20 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Apr 14, 6:05 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 705 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 .AVIATION... CONTINUE CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM TAF FORECAST IS ONGOING CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND ANALYSIS OF INSTABILITY PARAMETERS BELIEVE CONVECTION WILL STAY SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND. FORT WAYNE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING AS IT SHOULD BE ON NORTHERN EXTENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. KEPT VCTC IN FORT WAYNE TAF FOR THIS REASON. COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING QUICKLY BRINGING AN END TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS SHOULD PRECLUDE CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND RESULT IN MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE DAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND SATURDAY PRIMARY FOCUS ON CONVECTIVE AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. UPSCALE CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED QUICKLY ALONG THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR...MOST LIKELY IN AREA OF ENHANCED CONVERGENCE ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BEEN PROGRESSING SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A SEVERE THREAT NEXT HOUR WITH MAINLY HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND. OF GREATER CONCERN IS MESOSCALE TRENDS UPSTREAM. SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE INDICATING MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH THE CINH CONTINUING TO DECREASE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WELL DEFINED MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING SE THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A WEAK LOW LEVEL COLD FRONT IS PRODUCING ORGANIZED PRESSURE FALLS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. SUSPECT INCREASING LARGE SCALE SUPPORT FOR ASCENT COUPLED WITH THE ERASING OF CINH AND FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z JUST UPSTREAM OF CURRENT WATCH BOX OVER NE OR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IF IT DOES FORM...CONVECTION SHOULD PROPAGATE SE THROUGH THE CWA THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE EVENING WITHIN THE WATCH BOX...CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. OVERNIGHT SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL DROP SE ACROSS THE CWA...LIKELY MODULATED BY CONVECTIVE COLD POOLS. THIS WILL END THREAT OF CONVECTION FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY DRIER NE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL AID IN REMOVING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND THUS CONVECTIVE THREAT. WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. COOLER H85 TEMPS WILL KEEP HIGHS DOWN FROM TODAY...BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH LOW 70S OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. LONG TERM... SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MAIN DIFFICULTY REMAINS W/WAVERING FNTL ZONE INADV OF EJECTING SW TROUGH ALG COAST OF SRN CA THIS AFTN. HWVR AS EVIDENCED TDA...OUTFLW BNDRY FM LAST NIGHTS CONVN CERTAINLY PLAYING HAVOC ON MODEL PLACEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT DVLPMNT. ATTM FAVOR GROSS SYNOPTIC DEPICTION OF THE NAM WHICH LIKE OTHER SOLUTIONS HAS SLOWED IT EWD EJECTION OF WRN SYS OUT OF THE PLAINS SUN AND WEAKER. THUS PREFER IS WWD POSITIONING W/CONVN SUN AFTN/EVE. GFS SOLUTION SERIOUSLY CONTAMINATED W/ITS SPURIOUS DVLPMNT ACRS IWX CWA THIS AFTN AND LIKELY NO BTR BEYOND. AS SUCH WILL ATTEMPT TO REFINE POP/WX GRIDS SUN AND SUN NIGHT. BEST CHC FOR RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE LT SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN COINCIDING W/STG LL THETA-E ADVTN. TEMPS EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC W/THERMAL RIDGING STILL INTACT OVERHEAD BUT TEMPERED BY EXTENSIVE CLD CVR AND PENCHANT FOR AT LEAST AM SHOWERS. THUS GOING NUMBERS IN LOW TO UPPER 60S STILL MATCHED W/LATEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND ACCEPTED. BEYOND THAT CONSIDERABLY UNCERTAINTY REMAINS W/YET ANOTHER STG SW POISED TO SHIFT SLOWLY EWD ACRS THE CONUS. YDA/S PLACEMENT/TIMING BASICALLY OUT THE DOOR W/00Z GUIDANCE DEPICTING A MORE AMPLIFIED HIGH LATITUDE BLOCK DVLPG ACRS THE US. THIS FAVORS THE SLOWER EWD PROGRESSION OF DEEP CLOSED LOW AND LATER TIMING INTO GREAT LAKES THU NIGHT/FRI AND ABT 24HRS LATER THEN SHOWN YDA. AS SUCH WILL CONT W/NO MENTION YET BUT DO NOTE A GOOD CHC FOR RAINFALL (BTR THEN LAST FEW DAYS) WILL MATERIALIZE AT SOME POINT LT NXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL CONT AOA SEASONABLE NORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...HITCHCOCK/BOGUTH LONG TERM...HOLSTEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-151000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 458 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 /558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-151000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 558 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
244 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0242 PM HAIL MACY 40.96N 86.13W
04/14/2006 M1.00 INCH MIAMI IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FALL LASTED TWO MINUTESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0305 PM HAIL ANDREWS 40.86N 85.60W
04/14/2006 M1.00 INCH HUNTINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
311 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0308 PM HAIL HUNTINGTON 40.88N 85.51W
04/14/2006 M0.88 INCH HUNTINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
313 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0307 PM HAIL ANDREWS 40.86N 85.60W
04/14/2006 M0.75 INCH HUNTINGTON IN SPOTTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
331 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0329 PM HAIL OSSIAN 40.88N 85.17W
04/14/2006 E0.75 INCH WELLS IN TRAINED SPOTTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
400 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
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0338 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S BLUFFTON 40.71N 85.17W
04/14/2006 WELLS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE LARGE TREE DOWN AND SEVERAL
LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWNThe Chicago radar (KLOT), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
20 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail ranging from the size of quarters to golf balls were reported in and to the west of Wolcott.
Reported by NWS Cooperative Observer.
Hail ranging from penny to softball size was reported in and around the city of Rochester. While damage amounts are estimated, local newspaper articles reported damage to several vehicles as well as siding and roof damage.
Hail increased from the size of quarters up to golf ball size in the town of Akron.
Hail ranging from penny to nickel size was reported around North Manchester.
Hail ranging from penny to golf ball size was reported around Wolcott with another severe thunderstorm.
Golfball size hail was reported on US 24, near the White and Cass county line in Burnettsville.
Reported by observers at the Fort Wayne International Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5496654, 5496655, 5496656, 5496657, 5496658, 5496659, 5496660, 5496661, 5496662, 5496663, 5496664, 5496665, 5496666, 5496667, 5496668, 5496669, 5496670, 5496671, 5496733, 5496734, 5496735.