High Wind, Berrien
- When
- October 25, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berrien forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in numerous locations across these counties.
High Wind in Michigan, October 25, 2001
6 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Oct 25, 2:26 AM EST, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 2:26 AM EST, 6 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
226 AM EST THU OCT 25 2001
DEEP SFC LOW PRES AREA STILL INVOF ERN LK SUP. SFC PRES WAS AT 982
MB AT 06Z. ETA/NGM/AVN EACH INITIALIZED WELL WITH LOCATION AND
STRENGTH OF SFC LOW AT 06Z. SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN
KEEPING SYSTEM OVR ERN LK SUP THRU 00Z FRI...THEN MOVING IT TO E
THRU SAT. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SE INTO LWR MO VLY ERLY SAT AND
THEN TO CNTRL APPALACHIANS BY 00Z MON.
WITH SYSTEM REMAINING OVR ERN LK SUP NEXT 24 HRS STRONG WINDS WILL
REMAIN WLY ACROSS KIWX CWA. SYSTEM WILL START TO FILL THURS NIGHT SO
GRAD AND RESULTANT WINDS WILL WEAKEN. WILL CONT HIGH WIND WARNING
FOR NRN 2/3 OF CWA WITH WINDS STILL PROGGED TO BE 30 TO 40 MPH TODAY
WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ADVIS STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR SRN 1/3 OF CWA.
WINDS WILL START TO DROP TONIGHT AND CONT TO WEAKEN DURING DAY ON
FRI. LK MI SFC TO H8 LAPSE RATES WILL BE 15 TO 20 DEG C THRU SAT
OVER NRN HALF OF CWA. BECAUSE OF THIS WILL CONT WITH CHC OF
SHSN/SHRA TODAY ENTIRE CWA AND NRN ZNS THRU SAT. HOWEVER DO NOT
EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATING LES DUE TO STRONG WIND SPEEDS. ANY LES BANDS
THAT FORM WILL HAVE A HARD TIME STAYING TOGETHER. MISFWA AVAIL.
THANKS FOR COORD...CLE.
.IWX...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY NRN 2/3 CWA
WIND ADVISORY TODAY SRN 1/3 CWA
OHARAIn the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 25, 4:29 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
429 AM EST THU OCT 25 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0346 PM STAR CITY IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PULASKI TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0405 PM TWELVE MILE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0420 PM LUCERNE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM 1 NW LA FONTAINE IN .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 WABASH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM ROANOKE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HUNTINGTON TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Oct 25, 4:33 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 AM EST THU OCT 25 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM LA PORTE IN .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 LAPORTE
0330 PM MONTICELLO IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 WHITE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0330 PM CHALMERS IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 WHITE TREES DOWN. TV AND
RADIO TOWER DOWN.
REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0343 PM GROVERTOWN IN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 STARKE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0345 PM STILLWELL IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 LAPORTE ROOF OFF. POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0346 PM STAR CITY IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PULASKI TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0350 PM LA PORTE IN TORNADO
10/24/01 LAPORTE CAMPER TURNED OVER.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0350 PM THORNHOPE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PULASKI TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0355 PM CRUMSTOWN IN TORNADO
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH HOME DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0356 PM 6 NE LA PORTE IN TORNADO
10/24/01 LAPORTE *** 1 DEAD ***
HOUSE DESTOYED. 1 TO 2
FOOT DIAMETER TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0400 PM NILES MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 BERRIEN TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0400 PM LYDICK IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH SEVERAL LARGE TREES
SNAPPED HALF WAY UP.
SOME LARGE TREES
UPROOTED. SOME ROOFS
TORN OFF. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
0400 PM BUCHANON MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 BERRIEN TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0401 PM KEWANNA IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 FULTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0404 PM (SBN)MICHIANA ARPT SO BEN IN 89 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH ASOS REPORT.
0405 PM (SBN)MICHIANA ARPT SO BEN IN 90 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH ASOS REPORT.
0405 PM TWELVE MILE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0410 PM EDWARDSBURG MI TORNADO
10/24/01 CASS HOUSES DAMAGED AND
TREES DOWN AT
EDWARDSBURG,
CASSOPOLIS, VANDALIA,
AND NILES. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0410 PM 2 N NORTH WEBSTER IN .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 KOSCIUSKO REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0410 PM CASSOPOLIS MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0417 PM 2 W OSCEOLA IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. TREES AND
TELEPHONE POLES DOWN.
0420 PM LUCERNE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0424 PM 3 S OSCEOLA IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0426 PM FAIRFIELD CENTER IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 DEKALB TREE DOWN BLOCKING
COUNTY ROAD 10. LARGE
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0429 PM TIPPECANOE IN TORNADO
10/24/01 MARSHALL TRAILER AND HOUSE
DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0430 PM ELKHART IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 ELKHART REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0435 PM PARK SHR RESORT MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 CASS *** 1 INJ ***
TREE DOWN ONTO CAR AT
DIAMOND LAKE. REPORTED
BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0440 PM 3 N WARSAW IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 KOSCIUSKO *** 10 INJ ***
REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO DA-LITE
CORPORATION BUILDING.
