Strong to severe storms moved out of northern Indiana and into portions of northwestern Ohio in advance of a weak trough and upper level system. A few reports of severe weather were received.
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Strong to severe storms moved out of northern Indiana and into portions of northwestern Ohio in advance of a weak trough and upper level system. A few reports of severe weather were received.
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 21, 10:09 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1109 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .UPDATE... HAVE INCREASED STORM CHANCES TO LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST AREAS. HAVE ALSO ADDED A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN UPPER TROF WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH BULK/SHEAR NOT PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE...LARGE SCALE LIFT COMBINED WITH AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION WITH MAX CAPES IN THE 2000/2500 J/KG RANGE SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO FORM. BELIEVE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE ORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON...ENHANCING THE SEVERE POTENTIAL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND PREEXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. && .AVIATION... PLACED TIMING OF STORMS IN SBN/FWA TERMINALS TO COINCIDE WITH UPSTREAM CONVECTION AND ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL. SEE UPDATE ABOVE FOR MORE DETAILS. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ SHORT TERM... TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT 07Z ANALYSIS REVEALS A WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSE PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MI. WEAK THETA-E ADVECTION COUPLED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE IS SUPPORTING SCT SHRA AND TS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA...AS H95 TO H7 LAPSE RATES ARE NEAR ADIABATIC. FURTHER UPSTREAM ACROSS PORTIONS OF WI INTO IA...A SECONDARY AREA OF CONVECTION IS ONGOING ALONG THE SFC COLD FRONT. CONVECTION HAS PULSED UP SOME OVER THE LAST HOUR AS A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NW. THIS FEATURE CAN BE SEEN OVER SE SD IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS THE FA TODAY. FORECAST MODEL DIFFERENCES WERE SMALL...WITH H85 TEMPS PERHAPS BEING THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF DISCREPANCY. HAVE TAILORED THE FORECAST TO THE NAM12/NGM AND RUC13...WITH PRECIP TIMING ALIGNED TO THE ARW. TODAY...MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH E FOCUSED NEAR THE IN/MI BORDER. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR AFTER DAYBREAK ALLOWING FOR DECENT INSOLATION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. POTENT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX MENTIONED ABOVE WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION BY EARLY AFTERNOON FORCING LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE REGION. H4 ISOTACHS BASED ON THE NAM12 PROG NOSE OF THE JET ENTERING THE FA BY MID AFTERNOON. TROPOPAUSE MAPS CONFIRM THAT THE FA WILL BE UNDER THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF AN THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT RATHER WEAK FLOW PER 60 TO 70 KNOTS SHOULD LIMIT ADDED LIFT TO A DEGREE. THUNDERSTORM MODE IS EXPECTED TO BE MULTI CELL/PULSE. WEAK DEEP LAYER 0-6KM BULK SHEAR AT ONLY 30 KNOTS WILL PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY DECENT ROTATING UPDRAFTS...AND 0-3KM SHEAR VALUES OF ONLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS WILL BE UNSUPPORTED OF A TRANSITION INTO A SELF SUSTAINING LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY WITH MLCAPE VALUES LIMITED TO AROUND 1100 J/KG. HOWEVER...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 7 C/KM WILL SUPPORT A FEW VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS...WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GIVEN STEEP LL LAPSE RATES AND INVERTED V SOUNDINGS. HAVE INTRODUCED DAMAGING WIND MENTION FOR THIS. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO DEVELOP/INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS THE FA AND PUSH E...WITH THINGS WINDING DOWN IN THE EVENING AS HEATING IS DIMINISHED. LOOK FOR CLEARING LATE TONIGHT WITH COOLER TEMPS. SUNDAY...ANOTHER MID LEVEL IMPULSE AND WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH FROM HUDSON BAY. THIS IMPULSE LOOKS TO BE RATHER STRONG GIVEN 100 KNOTS OF UPPER LEVEL FLOW AT TROPOPAUSE LEVEL COUPLED WITH 70 KNOTS AT H4 NOSING INTO WEST CENTRAL IL. DAYTIME HEATING UNDER RATHER STEEP LAPSE RATES /MID AND LL/ WILL AGAIN SUPPORT CONVECTION. INVERTED V SOUNDINGS AND SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR ALOFT WILL AGAIN SUPPORT A GUSTY WIND THREAT. HOWEVER ...WITH BEST LARGE SCALE ASCENT/LIFT/AND SHEAR REMAINING WELL SW OF THE FA...NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ESPECIALLY WITH DISMAL CAPE VALUES BARELY PUSHING 700 J/KG PER DEWPOINTS MIXING DOWN TO THE LOW 50S. HAVE LOWERED POPS OVER THE FAR NW GIVEN STRONG DIURNAL NATURE OF CONVECTION...WHICH WOULD BE HIGHLY LIMITED BY LAKE MI. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND NORMAL TODAY...