A prefrontal trough moved across Michigan producing storms that layed out several outflow boundaries that worked across far southern Lower Michigan. These boundaries interacted with a high CAPE/low shear environment to set the stage for pulse thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A prefrontal trough moved across Michigan producing storms that layed out several outflow boundaries that worked across far southern Lower Michigan. These boundaries interacted with a high CAPE/low shear environment to set the stage for pulse thunderstorms. Several wet microbursts developed and produced areas of wind damage.
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 27, 2:06 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 306 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 .SHORT TERM... CDFNT LOCATED FM CENTRAL MI TO SERN IA THIS AFTN. BKN LINE OF TSTMS ALONG FRONT WITH SCT CONVECTION OVER OUR CWA. GIVEN FORCING PROVIDED BY MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG APPROACHING CDFNT ALONG WITH ABUNDANT AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA, WILL CONTINUE WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS WITH LCLY HEAVY RAINFALL FCST INTO TONIGHT. WITH LOSS OF HEATING AIR MASS WILL STABILIZE OVERNIGHT BUT FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH APCHG CDFNT ALONG WITH SHRTWV LIFTING ENE FM KS/MO THIS AFTN TO CENTRAL IL BY MORNING SUGGESTS STORMS MAY LINGER. THIS SHRTWV SHOULD SLOW FRONT DOWN WITH DVLPG SFC WAVE ALONG IT RESULTING IN A CONTD CHC OF TSTMS OVER SRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA ON THU, WHILE NORTHERN PORTIONS SHOULD BE DRY AND COOLER. LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING TEMPS WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 60S AND HIGHS ON THU RANGING FROM THE L70S NEAR LM TO THE L80S OVER SERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. && .LONG TERM... LW TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACRS ERN NOAM THIS PD IN RESPONSE TO STG SW TROUGH CROSSING THROUGH CNTRL ONTARIO THIS AFTN. AS A RESULT...YET ANOTHER COOL...DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL BUILD SWD ACRS THE GREAT LAKES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK INTO NXT WEEKEND WITH TEMPS BELOW NORMAL XPCD. BEYOND THAT...MED RANGE PROGS AS A WHOLE WOULD SUGGEST A WARMER AND PERHAPS MORE ACTIVE BELT OF WESTERLIES TAKING SHAPE ACRS THE NRN US AND INCLUDING THE GREAT LAKES REGION W/A RTN TO NR NORMAL TEMPS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 125 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007/ AVIATION... CONVECTION MOVG THROUGH NW INDIANA BEGINNING TO RE-INTENSIFY WHILE OTHER BKN LINE OF STORMS DVLPG CLOSER TO CDFNT FROM CENTRAL MI TO SERN IA. AIR MASS OVER NRN INDIANA AND UPSTREAM CLOSER TO CDFNT IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES IN -5C TO -10C RANGE AT 17Z WHILE RECENT TAMDAR DATA FROM SBN SUGGESTS NO CAPPING INVERSION OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH FORCING LIMITED ACROSS NRN INDIANA THIS AFTN, EXPECT SCT TSTMS WILL CONT TO DVLP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY LATE AFTN AS CDFNT APPROACHES FROM THE NW. THUS, ADDED TEMPO TSRA GROUP TO TAFS LATE THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE. CDFNT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SBN AROUND 06Z AND FWA AROUND 14Z. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DECREASE WITH LOSS OF HEATING TNGT, SOME THREAT OF TSTMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL FROPA, BUT TIMING/COVERAGE TOO DOUBTFUL TO MENTION IN LATER PORTION OF TAFS. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...TAYLOR LONG TERM....HOLSTEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 503 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-280915- 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 503 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 /403 AM CDT WED JUN 27 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 THIS MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER AND SLOWER MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHWEST AND WAVES MAY APPROACH 4 TO 6 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. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER CAN BE CALLED INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-280915- 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- 503 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 407 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 INZ012-014-272045- MARSHALL-STARKE- 407 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...BURR OAK...CULVER...HIBBARD... RUTLAND...PLYMOUTH AND ARGOS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
424 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
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0356 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W MARKLE 40.83N 85.36W
06/27/2007 HUNTINGTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD
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TCCThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down onto power lines 6 miles north of Coldwater. Dime size hail was also reported in the area.
Scattered reports of trees down in and around the Hillsdale area as well as western parts of the county.
Large trees were reported blown down in Litchfield.
A tree was blown down onto power lines.
A tree was blown down west of Three Rivers.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 2007
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: 30595, 30596, 30597, 30598, 30600.