PARTIAL BUILDING
COLLAPSE. PEOPLE
TRAPPED IN BUILDING.
MEDIA REPORTS 10 INJURIES
0448 PM 2 W CONVERSE IN 1 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 MIAMI REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0450 PM 2 E COLUMBIA CITY IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 WHITLEY REPORTED BY MEDIA.
0450 PM 2 N WOLCOTTVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 LAGRANGE TREE FELL DOWN ONTO
HOUSE. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM SHIPSHEWANA IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 LAGRANGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM 3 N WOLCOTTVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 LAGRANGE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM 1 NW LA FONTAINE IN .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 WABASH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0450 PM ROANOKE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HUNTINGTON TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0455 PM MIER IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 GRANT REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0500 PM KENDALLVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 NOBLE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.
0500 PM STURGIS MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 ST.JOSEPH TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0500 PM KENDALLVILLE IN TORNADO
10/24/01 NOBLE REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. BUSINESSES ON
WEST SIDE OF TOWN
DAMAGED.
0500 PM KENDALLVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 NOBLE POWER LINES DOWN.
BUILDING DAMAGED ON
EAST SIDE OF
KENDALLVILLE. REPORTED
BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0504 PM COLUMBIA CITY IN 1.25 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 WHITLEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0505 PM WOLCOTTVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 NOBLE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
0505 PM ROME CITY IN TORNADO
10/24/01 NOBLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. ROOF TORN OFF
OF HOUSE. SHED DESTROYED.
0509 PM KENDALLVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 NOBLE PLANT 3 DAMAGED AT
HENDRICKSON COMPANY AT
EAST INDUSTRIAL PARTK.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT
RICHARDS CONSTRUCTION.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0516 PM CORUNNA IN TORNADO
10/24/01 DEKALB HOUSE DAMAGED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF US 6
AND STATE ROAD 327.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0523 PM 1 NE CORUNNA IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 DEKALB REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. TELEPHONE
LINES DOWN. TREE DAMAGE
TO A HOUSE.
0525 PM 2 W FREMONT IN TORNADO
10/24/01 STEUBEN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0525 PM FREMONT IN TORNADO
10/24/01 STEUBEN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0525 PM 4 W FREMONT IN TORNADO
10/24/01 STEUBEN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0530 PM SHERWOOD MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 BRANCH POWER POLES SNAPPED.
METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF
STRUCTURE. BARN
DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0530 PM 7 N COLDWATER MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 BRANCH TREES DOWN. BARN
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0537 PM 6 NW WATERLOO IN WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 DEKALB REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. ROOF BLOWN
OFF OF HOUSE
0550 PM 5 SE MONROE IN .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 ADAMS REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0600 PM 3 E CAMDEN MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HILLSDALE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0600 PM 1 N FRONTIER MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HILLSDALE TREES DOWN. . REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0600 PM 2 E CAMDEN MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HILLSDALE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF
CARPENTER AND CAMDEN
ROADS. 3 HOUSES HAD
ROOFS REMOVED. A SHED
AND A BARN WERE
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0600 PM RANSOM MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HILLSDALE 2 HOUSES HAD THEIR
ROOFS REMOVED. AN OLD
WOODEN SHED DESTROYED.
2 CAMPERS ROLLED OVER.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0600 PM 10 E CAMDEN MI WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 HILLSDALE SEVERAL LARGE GRAIN
BINS AND BARNS DAMAGED.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0626 PM MIDDLE PT OH .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 VAN WERT REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0627 PM OTTOVILLE OH TORNADO
10/24/01 PUTNAM REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0630 PM OTTOVILLE OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 PUTNAM REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 1 N OTTOVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PUTNAM HOUSE DESTROYED. POWER
LINES DOWN IN WESTERN
HALF OF COUNTY.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0635 PM WETSEL OH .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 VAN WERT REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0705 PM 1 S GLANDORF OH WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PUTNAM BARN DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0710 PM OTTAWA OH WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 PUTNAM TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cass
- When
- October 25, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.915, -85.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down 7 miles SSW Dowagiac.
High Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- October 25, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -85.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down 2 miles east of White Pigeon.
High Wind, Branch
- When
- October 25, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Branch forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -85.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down in Coldwater.
High Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- October 25, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -85.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down in Colon and near Three Rivers.
High Wind, Cass
- When
- October 25, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.915, -85.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down in Edwardsburg and near Dowagiac.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, October 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, October 25 to 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
More
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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: 5271228, 5271986, 5271987, 5271988, 5271989, 5271990.