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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Northern Indiana

July 26, 2014Adams County, Jay County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT for Adams County, Jay County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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: Jul 26, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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
Jul 26, 3:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Se Bluffton, IN
Jul 26, 3:48 PM EDT	HAIL 2	1 N Bluffton, IN
Jul 26, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Bluffton, IN	ESTIMATED 50 TO 55 MPH WINDS IN BLUFFTON

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 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
Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

992 
WUUS53 KIWX 261936
SVRIWX
INC001-075-179-262030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0068.140726T1936Z-140726T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 333 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSSIAN...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUFFTON...BERNE...MONROE...GENEVA...TRAVISVILLE...TOCSIN...
  MAGLEY...CRAIGVILLE...CURRYVILLE...REIFFSBURG...PREBLE...
  PETERSON...VERA CRUZ...DOMESTIC...LINN GROVE...PLEASANT MILLS...
  CEYLON...SALEM...BRYANT AND WESTCHESTER.

AT 332 PM EDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL 
1 MILE EAST OF MARKLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4070 8527 4091 8514 4077 8480 4048 8479
      4045 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 298DEG 29KT 4081 8519

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MARSILI

3 follow-up statements

062 
WWUS53 KIWX 261956
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INC001-075-179-262030-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140726T2030Z/
ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-JAY IN-
356 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
JAY...SOUTHEASTERN WELLS AND SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

AT 354 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFFTON...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL TO HEN EGG SIZED HAIL 
NEAR BLUFFTON AT 348 PM EDT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERNE...MONROE...GENEVA...REIFFSBURG...VERA CRUZ...DOMESTIC...LINN
GROVE...PLEASANT MILLS...SALEM...CEYLON...NEW CORYDON AND TRINITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8494 4069 8525 4084 8512 4077 8480
      4048 8479 4045 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 306DEG 23KT 4072 8510

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MARSILI

295 
WWUS53 KIWX 262008
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INC179-262018-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140726T2030Z/
WELLS IN-
408 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4052 8494 4062 8507 4081 8507 4077 8480
      4048 8479 4045 8480 4045 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 306DEG 23KT 4067 8499

$$

INC001-075-262030-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140726T2030Z/
ADAMS IN-JAY IN-
408 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
JAY AND SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 407 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERNE...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERNE...GENEVA...SALEM...CEYLON...NEW CORYDON...TRINITY AND
WESTCHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8494 4062 8507 4081 8507 4077 8480
      4048 8479 4045 8480 4045 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 306DEG 23KT 4067 8499

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MARSILI

210 
WWUS53 KIWX 262026
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
426 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INC001-075-262036-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140726T2030Z/
ADAMS IN-JAY IN-
426 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JAY AND SOUTHERN
ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT/330 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4052 8494 4062 8507 4081 8507 4077 8480
      4048 8479 4045 8480 4045 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 306DEG 23KT 4060 8487

$$

MARSILI

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 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 1052 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY
AS A FRONT APPROACHES. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT KEEPING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
AROUND. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S IN
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN TO THE UPPER 80S NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. LOW
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN TO THE LOWER 70S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 306 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

ISO-SCT ELEVATED CONVECTION STARTING TO BUBBLE UP ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A HYBRID WARM FRONT/TRIPLE POINT...AND IN
ADVANCE OF WEAK SHORTWAVE/SFC TROUGH APPROACHING FROM WI.
2500-3500 J/KG MUCAPE RESERVOIR FILTERING NEWD IN PERSISTENT WAA
REGIME ON EASTERN FRINGE OF IMPRESSIVE EML (AMID 50 KNOTS OF DEEP
LAYER SHEAR) HINTS AT AN ISOLATED LARGE HAIL RISK...WITH A LESSER
WIND THREAT INITIALLY PER PRONOUNCED ML/SB CIN.

ATTENTION FOR THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN TO
POSSIBLE UPSCALE GROWTH/ORGANIZATION OF A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX FCST TO
FORWARD PROPAGATE EWD INTO THE NORTHERN OH VALLEY. SCATTERED
MULTICELL CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FORM ACROSS NORTHERN MO IN
ADVANCE OF A REMNANT MCV...WITH AMPLE MOISTURE/CAPE AND FLOW ALOFT
FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZATION EAST. WEST-TO-EAST ORIENTATION OF SBCAPE
GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL IL TO THE IA/MO BORDER UNDER STRONG WNW FLOW
ALOFT SUGGEST THAT THE BULK THIS CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (SEVERE WINDS)
WILL FOCUS SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
INDIANA INTO SW OHIO. STILL TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT FOR AREAS SOUTH
OF HWY 30 IN INDIANA WHERE A LOW WIND RISK REMAINS. AS MENTIONED
IN THE PREV DISCUSSION...THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR
BACKBUILDING/TRAILING CONVECTION AND ISOLATED FLOODING OFF OF A
STRATIFORM BUBBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE FA WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE HWO.

