N  85.98W
06/18/2014                   ELKHART            IN   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE.

&&

LASHLEY

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
354 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUTLER                  41.43N  84.87W
06/18/2014                   DEKALB             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN BETWEEN CORUNNA AND
            BUTLER.

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LASHLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	44 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	27 min
Jun 17, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	43 min
Jun 17, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	42 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Saint Joseph	2 hr
Jun 17, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	29 min
Jun 18, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		54 min
Jun 18, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	51 min
Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall	41 min
Jun 18, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble	52 min
Jun 18, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	43 min
Jun 18, 2:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	3 hr
Jun 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	25 min
Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Whitley	34 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Noble, Whitley	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	41 min
Jun 18, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	26 min
Jun 18, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	25 min
Jun 17, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Buren	22 min
Jun 18, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	34 min
Jun 18, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	51 min
Jun 18, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.