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... MODELS HAVE HAD DECENT CONSISTENCY THE LAST 72 HOURS...WITH THE GFS PLAYING CATCH UP TO THE EURO WITH ABOUT A 12 TO 24 HR LAG TIME THE LAST FEW DAYS. WILL MAKE LITTLE ADJUSTMENT TO PREVIOUS FORECAST...AREAS OF CONCERN ARE LATE IN THE PERIOD WHERE MODELS HAVE BEEN HINTING FOR A MUCH MORE PRECIP LADEN SET OF DAYS INTO THE WEEKEND. WILL TAKE THE EXISTING FORECAST WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THRU TUESDAY AND THEN BLEND IN SOME OF OPERATIONAL EURO DATA FROM WED INTO THE WEEKEND. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... DEEP TROUGH WILL BE PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES MONDAY...COLD H500 TEMPS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION AND START TO PUSH EAST BY AFTERNOON...MAY STILL HAVE DECENT LAPSE RATE AND SOME MOISTURE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY...WILL END WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND WARMING ALOFT DURING THE EVENING...AS SFC HIGH MOVES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SFC HIGH LINGERS TUESDAY WITH SOME MID LVL RIDGING MOVING OVER THE AREA...PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. LATE TUESDAY NIGHT A SHRTWV WILL PUSHING INTO THE REGION ALLOWING FOR SOME POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL MONDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY WITH THE ADDED SUNSHINE AND SLIGHT BUMP IN H850 TEMPS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MODEST UNCERTAINTY IN THIS PERIOD...MORE SO IN THE LATTER PORTIONS OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THOUGH WITH THIS STATED THE MODELS HAVE BEEN ZEROING IN ON A WETTER SOLUTION FOR THE PERIOD THE LAST FEW DAYS...WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT A BOUNDARY MAY BE STRUNG NEAR THE REGION AFTER THE SHRTWV MOVES THRU WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AS WE END THE WEEK AND MOVE TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. THE CURRENT EURO SOLUTION HAS PRECIP POSSIBLE EACH DAY OF THE PERIOD...WITH WEAK SHRTWV ENERGY MOVING IN A PROGRESSIVE FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS WITH THE BOUNDARY POSSIBLY MORE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE REGION. STILL THIS COULD ALLOW FOR THE REGION TO JUICE UP SOME WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE REGION WITH DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE 60S AND PULSE CONVECTION IN THE AFTN A POSSIBLE SOLUTION EACH DAY AS SHRTWVS MOVE THRU. HAVE NOT JUMPED ALL THE WAY ON BOARD AS OF YET WITH THE FULLY WET SOLUTION...WITH THURSDAY STILL DRY AS THE BOUNDARY MAY BE TOO FAR TO THE WEST THAT DAY BEFORE STARTING TO PUSH EAST SOME FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND THE USUAL SLOWER PUSH NORTH OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION THAN THE MODELS ADVERTISE. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT SEE IF THE GROWING TREND FOR POSSIBLE PRECIP IS THERE FOR ANOTHER RUN...IF SO IT MAY BECOME MORE THAN PRUDENT TO ADD PRECIP CHANCES FOR THURSDAY AS WELL. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CHAMBERLAIN LONG TERM...SCHOTT AVIATION...SKIPPER UPDATE...SKIPPER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 400 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-220930- 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 400 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 /300 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS SUNDAY...WITH HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .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 LMZ043-046-220930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 400 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS SUNDAY...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && 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
1212 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 AM HAIL 3 NNW BUFFALO 40.92N 86.77W
06/21/2008 M0.50 INCH WHITE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER 01551
BMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1214 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 PM HAIL 5 W MENTONE 41.17N 86.13W
06/21/2008 M0.88 INCH FULTON IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
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EVENT NUMBER 01552
BMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1215 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 PM HAIL 3 WSW WARSAW 41.22N 85.90W
06/21/2008 M0.25 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01553
BMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1223 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 PM HAIL 2 S WARSAW 41.21N 85.85W
06/21/2008 M0.25 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS EMPLOYEE
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EVENT NUMBER 01554
BMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1243 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 PM HAIL SILVER LAKE 41.07N 85.89W
06/21/2008 M0.25 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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EVENT NUMBER 01555
BMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1245 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 PM HAIL CLAYPOOL 41.13N 85.88W
06/21/2008 M0.70 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER 01556
BMLThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County officials reported tree limbs down as well as a few power lines.
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
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