10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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 May 13, 11:22 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1122 AM EST FRI MAY 13 2005 .UPDATE... ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO PULL MENTION OF MORNING PRECIP FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA. ONLY EXCEPTION IS FOR THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES WHERE SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA PERSIST. EXPECT THESE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS MORNING AS NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS. WILL WORD THE FORECAST AS SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. OTHERWISE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL CONTINUE WITH CAT POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. MESOSCALE UPDATE... WARM FRONT IS MIXING RAPIDLY NORTH THIS MORNING WITH TEMPS SOARING INTO THE UPPER 70S ALREADY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH DEWPOINTS SURGING INTO THE 60S. EXPECT THIS MORE RICH AND UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER AIR TO ADVECT RAPIDLY NORTHWARD ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING EXTENSIVE SUNSHINE IN THE DEVELOPING WARM SECTOR WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MODERATE DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON WITH NAM MLCAPE OF 2000J/KG TO 2500J/KG LOOKING REASONABLE. MORNING PROFILER DATA SHOWING MODERATE MAINLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF MULTICELL SYSTEMS AND BOWING SEGMENTS. STORMS DEVELOPING OR CROSSING THE RETREATING WARM FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN MAY HAVE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES ATTM. LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS MID LEVEL TROUGH SPREADS HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE CWA AND UPPER LEVEL JET APPROACHES. PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER...STILL LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR VIGOROUS STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERE WORDING IN ZONES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... AVIATION... SMALL CLUSTER OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST SW OF SBN AT 11Z...BUT MOST ACTIVITY WAS NW OF THE AREA. MENTIONED THUNDER AT SBN FOR THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS...BUT BETTER CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON AS FRONT LIFTS NORTH. BROUGHT IN SOME MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT AS LOW LEVELS SATURATE. SHORT TERM... TODAY AND TONIGHT...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT STL TO BNA AT 07Z. THIS FRONT SHOULD BECOME A WARM FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH AS A SFC LOW RACES NORTHEAST TO LAKE MICHIGAN LATER TODAY. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN ALREADY SETTING UP AS INDICATED ON WINCHESTER AND WOLCOTT PROFILERS. WINDS HAVE VEERED AND INCREASED IN THE LOWER LAYERS OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL AIRMASS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA REMAINS VERY DRY AT THE ONSET. STORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE ELEVATED...DEVELOPING ON THE UPPER FRONT. NOTED KVPZ WITH THUNDER AT 08Z NEARBY AND DEW POINTS IN THE MID 20S. EXPECT CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY FILL IN TODAY WITH CHANCES INCREASING FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH AND AIRMASS BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS SHOW AFTERNOON CAPES IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA. LARGE MCS OVER IA EXTENDING INTO ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI SHOULD INTENSIFY AND MOVE EAST...ADDING TO THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THEREFORE...HAVE ADDED MENTION FOR THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB WELL INTO THE 70S BEHIND THE WARM FRONT TODAY. TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO ADVANCE SOUTHEAST AS A WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT...SO HAVE KEPT CATEGORICAL POPS IN TONIGHT ALONG WITH RELATIVELY MILD TEMPERATURES. LONG TERM... SAT-THU... CDFNT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CWA BY 12Z SAT WITH MAIN UPPER TROF DIGGING SE FROM THE NRN PLAINS TOWARD THE MS VLY. A SHRTWV IS FCST BY MODELS TO MOVE NE AHEAD OF MAIN UPR TROF AND ALONG SFC FRONT ACROSS CWA SAT. GFS IS CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WITH THIS SHRTWV AND APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. ODDLY ENOUGH, MAV POPS LOWER THAN METS EVEN WITH STRONGER GFS SOLUTION, APPARENTLY IN RESPONSE TO MORE AGRESSIVE DRY SLOTTING ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG VORT MAX. LEANED TOWARD WEAKER NAM/NGM SOLUTIONS WRT SHRTWV AND INCREASED POPS ABOUT 20% OVER MOST OF THE AREA. WK SHRTWV MOVG NE ACROSS THE AREA SAT MORNING SHOULD RESULT IN SLOW EWD PROGRESS OF CDFNT. ALTHOUGH SFC BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED ALONG AND AHD OF FRONT, STILL SOME MID LEVEL INSTABILITY IN PLACE IN THE SE WITH K INDICES ABOVE 30 AND DECENT LIFT ASSOCD WITH RRQ OF JET STREAK LIFTING NE ACROSS MI, SO MENTIONED A CHC OF TSTMS IN THE SE PORTION OF CWA. CHC OF SHOWERS SAT NGT STILL REASONABLE AS STRONG H5 VORT LOBE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA, THOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD BE LIMITED AND NO SGFNT SFC FEATURE SO POPS ONLY 30-40%. ON SUNDAY, H5 TROF WITH -23C TEMPS WL BE OVER THE AREA IN THE MORNING SHIFTING EAST TO THE LWR GRTLKS BY EVE. MOS IN AGREEMENT WITH 30-50% POPS OVER THE AREA. DONT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF FORCING THOUGH AND THERMAL TROF ALOFT LOOKS MARGINAL FOR INSTABILITY SHOWERS SO FOR NOW WL HOLD ONTO DRY FCST...CONTD WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY AND LOWERED TEMPS A FEW DEGS BASED ON LATEST MOS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND SUPPORTED BY H925MB POTENTIAL TEMPS AND FCST SOUNDINGS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO DAYS 4-7. LAST COUPLE OF RUNS OF GFS AND LATEST ECMWF/CANADIAN MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH TOWARD THE AREA WED WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH AND CONSIDERABLE OVERRUNNING MOISTURE SO INTRODUCED A CHC OF TSTMS THIS PD. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .MI...NONE. .OH...NONE. && UPDATE/MESOSCALE...HITCHCOCK SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SKIP LONG TERM...JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 455 AM EST FRI MAY 13 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-140954- 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 455 AM EST FRI MAY 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM IOWA TODAY CAUSING WARM MOIST AIR TO SURGE INTO THE AREA. AS THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW CROSSES THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A NAPOLEON OHIO TO PORTLAND INDIANA LINE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY REQUIRED BE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
12 large trees uprooted. Large branches fell onto house, causing damage. New 2 car garage, with garage doors open, was destroyed. A machine shed with its doors open and a storage shed were both destroyed.
Tree blown over.
Tree blown over.
Hail was reported ranging from nickel to the size of quarters.
Numerous trees and power lines down in and around Uniondale and Markle.
Several 9 to 10 inch diameter branches blown down.
Several trees down in New Waverly and Hoover
Numerous trees and power lines down.
Several reports of penny to quarter size hail around Logansport.
Numerous large tree branches down.
2.45 inches of rain reported between 630 and 730 pm EST. Ponding of water noted on roads in the area.
2.05 inches of rain reported in 1 hour.
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, May 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: 5446326, 5446327, 5446328, 5446329, 5446330, 5446331, 5446332, 5446569, 5446570, 5446571, 5446572, 5446573, 5446574, 5446575, 5446576, 5446577, 5446578, 5446579.