1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 22, 6:39 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 639 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004 .AVIATION... THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE EXITED THE REGION AND EXPECTING VFR FOR THIS TAF FORECAST PERIOD. SOME SHOWERS HAVE JUST ENTERED NORTHWESTERN INDIANA BUT WILL SEE IF THEY MAKE IT TO FWA. WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BE FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AND WILL BE SOMEWHAT STRONG DURING THE DAYTIME FRIDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE SOMEWHAT TIGHT. THE MOISTURE WILL LEAVE SBN SOONER THAN AT FWA THEREFORE LETTING SKIES CLEAR UP BEHIND THE FRONT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM... SHORTWAVE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST IS CURRENTLY GENERATING STORMS AND SOME HAVE BEEN SEVERE. THE COLD FRONT IS JUST TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHWEST. MODELS ARE SHOWING AS THIS FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THE SHORTWAVE WILL GET PUSHED SOUTH. MODELS ARENT AGREEING ON TIMING TOO WELL BUT ARE ON THE OVERALL SCENARIO. SO HAVE GONE WITH A HIGHER POP IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES DROPPING OFF AS YOU GO NORTHWARD. THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS VERY SOUPY AND UNSTABLE. DEWPOINTS ARE 73 TO 77 WITH WARSAW AND COLDWATER COMING IN AT 81. LAPS CAPE VALUES ARE 3000+ ACROSS THE CWA. SO THE SEVERE THREAT WILL GO INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE WIND DAMAGE. WIND FIELDS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING/TONIGHT AND THEN TOMORROW WILL BE COOLER POST-FRONT. WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. LOWERED TOMORROWS HIGHS SOME TO THE LOWER 70S TO 75. LOCAL METHOD OF DETERMINING TEMPS IS INDICATING THAT RANGE AS ARE 850MB TEMPS OF 9 TO 11 CELSIUS COMPARED TO 19 TO 21 CELSIUS TODAY. LONG TERM... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... JUST A FEW CHANGES MADE TO GOING FORECAST. MODELS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MONDAY. GFS SUGGESTS UPPER LEVEL LOW TO FORM AND MEANDER OVER THE AREA MONDAY THRU THURSDAY. THUS WILL LEAVE MENTION OF THUNDER MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS SUGGEST UPPER LOW WILL EXITS AREA ON THURSDAY SO WILL GO DRY. COOL AND DRY AIRMASS TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THEN SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE AFORE MENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL SPREAD WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR OVER AREA THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 457 AM EST THU JUL 22 2004 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-231000- 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 457 AM EST THU JUL 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. WHILE THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST OR LARGE HAIL EVENT...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A KNOX TO WARSAW TO MARION LINE THIS EVENING...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. ANY STORM MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAUSING LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES 95 TO 100 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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
611 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE GRABILL 41.17N 84.91W
07/22/2004 ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1 SMALL TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 37 IN HARLAN. SMALL LIMBS
DOWN.
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HITCHCOCKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 621 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-MIZ077-078-222345- BERRIEN-CASSIN-CASSMI-ELKHART-FULTONIN-KOSCIUSKO-LAPORTE-MARSHALL- MIAMI-PULASKI-ST JOSEPHIN-STARKE-WABASH-WHITE- 721 PM EDT (621 PM CDT) THU JUL 22 2004 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN MICHIGAN BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES...IN INDIANA LAPORTE...SAINT JOSEPH...ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO...MARSHALL... STARKE...PULASKI...FULTON...WABASH...MIAMI...CASS...AND WHITE COUNTIES. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 667 FOR THOSE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE REST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 667 FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST...10 PM EDT. BML
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
654 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH WHITLEY 41.09N 85.63W
07/22/2004 WHITLEY IN COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWERLINES DOWN. 1 POWER POLE BROKEN.
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HITCHCOCKThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Westwood drive flooded in the city of Van Wert, with water 2 to 3 feet deep. One truck was stranded in the flood waters. Several other roads in flooded in the city.
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