6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 7, 2:34 PM EST, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 234 PM EST MON JUL 7 2003 ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS WORKS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. OTHER THAN A FEW CU AROUND...CLEAR SKIES IN PLACE BACK INTO IA. EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE BACK IN IA/IL WHERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WITH NOTHING CLEAR AT THIS TIME FOR EXACT TRACK OR TIMING...WILL GO SCT WORDING FOR THIS EVE AND CHC FOR TONIGHT. TUESDAY...DEEP MSTR IN PLACE AS WELL AS ANY LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES AND LOWS MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY STIR UP CONVECTION AGAIN. WILL GO LIKELY NORTH HALF OF CWA AND HIGH CHC IN SOUTH. TUES NGT LOOKS VERY WET AND STORMY. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS. WITH NO END IN THE FLOODING THREAT FOR THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS...WILL EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BASED ON RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND THIS AM...WILL EXPAND THE WATCH TO COVER STARKE COUNTY...TO KOSCIUSKO...TO ALLEN INDIANA...TO PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GETS TRICKIER AS MODELS TRY TO MOVE THE FRONT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. ETA CLEARS THE FRONT DURING WEDS AFTN...WHILE THE GFS HANGS IT UP...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. PERSISTENCE IN ORDER HERE...SO WILL KEEP WITH CHC POPS WEDS-THURS. TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY AS WELL WITH CONVECTIONS/CLOUDS AROUND. CURRENT SETUP LOOKS GOOD SO NO CHANGES. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... GFS EXHIBITED GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY WITH 500 MB TROUGH AND SECONDARY COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...SO HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT PERIOD. WEAK IMPULSES INDICATED IN DRY NORTHWEST FLOW FOR THE WEEKEND. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY...WILL KEEP LATER PERIODS OF EXTENDED DRY. .IWX... IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR ZONES INZ012>018... INZ020...INZ022>027...INZ032>034. MI...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR ZONES OHZ015>016... OHZ024>025. FISHER/BARJENBRUCH
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-081015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 509 AM EST MON JUL 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MOST LIKELY THREATS. FLOODING IS STILL A THREAT OVER PARTS OF INDIANA SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 WHERE RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE MORE FLOOD PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BUT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0702 PM EST MON JUL 07 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0659 PM WILLSHIRE OH FLOOD
07/07/03 VAN WERT STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS
DECLARED IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF VAN
WERT COUNTY. US 33 IS
CLOSED ON THE OHIO SIDE AND
STATE ROUTE 81 AND 49
AROUND WILLSHIRE ALONG THE
ST MARYS RIVER IS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
WAMSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1130 PM EST MON JUL 07 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1128 PM 4 S WOLCOTT IN 0 MPH WIND GUST
07/07/03 WHITE 65 T0 70 MPH WINDS.
REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
STEVENSThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:38 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Benton Harbor.
Law enforcement reported trees down around Barron Lake.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Three Rivers.
Trained spotter reported a wind gust to 60 MPH near Colon.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Coldwater.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Bankers.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, July 2003
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: 5372545, 5372546, 5372547, 5372548, 5372549, 5372550.