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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Northern Indiana

April 14, 20266 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2026, 4:36 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 14, 2026, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 4:26 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 9:50 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX10 hr
Apr 14, 3:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX115 min
Apr 14, 4:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph64 min
Apr 14, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph54 min
Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more43 hr
Apr 14, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White34 min
Apr 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami33 min
Apr 14, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami34 min
Apr 14, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami30 min
Apr 14, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Whitley30 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash37 min
Apr 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Miami35 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Noble29 min
Apr 14, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells38 min
Apr 14, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant37 min
Apr 14, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay, Wells27 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams26 min
Apr 14, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay, Wells34 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay23 min
Apr 14, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay26 min
Apr 14, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay, Wells21 min
Apr 14, 10:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams12 days
Apr 14, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen43 min
Apr 14, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen45 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.