COMPACT/STRONG CIRCULATION NOW OVER FAR SOUTHERN MANITOBA WILL OPEN
SEWD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
TOMORROW. STRONG MID LEVEL PVA/CYCLONIC FLOW WITH 100 METER HEIGHT
FALL CENTROID INTO SRN LOWER MI BY 00Z...AND FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT
JET SUPPORT INTO MAINLY NORTHERN/EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA...WILL
ALLOW A WEAK SFC REFLECTION TO STRENGTHEN A BIT INTO NRN IN/LOWER
MI TOMORROW. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT SCT SHOWERS/STORMS/UNSETTLED
WEATHER ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN ZONES BY LATE
MORNING/AFTERNOON GIVEN SOME DIURNAL RECOVERY...ALTHOUGH LEFTOVER
MOISTURE QUALITY AND CLOUD DEBRIS MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED FOR
WIDESPREAD HVY RAIN/SVR WX. STILL IF SOME HEATING IS REALIZED
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ALONG A TRAILING SECONDARY CDFNT GIVEN
STRONG KINEMATICS (BEST CHANCES EAST OF I-69).

&&

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 306 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

LEAD SW TROUGH OVR MB THIS AFTN CONT SEWD SHRT TERM AND ROUND EWD
THROUGH BASE OF OF LONG WAVE TROUGH DVLPG EAST OF JAMES BAY SUN
NIGHT. A BRIEF SHRA PSBL NE HALF SUN EVE OTRWS XPC SWD WRAPPING
COOL/DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL CURTAIL ANY ADDNL SHRA THREAT INTO
MON. THUS WILL WHITTLE POPS FURTHER.

LTL SENSIBLE WX CONCERN THEREAFTER AS NEG HGT ANOMALY CNTRD NR JAMES
BAY LOCKS IN. THUS W/NWRLY LL FLW CONTG ACRS THE LAKES...
UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPS TO START ON MON WILL BE SLOW TO MODERATE
W/DOWNRIGHT COMFORTABLE TEMPS XPCD FOR LT JULY/EARLY AUG.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1232 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

HIGH END MVFR/LOW VFR STRATO CU CLOUD DECK EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
FILL IN ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOW LEVEL
TROUGH/MOISTURE AXIS IN THE VICINITY. SCT STORMS MAY CREATE
TEMPORARY IFR RESTRICTIONS. EXPECT CONVECTION INVOF REMNANT MCV
AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO FIRE ACROSS MO INTO WC IL LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...LIKELY GROWING UPSCALE INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS
INTO IN/OH LATER TONIGHT. LATEST SATELLITE/OB TRENDS SUGGEST THAT
THE WORST OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY PASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS.

&&

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

SYNOPSIS...LOTHAMER
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...T
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
219 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-271830-
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
219 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 /119 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE FOR STORMS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.
SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE 24.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...AND
AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

&&

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

INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-271830-
LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
219 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 /119 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
251 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INZ017-018-025-026-261915-
ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-WHITLEY IN-
251 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN WELLS...NORTHERN
HUNTINGTON...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WABASH...SOUTHERN WHITLEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH WHITLEY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HUNTINGTON...
  MARKLE...
  ROANOKE AND BOWERSTOWN...
  MAHON AND ABOITE...
  ZANESVILLE AND NINE MILE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 283 AND
300.

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

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

LAT...LON 4098 8565 4100 8565 4100 8567 4101 8568
      4102 8568 4115 8560 4097 8514 4077 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 304DEG 35KT 4104 8556

MARSILI

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:03 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

OHZ004-005-261930-
DEFIANCE OH-HENRY OH-
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN DEFIANCE AND HENRY
COUNTIES...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NAPOLEON
TO HOLGATE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LIBERTY CENTER...
  MCCLURE...
  DESHLER...
  TEXAS...COLTON AND GRELTON...
  GALLUP AND HAMLER...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4117 8388 4121 8430 4149 8418 4148 8388
      4119 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 280DEG 40KT 4144 8409 4125 8420

JBALL

Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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

0310 PM     HAIL             ROANOKE                 40.96N  85.37W
07/26/2014  M0.75 INCH       HUNTINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MCS

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:17 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
317 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INZ018-OHZ015-261945-
ALLEN IN-PAULDING OH-
317 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD PAULDING AND EASTERN ALLEN
COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRABILL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HICKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ANTWERP...
  PAYNE...
  PAULDING...
  EDGERTON...ZULU AND TOWNLEY...
  MCGILL...
  BRICETON...WORSTVILLE AND TIPTON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 26.

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

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

LAT...LON 4098 8490 4122 8507 4127 8484 4106 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 300DEG 41KT 4119 8488

JBALL

Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
332 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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

0332 PM     HAIL             1 E MARKLE              40.82N  85.32W
07/26/2014  M1.50 INCH       WELLS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
335 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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

0333 PM     HAIL             2 ESE MARKLE            40.81N  85.30W
07/26/2014  M1.25 INCH       WELLS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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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 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	30 min
Jul 26, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	41 min
Jul 26, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	38 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	24 min
Jul 26, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley	51 min
Jul 26, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	47 min

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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.