3 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 Apr 20, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 110 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003 CHALLENGES MAINLY WITH CONVECTIVE TRENDS THIS EVE AND THEN LINGERING PCPN THROUGH TUESDAY. WATCH CURRENT OVER ALL OF OUR INDIANA COUNTIES...WITH OHIO COUNTIES LIKELY TO BE PLACED IN A LATER WATCH. TONIGHTS FORECAST WILL ROTATE MAINLY AROUND TIMING OF CONVECTION...WITH LOCATIONS IN THE WEST PART OF THE CWA LIKELY CLEAR OF ANY STORMS BEFORE SUNSET. EXPECTING ALL ACTIVITY TO BE DONE BY LATE EVENING IN THE EAST. THEN JUST SOME LINGERING SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT. MONDAY THROUGH WEDS... MODELS GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT ON KEEPING DEEP MSTR IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WHILE LAPSE RATES NOT LOOKING AS IMPRESSIVE AS PREVIOUS RUNS...ETA CU RULE DOES RANGE FROM -8 TO -10 AND WITH 500 MB TEMPS AROUND -20 AND SFC DEWPTS IN THE MID 40S...SHOWERS LOOK TO BE POSSIBLE. WILL HOLD WITH 40 POPS ACROSS THE AREA FOR NOW. CURRENT ZONES HAVE THIS HANDLED WELL. WITH A POCKET OF -4 TO -6 C 850 MB TEMPS MOVING INTO THE NORTH PART OF THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT...FLURRIES WOULD BE A POSSIBLITY. QUESTION IS WILL THERE BE ENOUGH LIFT TO STIR ANYTHING UP OR WILL IT END UP DRY. WILL KEEP 30 POPS FOR NOW IN THE EVENING WITH ONLY MENTION OF -RW...THEN GO FLURRIES/SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT. CLEARING TREND QUICKLY MOVES IN BASED ON NEW AND LAST MODEL RUNS OF ETA/AVN WITH LOW LVL RHS QUICKLY DROPPING TUESDAY. HAVING A HARD TIME WITH KEEPING PRECIP IN ON TUESDAY...BUT TO HOPEFULLY STOP FROM LARGE FORECAST VARIANCES WILL KEEP CHC OF SPRINKLES/FLURRIES WEST FOR THE AM AND ALL DAY EAST...WITH CLEARING SKIES WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT GRIDS ARE ALREADY PARTLY CLOUDY FOR TUES NGT INTO WEDS AND THIS LOOKS GOOD. .IWX... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. FISHER/LASHLEY
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-211015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 514 AM EST SUN APR 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME IS FOR STORMS TO INTENSIFY MIDDAY IN INDIANA AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. 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
0205 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM 2 N MONTEREY IN 0.75 IN HAIL
04/20/03 STARKE COVERING GROUND
WAMSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0223 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0221 PM 1 N TOPEKA IN 0.75 IN HAIL
04/20/03 LAGRANGE
WAMSLEYINZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-202215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 307 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SAINT JOSEPH...MARSHALL...FULTON...CASS...LAPORTE...STARKE... PULASKI AND WHITE COUNTIES. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 6 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRANCH AND HILLSDALE COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT. FISHER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0326 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM LITCHFIELD MI WIND DAMAGE
04/20/03 HILLSDALE 2 TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN
WAMSLEYINZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-202230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 332 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO AND MIAMI COUNTIES IN INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 6 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRANCH AND HILLSDALE COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. FISHER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0341 PM EST SUN APR 20 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM N ORLAND IN WIND DAMAGE
04/20/03 STEUBEN TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN
WAMSLEYThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported tress and power lines down across the county with much of the damage in and around Lima. A large tree fell on a home and a car. The Lima High school which was under construction had damage to the roof.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down across the county.
A roof was ripped off a horse bard and trees and power lines were down north and northeast of Napoleon. .
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 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: 5348912, 5348913, 5348914.