Morning convection helped stabilize the area until early afternoon when strong heating and an approaching short wave and front set the stage for rapid thunderstorm development. While instability was considered moderate, steep mid-level lapse rates allowed for a favorable profile for large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Morning convection helped stabilize the area until early afternoon when strong heating and an approaching short wave and front set the stage for rapid thunderstorm development. While instability was considered moderate, steep mid-level lapse rates allowed for a favorable profile for large hail and damaging winds. As the storms moved into northwestern Ohio, events were confined to wind damage only.
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 15, 4:11 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 511 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .UPDATE... LINE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG/AHEAD OF CDFNT FM SW MI INTO CENTRAL IL THIS AFTN. UPDATED ZFP FOR SVR TSTM WATCH AND TO INCREASE POPS SW LATE THIS AFTN AND SE THIS EVE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NGT... AIRMASS STILL RECOVERING FROM PASSAGE OF TSTM CLUSTER/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS MORNING. SPC ANALYSIS INDICATES WK INSTABILITY WITH SBCAPES APCHG 1KJ/KG AND WK SBCIN REMAINING OVER THE CWA ATTM. WAA AND DIURNAL HEATING/MIXING SHOULD DESTABILIZE AIRMASS FURTHER LATE THIS AFTN...HWVR...NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SUGGEST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN RATHER DRY WITH ONLY MODERATE INSTABILITY DVLPG. STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW...40-50KT SHEAR...INVERTED V SOUNDINGS AND RATHER LOW WBZ IMPLIES ANY STORMS WHICH DO DVLP COULD BECOME SVR WITH >3/4 DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS >50KT. HWVR GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE KEPT POPS IN SCT RANGE AND DROPPED TSTM POPS NW BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT. STRONG CAA WL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOMORROW AS UPR LOW OVER SE CANADA MOVES SOUTH INTO THE GRTLKS AND SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE MS VALLEY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS MON-MON NGT. LONG TERM... TUE-SUNDAY... SHRTWV STILL EXPECTED TO ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW ACROSS THE GRTLKS TUE. GOING POPS RETAINED ACROSS NE WHERE BETTER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN. UPR LOW WILL SLOWLY FILL AND LIFT NE MID-LATE WEEK RESULTING IN A SLOW WARMING TREND. MODELS INDICATING WK SHRTWVS WILL TOP WRN RIDGE PSBLY BRINGING SOME SHOWERS/TSTMS BACK INTO THE AREA AROUND FRI AND SUNDAY. SGFNT TIMING DIFFERENCES REMAIN IN MODELS WITH BOTH SYSTEMS...FOR NOW JUST ADDED POPS FOR FRI AFTN. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 136 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ AVIATION... CDFNT OVER WI/IA THIS AFTN EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NRN INDIANA TONIGHT. SCT TSRA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTN AND CONT OVERNIGHT WITH STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NRN INDIANA TERMINALS LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE. RELATIVELY DRY BELOW CLOUD AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD SEE DECREASING CLOUDS AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN. GOOD MIXING WITH FAIRLY TIGHT GRADIENT AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN RATHER GUSTY WINDS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1058 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-161500- 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-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1058 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /958 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST AREAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-161500- LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 1058 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /958 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. HIGH WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST AREAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
613 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0612 PM TSTM WND DMG COLDWATER 41.94N 85.00W
06/15/2008 BRANCH MI EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY
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EVENT NUMBER 01513
LWFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL 4 E LEESBURG 41.33N 85.77W
06/15/2008 E0.25 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01514
LWFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
623 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM HAIL 4 E LEESBURG 41.33N 85.77W
06/15/2008 E0.75 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01515
LWFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
626 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM HAIL 1 N NORTH WEBSTER 41.34N 85.70W
06/15/2008 M0.88 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS OFFICE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01516
LWFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
627 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 PM HAIL 2 SW NORTH WEBSTER 41.31N 85.72W
06/15/2008 E0.70 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01517
LWFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
635 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0634 PM HAIL WARSAW 41.24N 85.85W
06/15/2008 E0.25 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN COUNTY OFFICIAL
BREMEN STATE POLICE POST RELAYED
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01518
LWFThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported four to five foot diameter trees blown down east of Fayette.
County officials reported several trees down and 12 power poles being snapped off on County Road 10 between County Road U and Highway 120. Damage is estimated at $75,000 for the power poles.
Emergency management officials reported a 12-inch diameter tree down onto a car. The roof was blown off the Brookside Dairy Convenience Building. Damage is estimated at $40,000.
County officials reported a tree being blown down onto State Route 118, near Ohio City.
Local law enforcement officials reported several trees blown down around Lima.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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: 107577, 107576, 107581, 107578, 107573.