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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Northern Indiana

March 19, 2025LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2025, 6:05 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 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
Mar 19, 2025, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 Mar 19, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
331 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025

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216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-201945-
Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-
Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-
Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Northern La Porte-
Eastern St. Joseph IN-Northern Kosciusko-Southern La Porte-
Western St. Joseph IN-Southern Kosciusko-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-
Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams-
Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
331 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025 /231 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are likely this evening,
mainly from 7 to 11 PM EDT. Damaging wind gusts to 70 mph and a few
isolated tornadoes are the main hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-201945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
331 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.
   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 8:31 PM CDTGale WarningIWX40 hr
Mar 19, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX92 min
Mar 19, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass37 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2025Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.