Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 11, 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, South Bend
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -86.250
Large trees down blocking road
Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 11, 2001
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 3
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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 2:31 PM EST, 10 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:31 PM EST, 10 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 231 PM EST SUN JUN 10 2001 FCST PROBLEM CONTS TO BE TSRA CHANCES THROUGH FCST PACKAGE. AGAIN USING A BLEND OF ETA/AVN MODELS...WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RUC40 THIS EVENING. MCV MOVING ACRS WI THIS AFTN CONTS TO TRIGGER LINE OF TSRA. CONVECTION ALSO FIRING FM NRN MI TO NW OH ALONG WEAK WMFNT AND THETA E MAX. TEMPERATURES ACRS FA HAVE RISEN TO AROUND 80 THIS AFTN WITH DWPTS AROUND 60. FIRST FCST PROBLEM WL BE POPS TNGT. DEEPEST MOISTURE AND BEST FORCING WL BE POINTED N OF FA WHERE WI CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE. PROXIMITY TO NRN COUNTIES WARRANT A CONTINUED CHC THAT AREA. CURRENTLY WATCHING A COUPLE BOUNDARIES IN VIS IMAGES ACRS ERN IA...SW WI AND NW IL. MSAS SHOWING A COUPLE THETA E RIDGES AHEAD OF THESE BOUNDARIES. RUC40 HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPMENT OF OMEGA LATE THIS AFTN ACRS IL INTO WRN INDIANA THIS EVENING. LATEST RUC40 SHOWS VERY GOOD 850MB THETA E RIDGE AND ADVECTION INTO WRN FA BY 03Z. WITH SML CHC POPS IN CURRENT FCST AND ABOVE FACTORS...WL CONT THE LOW CHC POPS TNGT. LATEST SWOMCD FOR IL/IA/WI CONFIRMS THIS THINKING. MONDAY CONTS TO LOOK LIKE A HIGHLY UNSTABLE DAY WITH NO TRIGGER IN MODELS TO INITIATE CONVECTION. HOWEVER...WITH OUTFLOWS FM NRN CONVECTION...WEAKENING SFC FNT AND CAPES OF 3000 J/KG...WL NOT TAKE MUCH TO GET THINGS GOING IN AFTN. ANY STORMS THAT DO FIRE WL HAVE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SVR GIVEN AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY. ETA AND MESO ETA AND NOW EVEN AVN HAVE BEEN SHOWING A RATHER WEAK LOOKING VORT MAX MOVING OVR FA DURING AFTN. THETA E RIDGE AT SFC AND 850 REMAIN PARKED OVR CENTRAL FA. OTHER NEGATIVE FACTOR IS RIDGING BUILDING INTO FA ALOFT DURING AFTN...BUT THERE IS SOME UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AHEAD OF RIDGE. GIVEN HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMS...WL AGAIN CONT WITH LOW CHC POPS. RIDGING INCREASES TUE AND WED. WL DRY FCST OUT FM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH WED. CHC POPS AGAIN FOR THU AS TROPICAL REMNANTS GET CAUGHT BETWEEN APCHG PLAINS TROF AND ATLANTIC RIDGE. AVN MOVES SYSTEM DUE NORTH AND AVN TENDS TO HANDLE TROPICAL SYSTEMS BEST OF THE SHORTER RANGE MODELS. LATEST 120 HR AVN APPEARS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH SFC FNT FOR FRI. GIVEN ATLANTIC HIGH AND NWRD MOVING MOISTURE... WL ADD PCPN CHANCES FOR FRI. WL KEEP REMAINDER OF EXTENDED FCST DRY. GUIDANCE TEMPS SHOWING A VERY SIGNIFICANT WARM UP BY TUE WITH 90S PROGGED ACROSS MOST OF FA BY FWC AND MAV. WITH INCREASING LOW LEVELy MOISTURE PREFER TO TEMPER WARM UP JUST A TAD AND KEEP MOST AREAS AT OR JUST BLO 90. AT ANY RATE...AFTER SUCH AN EXTENDED COOL AND WET PERIOD...WL FINALLY FEEL LIKE SUMMER. .IWX...NONE. LASHLEY
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 11, 1:35 AM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, La Porte
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.717
Large trees uprooted in La Porte
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 11, 1:40 AM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, Westville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -86.900
Large tree fell on vehicle, intersection of Plain and Washington. Road closed much of day.
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
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 11 to 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 11, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Heat in Texas, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 11, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 11 to 12, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11 to 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 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: 5249497, 5249496, 5249566.