2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 27, 2:59 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
359 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
.SHORT TERM/HYDROLOGY...
STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY AHEAD OF A SHORT
WAVE THAT WAS OVER WESTERN IA. THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SURROUNDING AREAS WAS VERY MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES 1.75 INCHES TO 2.25 INCHES. EXPECT LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW TO
INCREASE FROM THE SW WITH A RATHER UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW OVERNIGHT.
THIS SHOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS TO MOVE OVER THE
SAME AREA...AND INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING. HAVE INCREASED
RAIN/STORM CHANCES TO CATEGORICAL OVER SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE THE
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT GIVEN SURGE OF 350K THETA E IN THE LOW
LEVELS. INCLUDED AREAS IN THE WATCH WERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
4 INCHES WERE RECORED AND WHERE FLOODING WAS OBSERVED LAST NIGHT.
THESE AREAS ALSO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. KEPT
A CHANCE FOR STORMS FRIDAY AS SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM...
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE FORECAST FOCUS FOR THE LONG
TERM STILL IS ON THE BUILDING RIDGE AND THE HEAT THAT WILL RETURN
TO OUR AREA. 12Z MODELS ARE A LITTLE SLOWER TO BUILD THE RIDGE
THIS WEEKEND...MAINLY DUE TO SEVERAL SHORT WAVE FEATURES THAT
CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN THE MODELS AND TOP THE RIDGE...HINDERING
ITS EASTWARD EXPANSION. NAM-WRF LOOKS TO STRENGTHEN THE REMAINS OF
THE TROPICAL CIRCULATION THAT MOVED OUT OF TEXAS YESTERDAY AND
LINGER IT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY. GFS LOOKS MORE
REASONABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...MOVING IT MORE EAST AND ABSORBING IT
IN THE WEAK WESTERLY FLOW. THE GFS ALSO WANTS TO BRING ANOTHER
SHORT WAVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE IT IS NOT
SHOWING MUCH DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS WAVE...CONCERNED THAT WITH THE
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...INCREASING HEAT AND ENERGY...THAT
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THUS WILL ALLOW THE
CHANCE POPS TO RIDE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DID REMOVE
POPS FOR OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS AREA LOOKS
TO BE BETWEEN SHORT WAVES. JUST TWEEKED REMAINING PORTION OF LONG
TERM AS TEMPS RISE INTO LOWER TO MID 90S. STILL LIKE THE SLOWER
AND MORE NORTH SOLUTIONS FOR POSSIBLE FRONTAL APPROACH BY DAY 7.
DID ADD LOW CHANCE POPS FOR NEXT THURSDAY FOR THIS FEATURE.
&&
.AVIATION...
A SHORT WAVE WAS APPROACHING THE AREA AHEAD OF A VERY MOIST AIRMASS
OVER N INDIANA. SOME CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING ALONG WEAK BOUNDARY
OVER THE AREA. GIVEN LOCATION OF CONVECTION AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL
WINDS...EXPECT CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GIVEN AMOUNT OF RAIN WITH SOME TRAINING OF
CONVECTION WITH UNIDIRECTION FLOW...HAVE GONE WITH CONDITIONS
BECOMING IFR OR TEMPO IFR ALONG WITH SOME FOG. THERE SHOULD BE SOME
IMPROVEMENT AFTER DAYBREAK.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR INZ013-INZ015-INZ016-
INZ017-INZ018-INZ020-INZ022-INZ023-INZ024-INZ025-INZ026-
INZ027-INZ032-INZ033-INZ034.
MI...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR OHZ004-OHZ005-OHZ015-
OHZ016-OHZ024-OHZ025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SKIPPER
LONG TERM....LASHLEYHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-281000- 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 449 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 /549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 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...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MAIN HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IS HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IS GREATEST TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS MAY POTENTIALLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A RETURN OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 EACH AFTERNOON. NIGHTTIME WILL NOT PROVIDE MUCH RELIEF WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND LOW TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THE 70S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING...RAINFALL RATES GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR THAT PERSIST FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES...AND RAINFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-281000- 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- 549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS CREATING LOCALLY HIGH WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. && 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 HITCHCOCK/MURPHY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1045 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 AM FLOOD FORT WAYNE 41.07N 85.14W
07/27/2006 ALLEN IN EMERGENCY MNGR
EAST BROOK DRIVE AND WESTBROOK DRIVE CLOSED WITH 6 INCHES
TO 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING ROADS. STATE BLVD
INTERSECTION WITH EAST BROOK DRIVE AND WESTBROOK DRIVE
CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
&&
SWEISSERThe Chicago radar (KLOT), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto power lines in Wolcott, causing the partial closure of US 24. Other reports of trees, power lines and poles were received between Wolcott and Monticello.
Numerous roads were flooded and impassable from Wolcott to Monticello as a result of torrential rainfall. Spotters in Monticello reported three and a half inches of rain over 3 hours.
Numerous roads in Michigan City were reported flooded, including US 20 and 421. Some of the streets had over 2 feet of standing or flowing water. Several cars became stranded in the high water. 2.73 inches of rain were recorded at the Michigan City Sanitary District between 545 pm and 845 pm EDT with nearly an inch of this falling in 15 minutes. Emergency personnel responded to reports of partial house-basement collapses at 2 homes in Michigan City. Damage to the structures is estimated around $50,000.
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: 5519366, 5519364, 5519365.