2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jun 12, 12:40 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1240 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 .AVIATION... WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM SE IN-NW IL ATTM WITH SCT TSTMS DVLPG NORTH OF FRONT OVER NRN IN/IL. FRONT EXPECTED TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTH TO IN/MI BORDER BY END OF TAF PD. INCLUDED TSTMS IN TEMPO GROUP OVERNIGHT. PRBLY WL BE SCT STORMS AROUND AGAIN LATER IN THE TAF PERIOD, BUT, A LITTLE EARLY TO NAIL DOWN TIMING SO HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW. DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE CIGS TO VFR IN THE AFTN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS OHIO BACK NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. A SHORT WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BEGIN MOVING NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AS THE SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL BE LIFTED OVER THE BOUNDARY LEADING TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IS THERE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE WARM AIR IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY 5 INCHES IS SPOTS FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS IS SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY MAKING FLOODING MORE LIKELY. THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY ALLOWING WARM AIR TO GET INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THERE CONTINUES TO BE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT STILL IN THE VICINITY. CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS WELL...BUT INCREASED POPS FOR THE FLOOD WATCH AREA AND MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMP FORECAST. LONG TERM... SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY STILL KEEPING SATURDAY NIGHT DRY AS CWA IS IN BETWEEN SHORTWAVES BUT THIS MAY BE WISHFUL THINKING WITH DIFFICULTY OF TIMING SHORTWAVES AND FRONTAL POSITION. KEEPING PREVIOUS TIMING AND THINKING SUNDAY-MONDAY WITH SHORTWAVES MOVING EAST TO BRING HIGH CHANCE POPS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND DRAGGING FRONT ACROSS REGION AS IT WASHES OUT. STRONGER SHORTWAVE FOR TUESDAY WOULD SEEM TO PULL A WELL DEFINED COLD FRONT ACROSS CWA ON TUESDAY AND ADDED CHC POPS. NEW 12Z GFS WANTS TO HOLD UP FRONT EVEN MORE WAITING FOR YET ANOTHER SHORTWAVE AND UPPER TROF TO APPROACH LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AGAIN WILL NOT JUMP ON ONE MODEL RUN AND KEEP CONTINUITY WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST AND SOLUTIONS FOR DRY AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS WED-FRI. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES INZ013... INZ015...INZ020...INZ022>026...INZ032>034. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. && JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 511 AM EST FRI JUN 11 2004 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-121015- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI- CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN- GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH- PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN- STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN... BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN... BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE... DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK... HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE... KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON... NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA... PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE... THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT... WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 512 AM EST FRI JUN 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THURDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS LATE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported roads flooded and water flowing into the first floor of some homes in Stevensville subdivisions.
Emergency management reported water above car tires flowing across I-94.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 2004
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: 5406834, 5406835.