A stationary boundary across the area combined with remnants of overnight convection. This interacted with moderate instability to allow for numerous thunderstorms, a few of which reached severe levels.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A stationary boundary across the area combined with remnants of overnight convection. This interacted with moderate instability to allow for numerous thunderstorms, a few of which reached severe levels.
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, 12:31 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 131 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THESE SHOULD NOT IMPACT KSBN UNTIL MID AFTERNOON BUT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARDS KFWA. MORE DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM OVER IOWA WILL PROPAGATE TOWARDS THE REGION WITH POTENTIAL AFFECTS ON TERMINALS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1131 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008/ UPDATE... WELL DEFINED MCV SHOWING UP ON VIS AND RADAR LOOPS CENTERED NEAR PONTIAC ILLINOIS AT 15Z. JUST AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS HAS STARTED TO GAIN SOME STRENGTH ESPECIALLY ACROSS JASPER COUNTY. THIS WILL MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN AREAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKING SOUTH NOW THROUGH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WILL ALSO BECOME A PLAYER BY LATE AFTERNOON. MESOANALYSIS INDICATES CAPES ALREADY IN THE 2000-2500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CAP IN SW AREAS. AS HEATING CONTINUES AND STORM TO THE WEST LIKELY BEGINS TO SEND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OUT...EXPECTING SCT STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN THREAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THIS TIME WITH POOR OVERALL WIND FIELDS AND FREEZING LEVEL ABOVE 14KFT KEEPING ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE THREAT A BIT LIMITED. HOWEVER...WITH NATURE OF LOCALIZED SHEAR WITH MCV WILL NEED TO MONITOR THINGS. WIND FIELDS OVERALL WERE MUCH BETTER YESTERDAY AND ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE UNTIL LATER TODAY. KLOT JUST RELAYED ONLY HEAVY RAIN UNDER THIS STORM AT THE PRESENT TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 801 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008/ AVIATION... 12Z TAFS. POCKETS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS SHOULD QUICKLY LIFT THROUGH 14Z AS MIXING GETS UNDERWAY. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...ISOL STORMS WILL BE AROUND THE AREA...MAINLY STAYING SOUTH OF KSBN BUT WILL BE CLOSE CALL FOR KFWA. WILL GO WITH A TEMPO FOR A FEW HOURS LATER THIS MORNING TO COVER ACTIVITY WEST OF KFWA LIKELY MOVING IN. OTHERWISE FORECAST INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT REMAINS A BIT UNCERTAIN WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXPECTED AND SEVERAL POTENTIAL TRIGGERS. ALSO REMNANTS OF COMPLEX UPSTREAM IN ND AND MN WILL LIKELY MOVE IN TONIGHT TO GIVE ADDITIONAL CHANCES. RISK FOR STORMS WILL BE GREATEST IN THE KSBN AREA BUT SINCE EXACT TIMING/COVERAGE STILL IN QUESTION WILL LEAVE ANYTHING OUT OF THE TAFS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 454 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008/ SHORT TERM... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ANOTHER COMPLICATED AND INTERESTING FORECAST IN THE BOOKS. SEVERAL ATMOSPHERIC SCALES ARE SET TO INTERACT TODAY...TO PROVIDE YET ANOTHER DAY OF STORMY WEATHER FOR THE REGION. ONGOING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO THE WEST IS BEING SUPPORTED BY A 30 KNOT H85 LLJ. H7 FLOW AND CORFIDI VECTORS CONFIRM SE MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE. RADAR IS INDICATING THAT CONVECTIVE TOWERS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SYSTEM IS WELL BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...SUGGESTING WEAKENING NATURE TO THE SYSTEM. WELL DEFINED MCV IS IN PLACE AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FA...AND LIKELY SUPPORT NEW CONVECTION THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED NEAR PONTIAC IL IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK H85 CONVERGENCE ZONE AND LIFT ENHANCE FLOW FROM THE MCV. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THIS CONVERGENT ZONE...WHICH EXTENDS EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA COULD IGNITE THIS MORNING GIVEN AMPLE ELEVATED CAPE IN PLACE. WILL LET CHANCE POPS RIDE FOR NOW. MEANWHILE....PROFILER DATA CONFIRMS LL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN IA IN CENTRAL MI. THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTH AND STALL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR NEW CONVECTION POTENTIAL. NEXT IMPORTANT FEATURE IS THE VIGOROUS CONVECTION OVER SD AHEAD OF A STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT AN MCV IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PER WAA WING. THIS SYSTEM IS PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWING THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH AXIS...WHICH EXTENDS NW FROM IA INTO SD. LOCALLY...AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED IN MAINLY NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FA. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN WAVERING BETWEEN 3 AN 1/4 MILES AT MANY LOCATIONS. STRONGER LL FLOW JUST OFF THE SFC IS LIKELY INHIBITING THE FORMATION OF WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG DUE TO TURBULENT MIXING. HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADV FOR THIS GIVEN TRENDS. HAVE UTILIZED THE GFS/NGM/RUC13 FOR THE FORECAST PACKAGE. CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH ALL MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE NAM...AND WITH MESOSCALE PROCESS BEING PARAMOUNT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF SENSIBLE WEATHER TODAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH DETAILS. TODAY/TONIGHT...MCV/CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER IL WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH WAINING IN THE PROCESS. STRATAFORM RAIN SHIELD WILL LIKELY DIMINISH AS IT PUSHES TOWARDS THE REGION...WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS