1 flash flood, 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 Jul 16, 3:35 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 335 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 .SHORT TERM... THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND OR A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES. WITH A WEAK WEAK WIND FIELD ALOFT...EXPECT MAINLY PROPAGATION MOVEMENT OF STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP SUNDAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ONGOING CHANCE POPS APPEAR ON TRACK WITH THE REMAINS OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER THE AREA. KEPT TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT GIVEN HIGH DEW POINTS/TROPICAL AIRMASS. TRIMMED BACK HIGHS SUNDAY CONSIDERING RAINCOOLED AIR AND MAX TEMPS YESTERDAY AND TEMPS SO FAR TODAY. && .LONG TERM... SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY... MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DENNIS REMNANT LOW CONTINUING TO LIFT NE AWAY FROM THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO STRONG SHRTWV MOVG ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS. POSSIBILITY FOR SOME LINGERING CONVECTION IN THE EVE AS AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST, THOUGH A LTL DRIER THAN TODAY. NAM CONTS TO SUGGEST H85 THETA-E ADVECTION WL DVLP UPSTREAM AS FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVE ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SOME TSTMS WHILE GFS INDICATES TSTMS WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL NEAR FROPA MON. SINCE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT HAVE DONE SAME AND LEFT CHC OF TSTMS IN FCST FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. CDFNT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CWA MON/MON EVE. LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SETUP FOR TSTMS...PSBLY SVR... WITH STRONG FORCING...AMPLE MOISTURE...AND BUFKIT NAM FCSTS OF >50KT 0-6KM SHEAR. STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO TIMING WITH GFS SLOWER WITH FROPA THAN NAM SO KEPT POPS IN HIGH CHC CATEGORY FOR NOW. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND MONDAYS FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE FAIR WX TUE-WED. CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES BTWN NAM/GFS ON AMOUNT OF COOLING BEHIND FRONT WITH NAM 4-6C COOLER AT H85 THAN GFS. WENT WITH A LTL COOLER TEMPS TUE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AS SUNSHINE IN DRY AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A DECENT WARMUP. HIGHS ON WED SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 80S AS HIGH MOVES EAST TO LWR GRTLKS AND WAA DVLPS OVER THE AREA. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS NOT AS STRONG AS YDAY WITH RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE GRTLKS FROM THE PLAINS STATES LATE IN THE WEEK. IN FACT WITH NW FLOW ALOFT ECMWF/GFS NOW INDICATING A WK BACKDOOR FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THU NGT. WITH WK FORCING ASSOCD WITH THE FRONT AND DRY AMS, CONTD WITH DRY FCST. HIGHS AHEAD OF THE FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S THU DROPPING OFF TO M80S BEHIND FRONT FRI WITH WARMUP BEGINNING AGAIN SAT AS HIGH MOVES EAST TO LWR GRTLKS. && .AVIATION... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. STILL SOME MVFR LINGERING AT FWA ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER CONVECTION/RAINFALL. DIURNAL HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS...SO HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR STORMS AT BOTH SBN AND FWA. AFTER MOST CONVECTION ENDS THIS EVENING...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS WITH POSSIBLY SOME IFR WITH FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...FISHER/SKIP LONG TERM...HOLSTEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 430 AM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-171000- 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 430 AM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A MARGINAL THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A COLDWATER TO PERU LINE AFTER THE NOON HOUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ043-046-061-171000- 430 AM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A MARGINAL THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL. HOLSTEN
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 40, just south of Marcellus, was flooded for several hours as 5 to 6 inches of rain fell between 430 pm and 9 pm EST. No injuries or rescues were reported due to the flooding.
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