1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 230 PM EST TUE JUN 25 2002 SHORT TERM... RADAR ECHOES WERE SCATTERED OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...IN A SATURATED AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WEAK POCKETS OF ENERGY WERE ROTATING OVER THE AREA HELPING TO INITIATE THE CONVECTION. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY WARM WITH FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 15K FT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE AROUND 2 INCHES AND THE WIND FIELD IS WEAK AND NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL. ALL THESE FACTORS POINT TO UNORGANIZED AND NEAR SEVERE TSRAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW REPORTS OF 3/4 INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT MOST HAIL SHOULD BE 1/2 INCH OR LESS. MAY ALSO HAVE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SO BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN EARLY PERIODS...BUT AVN IS A BIT STRONGER AND FASTER WITH FEATURES IN LATER PERIODS THAN THE ETA. AVN IS MORE CONSISTENT AND HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB LATELY...SO WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR ITS SOLUTIONS. THE FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER WI AND MN...IS FORECAST TO ADVANCE SEWD INTO THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE CONVECTION A PLACE TO ORGANIZE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE CWA BY 12Z THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE CWA BY 18Z. CONTINUED WARM AND HUMID TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER ON THURSDAY. ...EXTENDED FORECAST... ECMWF AND MRF BOTH MOVE A LARGE 500MB HIGH OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SO IT LOOKS TO BE A HOT WEEKEND. SO HAVE INCREASED TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA TUESDAY SO ADDED A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPS. .IWX...NONE. EDDY/GLL
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported several large tree limbs and power lines down. Siding was also blown off a home and a garage was damaged.
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