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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Northern Indiana

August 12, 2026LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2026, 10:51 AM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 12, 2026, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2026, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 12, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 Aug 12, 5:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 5:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1004 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

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

0946 AM     Hail             1 SSE Lima              40.72N 84.10W
08/12/2026  E1.00 Inch       Allen              OH   Public

            Photo on the south side of Lima showing
            quarter size hail. Time estimated via radar.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1006 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

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

0939 AM     Hail             Elida                   40.79N 84.20W
08/12/2026  E1.00 Inch       Allen              OH   Public

            Photo on Facebook of quarter size hail in
            Elida. Time estimated via radar.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 9:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	39 min
Aug 12, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	26 min
Aug 12, 4:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	White	4 days
Aug 12, 4:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells	3 hr
Aug 12, 5:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Grant	3 hr
Aug 12, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White	53 min
Aug 12, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		72 min
Aug 12, 10:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Huntington and 9 more	3 hr
Aug 12, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells	37 hr
Aug 12, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Grant, Miami, Wabash	53 hr
Aug 12, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Whitley	33 min
Aug 12, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, White	40 min
Aug 12, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	23 min
Aug 12, 1:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Cass, Grant, Jay, Miami, Pulaski and 2 more	5 hr
Aug 12, 3:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	9 days
Aug 12, 6:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Wells	4 days
Aug 12, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	32 min
Aug 12, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	30 min
Aug 12, 9:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	27 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.