1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 28, 2:17 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 217 AM EST TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM... TODAY AND TONIGHT. COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT FORECAST THIS MORNING WITH NUMEROUS WEAK MESOSCALE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND SEVERAL SYNOPTIC SCALE MID LEVEL FEATURES. SATELLITE WATER VAPOR AND IR IMAGES SHOW THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES NICELY. MAIN VORTICITY CENTER NEAR THE OHIO RIVER WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES AND WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES ARE HELPING TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THIS MORNING ACROSS FORECAST AREA. MOST INTENSE TSRA ARE CURRENTLY ENTERING WHITE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND RADAR INDICATES HOURLY RAINFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR. WILL HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS THIS MORNING WITH HEAVY RAIN MENTION TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...SCATTERED TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP AS MODERATE INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARIES WILL BE IN PLACE. HAVE RAISED EASTERN AREAS TO LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL HELP OF VORTICITY CENTER LIFTING NORTHEAST. NOT MUCH FOCUS TONIGHT FOR CONVECTION BUT NAM IS SHOWING A VERY SUBTLE SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS REGION. WITH ALL THE BOUNDARIES AND REMAINING INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW THE LOW CHANCE POP TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. && .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO GRIDS FOR THIS PACKAGE. EXACT EFFECTS OF SEVERAL MCVS/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...ETC REMAIN IN QUESTION INTO WEDS EVENING IN HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. OTHER THAN THE MENTIONED BOUNDARIES...LITTLE IN THE WAY TO INITIATE ANY CONVECTION ON WEDS SO WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FORECAST ALTHOUGH COULD BE ARGUED TO THROW IN ISOL MENTION...BUT ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO EVEN LEAVE THAT OUT. BETTER CHANCE STILL LOOKS TO BE WEDS NGT INTO THURS AS BETTER FORCING AND CONVERGENCE MOVES IN WITH DECENT COLD FRONT SET TO MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE GENERALLY POOR RUN-RUN CONTINUITY WITH SMALLER SCALE FEATURES. THE CONVERGENCE ON THE FRONT COMBINED WITH AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY ESPECIALLY EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPARK OFF THUNDERSTORMS. THINK NAM GOING A BIT OVERBOARD ON DEWPOINTS AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY BUT A NARROW BAND OF MID 70 DEWPTS RIGHT ON THE FRONT CANT BE RULED OUT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN A CONCERN FOR WEDS NGT INTO THURS. EXACT EVOLUTION WILL BE TRICKY AS COULD BE MCS TRACKING IN FROM THE WEST AND GIVE SOME SVR WX LATE WEDS NGT THEN REMNANTS REFIRE DURING LATE MORNING IN THE EAST. COULD ALSO END UP COMPLEX MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM IT ENHANCE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT. REGARDLESS...WILL KEEP CHC POPS GOING...HIGHEST DURING FROPA. MODELS DO AGREE THAT ALL SUPPORT FOR STORMS WILL BE EXITING BY EARLY EVENING. BASED ON THIS AND COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING SITES...WILL REMOVE POPS FOR THURS NGT NW HALF AND CONFINE MENTION OF PRECIP TO SE AREAS FOR THE EVENING. SUSPECT LATER FORECASTS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THURS NGT COMPLETELY DRY. COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE AGAIN IN THE PLAINS...BUT EFFECTS OF IT WONT LIKELY BE FELT TILL TUES OR WEDS AT THE EARLIEST. && .AVIATION... COMPLICATED AVIATION FORECAST TONIGHT WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA. SATELLITE IMAGES THIS MORNING SHOWS NUMEROUS CIRCULATIONS AND CONVERGING CLOUD BOUNDARIES. THIS COUPLED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY IS HELPING GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. OUTFLOW THAT MOVED OUT OF IA HELPED FIRE A LINE OF TSRA IN WESTERN IL. THIS BOUNDARY NOW MOVING TOWARD DEVELOPING LINE OF TSRA IN EASTERN IL. THIS MAY IMPACT KSBN BY 09-11Z IF THESE STORMS CAN HOLD TOGETHER. HAVE ADDED A PREVAILING SHRA TO KSBN TAF AT 09Z WITH A CB CLOUD GROUP AND LIGHTNING MAY BE VERY CLOSE. WILL UPDATE IF CONVECTION INDEED HOLDS TOGETHER. AT KFWA...UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY CENTER JUST TO THE SOUTH BUT SHRA/TSRA THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE HAVE GENERALLY DISSIPATED. CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHRA REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT HERE BUT HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAF. INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARIES COMBINED WITH UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL LEAD TO SCT TSRA DURING THE AFTERNOON. CONTINUED WITH A CB QUALIFIER FOR NOW AS TIMING AND LOCATION TOO UNCERTAIN TO NAIL DOWN. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .MI...NONE. .OH...NONE. .LK MI...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...LASHLEY LONG TERM...FISHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 504 AM EST MON JUN 27 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-281003- 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 504 AM EST MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT WILL BE HOT AND HUMID AGAIN TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S BY EARLY AFTERNOON. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHT COLOR CLOTHING AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY BUT THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HEAT INDEX VALUES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE WELL INTO THE 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HOWEVER...TRAINED OBSERVERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN REPORTS WITH ANY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. LMZ043-046-061-281003- 504 AM EST MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY HAVE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 30 KNOTS IN ADDITION TO DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large trees and tree limbs were reported down across mainly the northern part of the county, some of which fell onto raodways, causing temporary closures. A report of wind gusts to 70 mph was received from a spotter near Columbia City.
Reports of over 3 inches of rain falling within a few hours were received. This rainfall caused parts of State Route 9, on the north side of Columbia City, to become impassable. Some buildings in the area, including a bank and the county jail, experienced some minor flooding, but no evacuations were necessary.
Lightning struck the attic area of a two story house in Columbia City around 4 am, starting a fire. A man was sleeping in the house at the time, but escaped without injury. Damage to the house was estimated at $25,000 with damage to the contents of the house also at around $25,000.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2005
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: 5456760, 5456761, 5456762.