The area was affected by the northern fringe of a line of strong to severe thunderstorms in advance of a weak wave. Isolated wind damage with a collapsing storm was noted in the Fort Wayne area.
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The area was affected by the northern fringe of a line of strong to severe thunderstorms in advance of a weak wave. Isolated wind damage with a collapsing storm was noted in the Fort Wayne area.
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, 2:15 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 315 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT) STILL A VERY COMPLICATED SCENARIO PLAYING OUT FOR THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CONVECTION EXPECTED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY WITH THE DETAILS ONCE MORE DEPENDENT ON EACH PRIOR EVENT. MCV NOTED ON SATELLITE NEAR IA-MO BORDER MOVING EAST TOWARD CWA WILL CAUSING CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO OUR WEST. THIS MCV/ASSOCIATED CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST AND IMPACT THE CWA AFTER 00Z. DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED UPSTREAM BEHIND THIS FEATURE LATE THIS EVENING AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS MOVE SW ALONG WITH THE MID/UPPER LOW. STILL LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD TRANSITION INTO A WIDESPREAD WIND EVENT IMPACTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...WITH STORM POTENTIAL HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TIMING. 12Z NAM BRINGS FRONT TO OUR DOORSTEP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...SLOWING PROGRESSION EASTWARD AND PRESSING THROUGH THE CWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. GFS ENSEMBLE FASTER WITH FEATURES. SPC SIDED WITH FASTER PROGRESSION...PUSHING SLIGHT SVR RISK INTO EASTERN CWA ONLY. TEND TO AGREE WITH THIS TREND...BUT THIS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS...THE ABILITY OF THE AIRMASS TO RECOVER INSTABILITY AFTER ANY OVERNIGHT/MORNING ACTIVITY...AND THE EXACT TIMING OF THE BNDRY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS FAVORING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. BEHIND THE FRONT CONDITIONS IMPROVE WITH DRIER AIR BEGINNING TO FILTER IN BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM... NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGE FOR THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY AS THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH BRUSHES THE NORTHERN ZONES. THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK SHOULD SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES AS NORTHWEST FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED. HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE OVER THE FOUR-CORNERS COMBINED WITH THE EXITING TROUGH WILL LEAD TO THE INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWERING POPS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO THE MID AND UPPER 80S BY MID WEEK. WESTERN UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN OUT BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS ONTARIO AND HELPS TO FORCE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR AREA. WITH THE DYNAMICS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA...THE FRONT SHOULD SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING AND INCREASED CHANCE FOR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SCENARIO IS ALREADY DEPICTED IN THE ZONES SO NO CHANGE IS NEEDED. A WAVE MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND TRACK INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA. IF THIS SCENARIO PANS OUT...HEAVY RAIN COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH THIS SOLUTION SINCE IT IS SO FAR OUT SO WILL LEAVE POPS AT CHANCE. && .AVIATION... LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN CWA AT THIS TIME...SHOULD ONLY IMPACT KSBN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WHILE KFWA MAY SEE A THUNDERSTORM AS THIS LINE PROGRESSES EASTWARD. LATER THIS EVENING...DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED AHEAD OF DISTURBANCE NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT BOTH TERMINALS. ALSO STILL LOOKING AT ANOTHER ROUND LATE TONIGHT WITH MORE CONVECTION FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST THAT MAY FIRE THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...LONG PERIODS OF VCTS IN THE TAFS WITH A TEMPO TO ADDRESS TSTORM IMAPCT AT KFWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PRESENT ACTIVITY ONGOING AND MOVING EAST. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LUDINGTON LONG TERM...REHBEIN AVIATION...LUDINGTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 628 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 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 628 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 /528 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING AROUND MID MORNING BUT ESPECIALLY SO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR AN ORGANIZED DAMAGING WIND EVENT EXITS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE AFTER 4 PM AS A SQUALL LINE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE A GOOD BET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INZ018-271945- ALLEN- 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT WAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NEW HAVEN... GRABILL... WOODBURN... LEO-CEDARVILLE... CUBA... HARLAN... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported tree branches and some power lines down in the city of Fort Wayne.
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