Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 26, 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Grant County, 4 mi SE of Marion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -85.533
Law enforcement reported large tree limbs down southeast of Marion.
Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 2002
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
- None recorded
- 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 Jul 26, 11:10 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:10 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1110 AM EST FRI JUL 26 2002 POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON BEING MONITORED. LATEST RUC SHOWING GOOD DESTABILIZATION THROUGH 21Z. A FEW ISOLD CELLS ALONG NRN TIER SHOULD LAY OUT DECENT E-W BOUNDARY ACROSS FA. LATEST RUC FORECAST SHOWING CAPES INCREASING TO 3.0-3.5 KJ/KG FROM NCNTL IL TO SWRN FA. MSAS LI ALREADY TO M7C. TIGHT LOWLEVEL THETA E GRADIENT TO BE TAPPED BY 25 KT WSWLY 8H JETLET LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SUSPECT TO BEGIN TO SEE SOME VEERING AT LOW LEVELS IN PROFILER/VWP DATA. POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE THAT MAY PRECLUDE SEVERE DEVELOPMENT IS INITIAL LACK OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...RUC INDICATES SOME CONVECTIVE INHIBITION THROUGH 21Z ALTHOUGH LATEST ETA AND 88D DATA NOT SUPPORTING THAT IDEA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE WIND WITH DRY MID LEVEL AIDING DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL. HAIL LESS OF A THREAT WITH FAIRLY HIGH WET BULB ZERO AND WARM CLOUD DEPTH. ANTICIPATED STORM MOTION AND SWLY LOWLEVEL JET IMPINGING ON HIGH THETA-E AIR/PWAT 1.9 INCHES AND PRESENCE OF E-W OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WL GIVE AT LEAST SOME CONCERN FOR REPEATING HEAVY RAFL. .IWX...NONE. PBM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 11:55 AM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-262230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1155 AM EST FRI JUL 26 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AND AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH. WHILE DAMAGING WIND IS THE GREATEST THREAT...LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE BETWEEN 1 PM EST AND 6 PM EST...AND MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WINAMAC INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN LINE. THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Blackford
- When
- July 26, 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Blackford County, 7 mi ESE of Hartford City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -85.250
Law enforcement reported power lines down southeast of Hartford City.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- July 26, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, 3 mi S of South Bend
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.617, -86.250
Newspaper report of trees down south of South Bend.
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 26 to 31, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 26, 2002
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 26, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2002
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: 5307827, 5307828, 5307829.