Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 27, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
140 PM EST SUN JUL 27 2003

PREFRONTAL TROUGH LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONVECTION FIRING ALONG IT. WITH AMPLE MSTR TO
THE SOUTH...DECENT WRLY 850MB FLOW AND SLOW MVMT OF BOUNDARY TOWARDS
THE SOUTH...AM EXPECTING PRECIP TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE
EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...THEN DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH
FROM THERE OVERNIGHT. WILL ADD MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN TO THIS
EVENING...BUT HOLD OFF ON SVR MENTION SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE HEAVY RAIN
THREAT WILL BE GREATER THAN SVR INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FRONT
STILL LOOKS TO BE IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES MAINLY MOM AM...BUT WITH
NO MAJOR PUSH EXPECTED RIGHT AWAY...WILL NOT WORRY ABOUT TIMING THE
PRECIP OUT OF THOSE COUNTIES.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CLEAR THINGS OUT UNTIL WEDS WHEN NEXT SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING SLOWER WITH THIS
SYSTEM. THINK THAT WEDS COULD BE DRY EVERYWHERE...BUT TO MATCH WITH
SURROUNDING SITES AND PLAY IT SAFE WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN THE NW FOR
WEDS AFTN. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL ON MONDAY...WITH
MODERATION BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY MID WEEK.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...WED NGT THROUGH SUNDAY
ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED GRIDS. BEST CHC FOR PRECIP WITH NEXT
SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE THURS THROUGH SAT...BUT WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN
WEDS NGT TO BLEND WITH SITES. WILL HAVE SUNDAY DRY AS LOOKS LIKE
WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS.

.IWX...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.

FISHER/PBM

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
452 AM EST SUN JUL 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IT
REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
347 PM EST SUN JUL 27 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 807 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN MICHIGAN...BERRIEN AND CASS. IN
INDIANA...LAPORTE...ST JOSEPH...ELKHART...STARKE...MARSHALL
...KOSCIUSKO...FULTON...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS AND MIAMI. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST (6 PM
EDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN MICHIGAN...ST JOSEPH AND BRANCH.
IN INDIANA...LAGRANGE...DEKALB...NOBLE...STEUBEN...WHITLEY...ALLEN
...JAY...WELLS...HUNTINGTON...WABASH...GRANT...BLACKFORD AND
ADAMS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0431 PM EST SUN JUL 27 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    5 WSW BERNE               IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/03   ADAMS                          TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD IN
                                          LINN GROVE

0410 PM    GENEVA                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/03   ADAMS                          POWER LINES DOWN

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