Thunderstorm Wind, Porter
- When
- July 7, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Porter County, 2 mi NE of Chesterton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.617, -87.017
Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 7, 2001
A garage door was blown into the garage, windows of the garage were blown out and tree limbs were blown down north of the garage.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
A garage door was blown into the garage, windows of the garage were blown out and tree limbs were blown down north of the garage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 1:31 PM CST, 13 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:31 PM CST, 13 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 330 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001 THE COLD FRONT HAS LOTS OF SUPPORT ALOFT. 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS AT 12 UTC ARE SIGNIFICANT IN CANADA AND NORTH DAKOTA. THE SURFACE MAPS AT 17 UTC SHOW STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AND MOISTURE ADVECTION. THE ISENTROPIC FORECASTS AT 305 K SURFACE SHOWS STRONG VERTICAL MOTION UP THE SURFACE THROUGH 12 UTC SATURDAY. THE MOISTURE FORECASTS SHOW HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY MOVING IN AFTER 06 UTC TONIGHT ON THE AVN MODEL. THE NGM HAS HIGH SURFACE HUMIDITY AND 850 MB HUMIDITY AS WELL. WILL FORECAST HIGH POPS FOR TONIGHT USING THE AVN AS THE MAIN MODEL. THE FRONT WILL NOT GET TO FAR SOUTH THE NGM...AVN AND ETA KEEP IT AROUND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL KEEP POPS FOR SATURDAY AT 40 PERCENT AND 30 PERCENT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WILL KEEP CLOSE TO MRF GUIDANCE FOR THE OUTLOOK. .CHI...NONE. WHW
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Texas, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 7, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Kentucky, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 7 to 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5258210.