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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Northern Indiana

July 27, 2026Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 2:25 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 27, 2026, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT, 18 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT, 18 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:46 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWXLaPorte50 hr
Jul 27, 3:48 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX50 hr
Jul 27, 6:50 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIWXFulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White2 hr
Jul 27, 10:52 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White6 hr
Jul 27, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX119 min
Jul 27, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph26 min
Jul 27, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke23 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph49 min
Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatIWXCass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more46 min
Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke44 min
Jul 27, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph32 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX95 min
Jul 27, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash52 min
Jul 27, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph3 hr
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Grant39 min
Jul 27, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells42 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte49 min
Jul 27, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke39 min
Jul 27, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass52 min
Jul 27, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph32 min

Nearby

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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.