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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 6:49 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
649 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
.AVIATION...
00Z-24Z.
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE CWFA THROUGH 06Z. A TANDEM OF SHORTWAVES IN THE MID LVL
FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE UPPER LVL LIFT ALONG AND BEHIND FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THROUGH 12Z. THUS...AM EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE PCPN ENDS...MVFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH STRATIFORM CLOUDS. CIGS WILL BEGIN
TO LIFT ABOVE THE MVFR LVL BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z AS DAYTIME HEATING
ALLOWS SFC TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREAD TO INCREASE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...
SHORT DISCUSSION WITH SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ONGOING.
PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WORKING ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SCATTERED CONVECTION FINALLY DEVELOPING. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS LARGE
AREA OF RAIN UPSTREAM WITH MID LEVEL TROUGH AND MAIN COLD FRONT.
MODELS SWING THIS THROUGH OVERNIGHT SO WILL INCREASE POPS TO
CATEGORICAL. SOME WIND REPORTS COMING IN ALONG NORTHERN PORTION OF
FRONT AS SHOWERS MIX WINDS TO THE SURFACE. WILL CONTINUE WITH
TSRA/SHRA CHANCES AS LEADING EDGE WILL ENCOUNTER INSTABILITY AXIS TO
OUR WEST THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING MOISTURE SOUTHEAST WED MORNING SO
LOW CHANCE POP FOR SHOWERS FOR A FEW HOURS. OTHERWISE SUBSIDENCE AND
CLEARING SHOULD WORK SOUTH DURING THE DAY. WILL BE MUCH COOLER AND
RELATIVELY DRIER. HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT ONLY IN THE MID 70S WITH
DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE 50S MOST AREAS.
LONG TERM...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
ABBREVIATED LONG TERM DISCUSSION TODAY WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH JUST ISSUED. IN THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT
PATTERN CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE WITH A BROAD TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHEAST CANADA. THIS TROUGH WILL BE REINFORCED BY SEVERAL NORTHERN
STREAM SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE MEAN EASTERN NOAM
TROUGH.
MAJOR COOL DOWN IS ON THE WAY TODAY WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH NOW
ENTERING THE NW CORNER OF THE CWA WITH MAIN COLD FRONT AND PUSH OF
MUCH COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR MOVING SOUTH THROUGH WI/MI. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OVER THE CWA WED NGT AND THURS.
GFS/CANADIAN GEM BOTH DRAG A WEAK SECONDARY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES FRIDAY MORNING. BEST DYNAMICS WILL PASS WELL
NORTH OF THE CWA AS BEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DPVA SHEAR EAST THROUGH
SOUTHERN CANADA. GIVEN THE WEAK DYNAMICS AND POOR MOISTURE RETURN
IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY
FORECAST. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT NEXT CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CWA WITH SURFACE RIDGING PERSISTING
THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
A PERIOD OF SEASONABLE TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S ALONG WITH
LOW HUMIDITY AND MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS WITH MAINLY CLEAR AND SEASONABLY
COOL NIGHTS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR INZ004-
INZ005-INZ006-INZ007-INZ008-INZ009-INZ012-INZ013-INZ014-
INZ015-INZ016-INZ017-INZ018-INZ020-INZ022-INZ023-INZ024-
INZ025-INZ026-INZ027-INZ032-INZ033-INZ034.
MI...NONE.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
OHZ001- OHZ002-OHZ004-OHZ005-OHZ015-OHZ016-OHZ024-OHZ025.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-LMZ046.
&&
AVIATION/UPDATE...HICKMAN
SHORT TERM...SLL
LONG TERM...JPHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 447 AM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-271000- 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 447 AM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAJOR THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS WARM AS THE LAST FEW DAYS...BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND VERY HUMID AIR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 100 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-271000- 447 AM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAJOR THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WAVE PROMPTED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED...AND THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX EDDY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
347 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE CONVOY 40.94N 84.68W
07/26/2005 VAN WERT OH AMATEUR RADIO
SEMI TRUCK OVERTURNED ON US 30
&&
EBREONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG PERU 40.75N 86.07W
07/26/2005 MIAMI IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
EBREONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 602 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 MIZ079>081-262330- BRANCH-HILLSDALE-ST JOSEPHMI- 702 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 686 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MICHIGAN... ST. JOSEPH...BRANCH AND HILLSDALE. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MICHIGAN BORDER. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HICKMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
656 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG GEORGETOWN 41.73N 86.23W
07/26/2005 ST. JOSEPH IN AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE AND EMERGENCY SIREN POLE BLOWN DOWN.
&&
EBREONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
714 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E DENVER 40.86N 85.98W
07/26/2005 MIAMI IN AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN
&&
EBREONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
730 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM TSTM WND DMG WABASH 40.80N 85.83W
07/26/2005 WABASH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLES BLOWN DOWN
&&
EBREONThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down onto a road. Law enforcement officials reported wind gusts to 60 mph in the area.
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