Warm and humid conditions as well as a weak flow aloft set the stage for thunderstorms to develop as numerous boundaries interacted. Isolated severe weather was reported parts of Northern Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Warm and humid conditions as well as a weak flow aloft set the stage for thunderstorms to develop as numerous boundaries interacted. Isolated severe weather was reported parts of Northern Indiana.
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 Jun 26, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 335 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 .SHORT TERM... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING MID LEVEL VORT LOBE OVER CENTRAL IL/IN LIFTING NORTH THIS AFTN WHICH IS AIDING SHOWER/TSTM DEVELOPMENT OVER UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS OUR AREA. APPEARS STRONGEST MID LEVEL LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANT CIRCULATION WAS AFFECTING WRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DIMINISHED WITH LOSS OF HEATING TO OUR SW YDAY EVE, BUT REDEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS TREND IN OUR AREA FOR THE NEXT 24HRS. MID LEVEL CIRCULATION SHOULD WKN TONIGHT AS WLYS INCREASE OVER OUR AREA DUE TO INFLUENCE OF STRONG SHRTWV MOVG EAST ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CANADA. WK REMNANT SHRTWV TROF WILL LIKELY BE PICKED UP IN THIS WLY FLOW AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW. AT THE SFC, HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM ERN KY-SRN LM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TO WV-ERN OH BY 00Z THU AS A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM MN-ERN NEB DROPS SE TO A NE MI-NRN IL-SWRN IA LINE BY 00Z THU. REMNANT SHRTWV OVER THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO AID CONVECTION AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ON WED WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY BECOMING FOCUSED ON WK PREFRONTAL TROFS. POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS LOOKS GOOD BUT WITH FORCING MECHANISMS APPEARING TO BE RATHER MESO-SCALE IN NATURE NOT THAT CONFIDENT IN MOS HIGH LIKELY POPS. INSTEAD USED SCT WORDING FOR POPS TOMORROW ATTM. LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO GOING TEMPS THROUGH TOMORROW. ON WED PREFER WARMER MAV HIGHS WITH ENOUGH SUNNY PERIODS EXPECTED TO MAKE THESE CLOSE. && .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES IN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT AND RAIN FOR THIS WEEK. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ENTERING THE CWA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MOS GUIDANCE HAS GOOD POPS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. GFS OF COURSE IS SHOWING MORE QPF THAN THE NAM/WRF IS BUT THE CHANCE DOES EXIST REGARDLESS WITH THE FRONT AROUND. SO LEFT THE RAIN CHANCES IN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MODELS STAYING CONSISTENT IN MOVING THE RAIN OUT OF THE CWA THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH IT WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED TO SEE IF THE FRONT CAN MOVE OUT FAST ENOUGH THAT NO RAIN CHANCES NEED TO BE ADDED FOR EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE THEN IS STILL PROGGED TO MOVE IN THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE OVER THE CWA THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. THEREFORE HAVE THURSDAY NIGHT TIL TUESDAY DRY. IT WILL BE A FAIRLY WARM NIGHT YET TOMORROW NIGHT BUT THEN NIGHTS AFTER THAT...POST FRONTAL...WILL BE COOLER. RIGHT NOW ANY STORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE INDICIES ARE NOT THAT HIGH AND THE CWA IS ALSO NOT IN A SLIGHT/MODERATE/HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE FROM SPC. && .AVIATION... SEVERAL AREAS OF TCU/CB CURRENTLY SEEN ON VIS OVER THE AREA. KSBN IS CURRENTLY SURROUNDED BY TCU AND SHOWERS SO WENT WITH TEMPO MVFR TSRA AS KHAI HAD +RA AND MVFR CIGS AT 17Z UNDER ONE OF THE SHOWERS. LEFT KFWA VFR PER LATEST SATELLITE TRENDS/REGIONAL OBS BUT WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. WINDS PROGGED TO STAY UP A LITTLE MORE THAN LAST NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF APPROACHING SFC LOW/COLD FRONT SO LEFT OUT ANY FOG. WILL LET LATER ISSUANCES HANDLE AFTER SEEING WHERE AFTERNOON RAIN HAS FALLEN. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...TAYLOR LONG TERM....LOTHAMER AVIATION...SIMPSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 553 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-271000- 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 553 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 /453 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO FORT WAYNE. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE HOW WIDESPREAD THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE. THERE MAY ALSO BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHWEST AND WAVES MAY APPROACH 2 TO 4 FEET. MONITOR CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-271000- 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- 553 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE HOW WIDESPREAD THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE. WINDS AND WAVES MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 304 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 INZ003>005-012>014-MIZ077-262015- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 304 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 /204 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007/ SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GOSHEN...BUCHANAN...AND BASS LAKE BY 415 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST...ENHANCING THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. SIMPSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007
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0612 PM HAIL 4 S ANDREWS 40.80N 85.60W
06/26/2007 E0.70 INCH HUNTINGTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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TCCThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 469, southwest of Fort Wayne. Several trees were blown down, as well as part of a barn roof being blown off. A 71 mph wind gust was recorded at the Fort Wayne International Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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