A line of thunderstorms moved from central into northeastern Indiana. Several reports of straight-line wind damage were reported across the area.
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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.
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved from central into northeastern Indiana. Several reports of straight-line wind damage were reported across the 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 6, 1:56 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 256 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...SEVERE STORMS IMMINENT... .NEAR TERM... DEEP WARM SECTOR CONTS TO DESTABILIZE ESP EAST OF MID/HIGH CLD PLUME ALG PREFNTL TROUGH THROUGH IL. LARGE SCALE SW TROUGH CONTS TO SHIFT RAPIDLY NEWD INTO MB YET DOWNSTREAM FLW STILL QUITE STRONG W/TAIL END OF MID LVL SPD MAX AND ATTENDANT LLJ STILL PROGGED TO SHIFT ACRS CWA BTWN 21-00Z. ARRIVAL OF MID LVL HGT FALLS AND ASSOCD LARGE SCALE ASCENT TIMED W/MAX HEATING AND DEEPLY SHEARED FLW STILL ALL POINT TO SVR STORMS THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING W/MIXED MODE CONVN XPCD. MID LVL CAPPING INVERSION SLOW TO ERODE W/EWD EXTENT AND SEEN IN 12Z RAOBS AND CURRENT SAT IMAGERY YET WILL PROMOTE A WINDOW OF DISCRETE SUPERCELL POTENTIAL ALG PREFNTL TROUGH THIS AFTN AND SUBSEQUENT QLCS ALG ACCOMPANYING CDFNT THIS EVE. RAPID NEWD STORM MOTION W/STG MID LVL FLW AND ALTHOUGH PWS HIGH W/INHERENT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL DONT BELIEVE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THAT MUCH OF A PROB UNLESS TRAINING CONVN MATERIALIZES. NEW 12Z HIGHRES WRF DOES MAKE SOME SUGGESTION OF THAT POSSIBILITY BUT MENTIONED ALREADY IN VARIOUS PRODUCTS. FAR BIGGER THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WIND GIVEN STG MOMENTUM FIELD IN PLACE W/TOR POTENTIAL CONFINED TO MATURE BOW STRUCTURES AND DISCRETE SUPERCELLS EARLY ON. INITIATION ALREADY UNDERWAY FM ERN MO INTO SE WI W/ADDNL STORMS DVLPG DOWNSTREAM THROUGH ERN IL AND WRN IN BY 20Z AND GROWING UPSCALE QUICKLY AFT THAT. && .SHORT TERM... ELONGATING UPR TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR CDFNT TO STALL OVR THE AREA OVERNIGHT W/NEAR TERM CONV EVOLUTION DICTATING POTENTIAL LTR TONIGHT. IN THE LEAST...STG LLJ IMPINGING ON POTENTIAL MESOSCALE OUTFLW WILL LIKELY AUGMENT CONVECTIVE CHCS AFT MIDNIGHT SOUTH AND WILL SHADE POPS THAT WAY IN AGREEMENT W/HIGHER RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE. SAT MORE UNCERTAIN ESP IN LIGHT OF MID LVL HGT RISES ACRS THE SRN PLAINS AND CONTD INFLUX OF HIGH THETA-E AIR WITHIN FVRBL SWRLY LLJ. IN THE LEAST XPC SUFFICIENT AFTN DESTABILIZATION TO WARRANT A CONTD MENTION OF STORMS BFR INHIBITION BUILDS FURTHER SAT NIGHT. && .LONG TERM... UPPER LVL PATTERN NEXT WEEK CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT TROF WEST/RIDGE EAST THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A SFC BNDRY IMPACTING CWA MON-WED. NAM SLOWER THAN GFS WITH PROGRESSION OF CLOSED LOW ACROSS MT-ND/CANADIAN BORDER WHICH RESULTS IN SLOWER SE PROGRESSION OF SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS IA-WI. GFS PROGRESSES IT FURTHER WITH POSSIBLE FAR NW CWA BEING IMPACTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT. NO CLEAR CUT FAVORITE MODEL FOR SUNDAY SOLUTION...SO CONTINUING WITH A DRY SUNDAY FOR NOW AS SE PROGRESSION OF QPF IN GFS SOMEWHAT SUSPECT AND NAM CONSISTENTLY KEEPING THE ACTION JUST OFF TO THE NW. MON NIGHT-TUES SFC FRONT MOVES INTO CWA WITH NAM SLIGHTLY FASTER TO BRING IN BNDRY...BUT SIMILAR OVERALL BETWEEN MODELS. FRONT MOVES IN TO NW ILLINOIS EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND SLOWS SE PROGRESSION WITH GFS STALLING FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. BOTH SOLUTIONS PROJECT CONVECTION ACROSS CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDED CHC POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT ON CONVECTION. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIG CLOSED LOW INTO INTMTN WEST BUT GFS/EC BOTH LIFT IT NE AND HOLD OFF ON FLATTENING THE E CONUS RIDGE UNTIL PAST END OF EXTENDED PERIOD...KEEPING CONTINUED WARM HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && NEAR TERM...HOLSTEN SHORT TERM...HOLSTEN LONG TERM...LUDINGTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-070915- 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 508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 /408 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER...THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 WILL ALLOW FOR HEAT INDICIES TO REACH INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-070915- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 508 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER...THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES...WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 50 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && 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 958 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-062000- 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 958 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 /858 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE BY LATE MORNING AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF STORMS FROM LAST NIGHT HAD WEAKENED ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING BUT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR RENEWED DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AND SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THAT THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...POTENTIALLY IN THE 70 TO 80 MPH RANGE. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH INITIAL DISCRETE SUPERCELL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY SOME STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An off duty NWS employee reported scattered trees being blown down at the intersection of Dogwood and Kern Roads.
State police reported some trees and power lines down near State Route 9 and 1050 South.
Emergency management officials reported several four to six inch diameter tree limbs down.
A trained spotter reported some tree damage and destroyed shed. Damage is estimated at $1,000.
Emergency management officials reported power lines were down at county road 700 West and State Route 18.
Trained spotters reported large trees uprooted and large limbs down.
Trained spotters reported numerous tree limbs down in the city of Bluffton.
Amateur radio operators estimated a 65 mph wind gust in Uniondale.
Spotters reported a semi was flipped on southbound Interstate 69 near mile marker 53.
The ASOS at the Fort Wayne International Airport recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
Amateur radio operators measured a 63 mph wind gust and half-inch diameter hail.
A trained spotter in Woodburn measured a 75 mph wind gust.
Amateur radio operators reported numerous trees and power lines down in the city of Decatur.
Amateur radio operators reported three trees down. The trees were 24-inches in diameter and 60 feet tall.
Emergency management officials reported that numerous reports of trees and power line down across the county.
A local television station reported a large tree down in the town of New Haven.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2008
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: 111402, 111378, 111401, 111397, 111380, 111403, 111407, 111408, 111388, 111375, 111376, 111377, 111372, 111406, 111391, 111374.