Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 24, 4:25 PM EST to 4:26 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, 0.87 mi NW of Paulding
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -84.580
Numerous trees reported blown down.
Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 24, 2007
A stationary boundary, unstable atmosphere and strong winds aloft all allowed for severe storms to develop in Indiana and Michigan and move east into northwestern Ohio.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A stationary boundary, unstable atmosphere and strong winds aloft all allowed for severe storms to develop in Indiana and Michigan and move east into northwestern Ohio.
What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 24, 3:39 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:39 PM EST, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
439 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE AROUND TIL THAT FRONT
FINALLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE CWA TOMORROW. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. ANY STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS UP IN THE
TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCH RANGE. CAPE VALUES ARE UP TO 2000 J/KG.
LIFTED INDEX VALUES DOWN TO NEGATIVE SIX. TOTAL TOTAL VALUES UP TO
55. SWEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 445. SO THE ATMOSPHERE IS DEFINITELY
UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE WIND FIELD FROM THE SURFACE
UP IS FAIRLY UNIFORM IN TERMS OF DIRECTION BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A
DIFFERENCE IN SPEED. MID LEVELS ARE PROGGED TO BE UP TO AROUND 50
KNOTS WITH JUST ABOVE THAT AROUND 60 TO 70 KNOTS. THIS WILL HELP IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND TO KEEP ANY STORMS GOING. THEN ROUGHLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT RAIN CHANCES DECREASE SOME...BUT LIKE MENTIONED
ABOVE...UNTIL THAT FRONT MOVES ON TO THE EAST...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THAT FRONT HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL THIS PAST WEEK IN GIVING US SHOWERS AND STORMS. BY 12Z
SATURDAY A LOW IS PROGGED TO BE JUST NORTHEAST OF DETROIT WITH THE
FRONT RIGHT THROUGH OUR CWA. THEN BY 00Z SUNDAY THE FRONT WILL BE TO
OUR SOUTHEAST WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT. WITH THE EXPECTED LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ADDING TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ALREADY
IN THE CWA...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED INTO TONIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM...TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
BREAK IN HEAT...HUMIDITY...AND RAIN TO BEGIN EXTENDED PERIOD. SFC
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY WILL PROVIDE SUNNY
DAY WITH PLEASANT TEMPS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. HIGH WILL SLIDE OFF TO
EASTERN SEABOARD BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN GRADUAL WARMING
TREND WITH TEMPS REACHING 85-90F RANGE BY TUE. NEXT FRONT TO ARRIVE
ON WED BRINGING CHANCE OF SH/TSRA TO THE AREA. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
INDICATING BONAFIDE COOL CANADIAN AIRMASS TO COME IN BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM BRINGING DRY WX AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TO THE REGION AS 850MB
TEMPS PROGGED TO DROP BELOW 10C BY NEXT FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION... /ISSUED 205 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007/
THE RADAR IS CURRENTLY FAIRLY QUIET...BUT STORMS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ARE STILL EXPECTED...ROUGHLY
LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. THINGS WILL BE VFR UNTIL ANY STORMS
MOVE THROUGH THE AIRPORTS. TIMING IS A LITTLE HARD TO PIN DOWN
WHEN ANY STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SBN AND FWA...SO LEFT THE
TEMPO TIMING THAT WAS IN THE TAFS. THINGS WILL BE WATCHED AND WHEN
ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP TO THE WEST...TAFS CAN THEN BE UPDATED WITH
BETTER...MORE PRECISE TIMING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE
NOT REALLY GOING TO END UNTIL THAT FRONT MOVES ON TO THE EAST
TOMORROW...SO HAVE CONTINUED STORM CHANCES THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG
WITH MVFR CONDITIONS. RAIN CHANCES COULD THEN BE ENDING LATER
TOMORROW MORNING AS THE WIND TURNS TO THE WEST/NORTHWEST.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR INZ003>009-012>018-
020-022>027-032>034.
MI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...LOTHAMER
LONG TERM....LOGSDON
AVIATION...LOTHAMERHazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:46 AM EST, 11 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 546 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-251000- 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 546 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 /446 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007/ 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 THIS MORNING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO DEFIANCE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AFTER 3 PM EDT. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AND LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EXACERBATE AND EXTEND THE ONGOING FLOODING WITH SECONDARY FLOOD CRESTS POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS THIS WEEKEND. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A WINIMAC TO WAUSEON LINE WITH HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-251000- 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- 546 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NORTH WINDS DOWN THE LONG AXIS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BRING ABOUT AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX NWS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:38 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
438 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0431 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S NORTH WEBSTER 41.30N 85.70W
08/24/2007 KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 24, 3:56 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
456 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S NORTH WEBSTER 41.28N 85.70W
08/24/2007 KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
UPPER HALF OF TREE DOWN AND BRANCHES DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:07 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
507 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND GST KENDALLVILLE 41.44N 85.26W
08/24/2007 M60 MPH NOBLE IN AMATEUR RADIO
KNOCKED AMATEUR RADIO TOWER DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:13 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
513 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0509 PM HAIL MONTICELLO 40.75N 86.76W
08/24/2007 M0.75 INCH WHITE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:23 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
523 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N LARWILL 41.21N 85.62W
08/24/2007 WHITLEY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TELEPHONE POLE SNAPPED OFF...NUMEROUS PINE TREES DOWN
&&
TCCLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:24 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
524 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W FREMONT 41.73N 84.97W
08/24/2007 STEUBEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
WIRES AND TREES DOWN...4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON SOME
ROADS
&&
TCCThe radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance
- When
- August 24, 4:46 PM EST to 4:47 PM EST
- Where
- Defiance County, 0.52 mi W of Farmer
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -84.630
Numerous trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- August 24, 5:16 PM EST to 5:17 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 1.48 mi SSE of Eckley
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -84.240
Wind estimated at 60 mph by Emergency Management officials.
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 24, 6:10 PM EST to 6:11 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, 0.87 mi NW of Broughton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 41.090, -84.540
A few trees and limbs were blown down.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
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: 58049, 58050, 58052, 58051.