Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- July 22, 4:34 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, La Porte
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.717
Law enforcement reported power lines down in La Porte.
Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 22, 2002
8 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Jul 22, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 249 PM EST MON JUL 22 2002 SHORT TERM... BRIEF DISCUSSION DUE TO CURRENT WATCH AND ANOTHER WATCH ABOUT TO BE ISSUED. BASICALLY...COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE CWFA TONIGHT...AND EXITS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AROUND 12Z TUESDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...AND SLIGHT CHACNE OF SEVERE THIS EVENING. OTHER THAN A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST...DRY AIR AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILD IN FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. MOS TEMPS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND WILL BLEND. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... 12Z AVN RUN INDICATES THU PD WL RMN DRY...PER PREVIOUS PACKAGE CHANGE. AVN CONTINUES TO INDICATED A SERIES OF MID LVL DISTURBANCES CROSSING RGN ON FRI AND SAT...SO LIKE GOING CHC POPS. MRF AND ESPECIALLY ECMWF...BUILD 5H RDG OVR LWR GRTLKS AND OH VLY ON SUN... WITH WRMFNT DISPLACED TO N OF RGN. THUS...WL OPT FOR DRY FCST AND BOOST TEMPS. NEXT FNT WL IMPACT RGN ON MON...SO CHC POPS AGAIN RETURN TO FCST. .IWX...NONE. 12/BARJENBRUCH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:27 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-222130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1127 AM EST MON JUL 22 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS AIR MASS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE TODAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 90S. A COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- July 22, 4:38 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, 6 mi N of La Porte
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.683, -86.717
Law enforcement reported large trees down north of La Porte.
Thunderstorm Wind, Steuben
- When
- July 22, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Steuben County, 6 mi W of Fremont
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.733, -85.050
Trained spotter reported large trees down west of Fremont near Pleasant Lake. One of the trees was blown down on a home with minor damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- July 22, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Akron
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -86.000
Emergency management reported trees down in Akron.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 22, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Cass County, Onward
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -86.200
Emergency management reported trees down and minor roof damage to houses in Onward.
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- July 22, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Miami County, 2 mi N of Peru
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.783, -86.067
Sheriff reported trees down north of Peru.
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- July 22, 6:17 PM EST
- Where
- Miami County, Bunker Hill
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.667, -86.100
Emergency management reported tress down in Bunker Hill.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- July 22, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, 4 mi ESE of Berne
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.633, -84.883
Emergency management reported power lines down southeast of Berne.
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
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, July 22, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 22, 2002
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: 5307729, 5307819, 5307820, 5307821, 5307822, 5307823, 5307824, 5307825.