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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2026, 7:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2026, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 26, 7:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 108 PM EDT Thu Mar 26 2026 INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204- 216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-271715- 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- 108 PM EDT Thu Mar 26 2026 /1208 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms late this afternoon into this evening. All severe weather hazards are possible along with heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. LMZ043-046-271715- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 108 PM EDT Thu Mar 26 2026 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... 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. Gale Warning. Thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon into early this evening. A few of these storms may produce hail and wind gusts in excess of 35 knots. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:15 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 25 hr | |
| Mar 26, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash and 1 more | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wabash and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 7 min |
| Mar 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.