Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 24, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
230 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001

SQUALL LINE APPROACHING WRN CWA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ENTIRE CWA
EARLY TNGT. MUCH COLDER BEHIND FRONT WITH SFC LOW CRANKING UP
OVER ERN LAKES THURSDAY INTO FRI. SFC GRAD IN ALL MDLS AND MOS
SUPPORT HIGH WIND WARNING NRN 2/3 CWA LATER TNT AND THURSDAY WITH
ADVISORY CRITERIA SOUTH. AFTER STORMS TNGT COLD AIR POURS
ACROSS LAKES BUT WITH SUCH STRONG WIND FIELDS TIME OVER LAKE WATERS
WILL BE DIMINISHED AND SHOULD HELP TO KEEP ACTIVITY FROM GETTING
OUT OF HAND. WILL CONTINUE CLDS...WINDS AND SHWRS INTO SAT AND THEN
BEGIN SLOW WARMUP INTO NEXT WEEK. BLEND OF MOS TMPS TOWARD
COOLER MAVS.

.IWX...HIGH WIND WARNING LATE TNGT AND THURSDAY NRN 2/3 CWA
       WIND ADVISORY LATE TNGT AND THURSDAY SRN 1/3 CWA

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1111 AM EST WED OCT 24 2001

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND
THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION UNDER A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A WARM...MOIST...
UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION.  A COLD
FRONT NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP THE THUNDERSTORMS
INTENSIFY.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WIND FIELDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END
BY MIDNIGHT WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA...FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS VERY
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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