FOR AFOREMENTIONED WAA WING OVER THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE LL TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TH FA AND STALL. DEEP UPPER TROUGH PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SFC LOW PRESSURE...WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW THE STRENGTHENING OF LL SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL ACT TO INCREASE THE THETA-E GRADIENT ACROSS THIS TROUGH AXIS...ALLOWING MOISTURE POOLING. ONGOING THETA-E ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AT THIS BOUNDARY WILL SUPPORT THE PROPAGATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EXPECTED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EMANATING FROM THE MCV OVER SD. GIVEN LARGE SCALE FORCING PER AND ADVANCE SW TROUGH...AND AMPLE HIGH OCTANE CAPE IN PLACE PER SB 3000-4000 J/KG BY THIS AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF THE SFC TROUGH...IT IS EXPECTED THIS COMPLEX WILL PUSH THROUGH MN/IA/IL/WI AND INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY EVENING...A SOLUTION THAT THE GFS HAS CONSISTENTLY DISPLAYED IN ONE WERE TO REMOVE ITS NORTH BIAS AND QUELL THE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SOME. DECENT 0-3 KM SHEAR WILL BE IN PLACE PER BACKING LL FLOW HELPING TO SUPPORT INTENSE CONVECTION AT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LEWP/POSSIBLE DERECHO...ESPECIALLY GIVEN CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 5000 J/KG TO THE WEST OF THE FA. ADJUSTED POPS TO REFLECT MAINLY DRY AFTERNOON WITH A TREND TO LIKELY POPS THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH A SFC TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE...DONT THINK THERE WILL BE A STRONG ENOUGH TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION DUE TO LACK MID LEVEL SUPPORT AND A CAPPING LAYER AROUND H7. HAVE WORDED SEVERE IN THE GRIDS THIS EVENING GIVEN LARGE MU CAPES APPROACHING 3000 J/KG AMPLE DRY MID LEVEL PER SFC MID LAYER THETA-E DIFFERENCE APPROACHING 40K/INCREASED 0-3 KM SHEAR AT 30 KNOTS/AND HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT. FRIDAY...DEEP UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE REGION BY AFTERNOON. HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY IN THE WEST GIVEN/CAPE/LARGE SCALE ASCENT/AND VERY GOOD FLOW IN PLACE. BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO BE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE STORMS LOOK POSSIBLE AGAIN GIVEN INTENSE MID LEVEL COOLING AND INCREASING LL AND DEEP SHEAR. LONG TERM... LTL CHG TO PREV THINKING AS PNA PATTN RENEWS BY NXT WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO STG SW TROUGH AND ATTENDANT JET STREAK OFF BC COAST THIS MORNING AMPLIFYING QUICKLY SEWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES WHILE DEEP SYS OVR GULF OF AK MOVES INTO WRN CANADA. TIMING INCONSISTENCIES REMAIN W/HANDLING OF DEEP CUTOFF DVLPG ACRS THE LAKES THIS WEEKEND AND MORESO W/HOW QUICKLY SYS OPENS AND LIFTS OUT EARLY NXT WEEK BUT CERTAINLY NO CONSENSUS AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT TO WARRANT ANY SIG CHGS TO GRIDS. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CHAMBERLAIN LONG TERM...HOLSTEN AVIATION...LUDINGTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 503 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-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- 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 503 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 /403 AM CDT THU JUN 26 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAPORTE TO FORT WAYNE...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AFTER 4 PM WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE A GOOD BET FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A MARION TO MONTPELIER LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR 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 151 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 INZ025-032-261830- GRANT-HUNTINGTON- 151 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWAYZEE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF MARION... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... FAIRMOUNT... MARION... GAS CITY... UPLAND... SWEETSER... JONESBORO... STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. STEINWEDEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 158 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 INZ020-022-261900- CASS-WHITE- 158 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKSTON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MONTICELLO... LOGANSPORT... BROOKSTON... BROOKSTON AND CHALMERS... NORWAY... IDAVILLE... 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. LUD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
219 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0218 PM HAIL GARRETT 41.35N 85.13W
06/26/2008 M0.25 INCH DE KALB IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER 01661
LMKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 219 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 INZ025>027-261915- ADAMS-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- 219 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARKLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF BLUFFTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLUFFTON... BERNE... DECATUR... MONROE... LIBERTY CENTER AND DILLMAN... TRAVISVILLE...WELLSBURG AND PONETO... 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. STEINWEDEL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
241 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM HAIL BLUFFTON 40.74N 85.17W
06/26/2008 M0.25 INCH WELLS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER 01662
SAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
253 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL 3 NW QUINCY 41.97N 84.93W
06/26/2008 M0.25 INCH BRANCH MI EMERGENCY MNGR
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EVENT NUMBER 01663
LMKThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials reported tree limbs and a few trees down in and around Hillsdale.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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