1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 19, 2:08 AM EST, 8 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 208 AM EST WED JUN 19 2002 SHORT TERM DISCUSSION... TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN IN STORE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH WARMER TEMPS CONTINUING TO MOVE IN. OTHER THAN SOME CI FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. H85 TEMPS FROM +14 TO +16 POINT TOWARDS MID 80S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THINK FWC TOO AGGRESSIVE ON ITS WARMUP TODAY WITH HIGH OF 90 AT SBN...MAV/MET MID 80S. CANT RULE OUT A FEW LOCATIONS REACHING THE UPPER 80S IN THE WEST. THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE EVEN WARMER AS 850 MB TEMPS PUSH +17. SCT CU EXPECTED TO BRING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES...BUT NO RAIN. OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE SAME RANGE. CHALLENGES COMES FOR FRIDAY AS MODELS SHOW WEAKENING FRONT SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE AREA. UPPER LVL RIDGE HOLDING STRONG WITH AXIS OVER THE AREA. FRONT APPEARS TO BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS IL/IN/OH WITH SCT CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT. MODELS SHOW DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S POOLING ALONG THE FRONT...CREATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WDLY SCT TO SCT STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WITH NO STEERING WINDS ACROSS THE AREA...STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS. PWS IN NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL APPROACH 1.75 WITH SOUTHERN 1.25- 1.5. NOT COMPLETELY CONVINCED THAT FRONT WILL MAKE IT THIS FAR SOUTH...SO WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... ONLY CHANGE WAS TO DROP POPS ON SUNDAY AS DRY DAY LOOKS TO BE IN STORE WITH UPR LVL RIDGE FIRMLY IN PLACE OVERHEAD. .IWX...NONE. FISHER/RES
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper report of lightning striking home and entering kitchen through electrical service. Fire started in kitchen and spread through the home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2002
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: 5301171.