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 Aug 27, 3:45 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 345 PM EST FRI AUG 27 2004 .SHORT TERM... COMPLEX FORECAST NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SEVERAL FEATURES TO WATCH. MAIN COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO EASTERN IOWA. NOT MUCH FIRING ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS MI/WI AT THIS TIME AS SUBSIDENCE HELPING KEEP CU FIELDS SUPPRESSED. STG INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH SFC CAPES 3K-4K J/KG AND LIS -6 TO -7 C. A NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION DID FIRE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. THIS BOUNDARY APPEAR TO BE LOCATED FROM NW OHIO...TO N OF FORT WAYNE. EXPECTING SCT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT MAIN BATCH OF STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE/DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ACROSS ILLINOIS LATER TONIGHT AND TRACKS ALONG THE FRONT. DECENT DYNAMICS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM ALONG WITH SOME SHEAR AND INCREASING CONVERGENCE AS LLJ SETS UP TONIGHT. SLGT RISK IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...AND GIVEN INSTABILITY CANT RULE OUT SOME PULSE TYPE SEVERE STORMS REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE INCREASING WIND THREAT TAKES PLACE WITH APPROACHING FRONT. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS A BIT NW CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND HELD WITH HIGH CHC POP SE. LOWS WILL GENERALLY FALL INTO THE UPR 60S TO LOWER 70S. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO GRIDS. MODELS CONTINUE TO POINT TOWARDS A WET AND STORMY SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MAIN RISK WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL DAY WITH STRONG DYNAMICS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN PLACE. FLY IN THE OINTMENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...BUT THINK THERE WILL BE SOME BREAKS FROM TIME TO TIME TO ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE UPR 70S TO LOWER 80S. LATER FORECASTS MAY BE ABLE TO UP TO CATEGORICAL POPS ONCE THINGS BECOME BETTER DEFINED. ON A HYDRO NOTE...MANY AREAS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA HAVE SEEN AN INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. FFG VALUES ARE GENERALLY IN THE 1.5 TO 2.5/HOUR RANGE EXPECT IN FAR WEST/SW COUNTIES. FLOODING COULD DEFINITELY BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. NO HEADLINES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE UNCERTANTITY OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN COULD FALL. A MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN ADDED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO MOST AREAS AND RECENTLY UPDATED HWO HAS MENTION OF THIS AS WELL. && .LONG TERM... THE LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE HOW FAST THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT ON SUNDAY TO SEE IF THE CHANCE FOR RAIN IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL NEED TO BE PULLED OR NOT. SINCE TIMING RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE, JUST LEFT SUNDAY ALONE FOR NOW. THE REST OF NEXT WEEK THEN UP TO FRIDAY IS LOOKING TO BE DRY. LATE MONDAY A SHORTWAVE WILL BE APPROACHING THE CWA FROM THE WEST BUT APPEARS TO WEAKEN BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE AND ALL OF ITS ENERGY STAYS TO OUR NORTH LEAVING OUR CWA DRY. AFTER THE SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE MIDDLE 70S SUNDAY AND SLOWLY CLIMB TO 80 BY WEEKS END. TEMPS WONT REALLY START WARMING UP TILL THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN THE WIND WILL ONCE AGAIN COME OUT OF THE SOUTH. && .AVIATION... LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING CONVECTION IS NOW PROVIDING FOCUS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. KSBN SHOULD MISS OUT ON MOST OF THIS ROUND...BUT A STRAY STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NO MENTION OF PRECIP THIS AFTN FOR KSBN. AT KFWA...BOUNDARY IS LOCATED NEAR KFWA. SINCE SMALL WINDOW OF THUNDER EXPECTED NEXT FEW HOURS HAVE OPTED FOR VCNTY MENTION FOR A FEW HOURS ALONG WITH MVFR CIGS. AS SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES TO WORK SE BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. TRICKIER PART WILL BE TIMING OF PRECIP TONIGHT AND SAT AM. TOO MANY UNCERTANTITY TO MAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES BEYOND THE FIRST 6 HOURS...SO GENERALLY STATUS QUO BEYOND 00Z FOR NOW. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE OH...NONE. && FISHER/BML
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1245 PM EST FRI AUG 27 2004 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-280956- 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 1245 PM EST FRI AUG 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ANYTIME THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE OF STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND SATURDAY.
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported damage to a school sports complex with large sections of bleachers tossed and cement block dugouts at a baseball diamond destroyed. Windows were blown out of a house next to the complex. Winds were estimated around 90 MPH from a microburst.
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