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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana

April 2, 2025Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 8:24 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2025, 8:24 AM EDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2025, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Allen County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 2, 7:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
405 AM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025

INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204-
216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-030900-
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-
405 AM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025 /305 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms are likely this morning. While severe weather is not
expected, a few storms may produce small hail.

Additional thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon with
a risk for hail and damaging winds. In addition isolated tornadoes
appear possible this evening along and south of the US 24 corridor.

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

Additional rounds of rainfall are possible late Friday through late
Saturday. Additional significant rainfall could lead to some areal
flooding concerns across portions of northeast Indiana into northwest
Ohio.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is probable this afternoon and evening.

LMZ043-046-030900-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
405 AM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Gale Warning.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected through much of today. Small
hail and wind gusts to 35 knots are possible.

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

No hazardous weather is expected.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:51 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:17 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:19 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington, Wabash, Whitley29 min
Apr 2, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley33 min
Apr 2, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley15 min
Apr 2, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWells26 min
Apr 2, 8:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells22 min
Apr 2, 8:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen10 min
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb21 days
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen5 days
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXNoble21 days
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen21 days
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells21 days
Apr 2, 11:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen21 days
Apr 2, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen21 days
Apr 2, 2:14 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Grant and 7 more3 days
Apr 2, 3:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX23 hr
Apr 2, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX38 min
Apr 2, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more81 min
Apr 2, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXPulaski, Starke21 min
Apr 2, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke31 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski and 2 more51 min
Apr 2, 7:52 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall21 min
Apr 2, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance, Paulding24 min
Apr 2, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding17 min
Apr 2, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance16 min
Apr 2, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton28 min
Apr 2, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXVan Wert20 min
Apr 2, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding, Putnam, Van Wert27 min
Apr 2, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert15 min
Apr 2, 9:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPutnam6 min
Apr 2, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHenry27 min
Apr 2, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen21 min
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams21 days
Apr 2, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam5 days
Apr 2, 11:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams5 days
Apr 2, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.