1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Jul 26, 8:20 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 920 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 .UPDATE... SFC BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL IL STRENGTHENING A BIT THIS EVENING AND TSTM COVERAGE INCREASING ALNONG/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. UPDATED SWRN 1/4 OF CWA FOR LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT AND TO ADD MENTION OF HVY RAIN AS APPEARS SOME REPEAT ECHOES WILL OCCUR IN THE VERY MOIST AMS (ILX PRECIP WATER >2 THIS EVE) ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE WNW-ESE ORIENTED BOUNDARY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... AVIATION... WELL DEFINED SHRTWV ON WATER VAPOR MOVED ACROSS NE INDIANA AND NW OH THIS AFTN/EVE WITH SCT TSRA ALONG IT. SUBTLE SPEED MAX ALSO EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR PUNCHING INTO WEST CENTRAL IL WHICH WAS COMBINING WITH A WK WNW-ESE ORIENTED SFC BOUNDARY AND VERY UNSTABLE AMS TO TRIGGER TSTMS OVER CENTRAL IL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NE AND SFC BOUNDARY FCST TO LIFT NORTH INTO NRN INDIANA OVERNIGHT. AMS NOT AS UNSTABLE OVER NRN INDIANA AND WITH LOSS OF HEATING EXPECT SOME WKNG OF THE IL STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO OUR AREA, HWVR, WITH BOUNDARY FCST TO LIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT, EXPECT SOME TSRA WILL REACH FWA. BOUNDARY LAYER VERY MOIST AND WINDS FAIRLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT, SO STILL EXPECTING SOME IFR IN FOG/STRATUS TO DVLP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THU. A WK SHRTWV EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NRN INDIANA AGAIN THU AFTN WHICH SHOULD TRIGGER SCT TSRA. FEATURE TOO WK TO TIME TSRA IN TAFS ATTM THOUGH HAVE INCLUDED CB CLOUD DESIGNATOR IN THE AFTN. SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NAM AND RUC BOTH SUGGESTING RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VORTICITY MAXIMUM BLOWS UP OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA. SATELLITE NOT INDICATING THIS WAVE IS THERE...SO AM NOT CONFIDENT THIS SCENARIO WILL OCCUR. INSTEAD...SEE WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...A LACK OF AN ORGANIZED BOUNDARY/FOCUS OR DYNAMICS. THUS...WE ARE THINKING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE AREA THAT WOULD FOCUS ON PREEXISTING WEAK BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION TODAY AND SMALL SCALE MID LEVEL FEATURES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL BE THAT AN MCS DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND MOVES OVER THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY. OTHER CONCERN IS FOG IN THE WEAK WINDS AND HIGH HUMIDITY AIR. MENTIONED WIDESPREAD FOG OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMP FORECAST WILL BE TRICKY WITH SHOWERS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUDS AND FOG AROUND...BUT MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO ONGOING FORECAST. LONG TERM... THURSDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY... FEW CHANGES BEING MADE TO THE LONG TERM GRIDS. GENERALLY USING A BLEND OF 26/00Z ECMWF...GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS AND CURRENT FORECAST FOR THE DAY 4 THROUGH 7 TIME FRAME. THE CURRENT FORECAST LINES UP WELL WITH THE MODEL TRENDS SO FEW CHANGES ARE NEEDED. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH TIMING OF A FRONT TOWARD DAYS 6 AND 7. DECIDED TO LEAN TOWARD A LITTLE SLOWER AND MORE NORTH SOLUTION WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY GIVEN THE STRONG AND WARM RIDGE THAT WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BETTER SHORT WAVE IN THE MODELS THAT WOULD FLATTEN THIS RIDGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SURFACE BOUNDARY TO DRIBBLE THIS FAR SOUTH BY DAY 7. IN THE DAY 2 AND 3 PORTION OF THE LONG TERM...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS WHILE BERMUDA HIGH OFF THE EAST COAST EXPANDS WESTWARD. BETWEEN THESE TWO CENTERS OF HIGH PRESSURE...SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL BE ACROSS OUR REGION ALONG WITH A QUASISTATIONARY SURFACE FRONT THAT WILL BECOME MORE DIFFUSE WITH TIME. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS A BIT...TROPICAL MOISTURE NOW MOVING INTO TEXAS WILL DRIFT NORTH BETWEEN THE DEVELOPING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES. THIS ENERGY SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY. SHORT RANGE MODELS DIFFER ON HOW IT WILL BE HANDLED AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE WESTERLIES. AT ANY RATE...THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL LEAD TO LOW CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. FORECAST ALREADY HAS THIS COVERED AND NO REASON TO MAKE CHANGES AT THIS TIME. IT SHOULD GENERALLY BE A VERY WARM AND HUMID PERIOD AS SOUTHERLY FLOW MAINTAINS ITSELF ACROSS THE AREA. WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY DUE TO MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS THROUGH THE PERIOD...KEPT MAX TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW MEX GUIDANCE...BUT STILL 8 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. THE WARMTH IS HANDLED WELL IN CURRENT FORECAST AS WELL AS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && LONG TERM...LASHLEY SHORT TERM...EDDY AVIATION/UPDATE...JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1030 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-270915- 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 930 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 /1030 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE... MAINLY SOUTH OF A PAULDING TO NORTH JUDSON LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. A RETURN OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE 90S EACH AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE 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 LMZ043-046-061-270915- 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- 1030 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. && 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
806 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL MALINTA 41.32N 84.04W
07/26/2006 E0.75 INCH HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
CONSIDERABLE CROP DAMAGE
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EBREONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
809 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG MALINTA 41.32N 84.04W
07/26/2006 HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS 18 TO 20 INCH TREES SNAPPED
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EBREONThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down on the south side of the city.
Nearly 5 inches of rain fell across much of Columbia City from 2 thunderstorms that occured over the span of a few hours. Some streets were flooded as storm drains had a difficult time catching up with the rainfall as well as fallen tree limbs clogging some drains. The annual 4-H fair was underway at the time with rainwater flowing into much of the livestock barns, requiring the evacuation of many of the animals to higher ground. None of the animals or those moving them were injured.
Spy Run creek crested at 10.4 feet, 2.4 feet above the 8 foot flood stage, around 715 am EDT after anywhere from 3 to as much as 6 inches of rain fell over the span of a few hours. Sandbagging began in the Eastbrook and Westbrook subdivisions with residence awakened and warned of the high water. No evaculations were necessary. At Franke Park, including the Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo, the parking area was covered in water and approached some buildings. The zoo remained opened but areas that experienced flooding were closed for the day.
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, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5519362, 5519363, 5519361.