A small cluster of thunderstorms developed in eastern Wisconsin and rapidly expanded eastward. A large cold pool developed and forced the convection towards the southeast with portions of northern Indiana experiencing pockets of wind damage.
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A small cluster of thunderstorms developed in eastern Wisconsin and rapidly expanded eastward. A large cold pool developed and forced the convection towards the southeast with portions of northern Indiana experiencing pockets of wind damage.
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 19, 3:05 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 405 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER SRN MN THIS MORNING WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SE INTO SW OH. PROFILER INDICATING 50KT LLJ INTERSECTING THIS WARM FRONT RESULTING IN MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER NE IA/SRN WI OVERNIGHT. UPWIND PROPAGATION VECTORS ACROSS THE REGION SUGGESTS THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL MOVE SE ACROSS OUR CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME BOWING SEGMENTS WITHIN THE MCS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGING WINDS. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS EXTRAPOLATES THROUGH THE CWA BY AROUND 12-14Z SO FORECAST CATEGORICAL POPS NORTH AND LIKELY POPS SOUTH EARLY TODAY WITH A LULL IN ACTIVITY MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTN WITH JUST A CHC OF STORMS DURING THIS TIME. AIRMASS SHOULD RESUME DESTABILIZATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING/MIXING. MLCAPES CONT TO BE FCST AROUND 3KJ/KG THIS AFTN AS LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS WI AND ASSOCIATED CDFNT DROPS INTO ERN WI/NRN IL. TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF CDFNT THIS AFTN. GIVEN HIGH INSTABILITY, DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL TURNING OF WINDS, SUPERCELLS PSBL WITH INITIAL DEVELOPMENT, PRBLY TRANSITIONING TO LINES/BOWS AFTER A FEW HRS. CDFNT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH HIGH TSTM POPS AND THREAT OF SVR WX CONTINUING. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IF TRAINING OCCURS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVE AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH FROM W-E LATE TONIGHT AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS PSBL SATURDAY, THOUGH MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON FRONTAL PRECIP ENDING SOONER AND HAVE THUS TRENDED POPS LOWER FOR SAT AND CONFINED MENTION TO THE 12-18Z TIMEFRAME. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE RIDGE OVER SRN U.S. WILL BUILD NORTHWARD INTO THE UPR GRTLKS/MS VALLEY BY SUNDAY. STILL SOME INDICATIONS OF A FEW SHOWERS IN THE SUNDAY- TUE TIMEFRAME AS MODELS MOVG WK SHRTWVS THROUGH NRN PORTION OF THE RIDGE, HWVR, POOR AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF THESE WK FEATURES AND PRBLY LOW COVERAGE GIVEN LIGHT WIND FIELDS AND RIDGING ALOFT, SO OPTED TO KEEP FCST DRY THROUGH THESE PERIODS. AS FOR TEMPS, BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SUFFICIENT HEATING/MIXING TODAY FOR HIGHS TO REACH THE U80S/L90S. BUMPED UP HIGHS A BIT FOR SATURDAY AS WELL AS MODELS INDICATING DECENT MIXING WILL LIMIT AFFECTS OF WK CAA SO EXPECT HIGHS TO REACH THE L-M80S, EXCEPT COOLER NEAR LM WITH W-NW FLOW. RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY, BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND A COOLER START TO THE DAY EXPECT HIGHS WILL BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE M80S. WITH RIDGE REMAINING IN THE VCNTY NEXT WK, APPEARS TEMPS WILL CONT ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE M-U80S. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 149 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009/ AVIATION.../06Z TAFS/ PROBLEMATIC FORECAST PERIOD WITH CONVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FA. TS COMPLEX ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WI CONTINUES TO EVOLVE INTO A BOWING COMPLEX...WITH WIDESPREAD STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. HAVE TRIED TO TIME THIS FEATURE INTO THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING...UTILIZING CURRENT STORM MOTION. HOWEVER..AS THIS COMPLEX CONTINUES TO EVOLVE...DO EXPECT STORM MOTION TO INCREASE. HAVE ADDED A LARGE WINDOW FOR TIMING GIVEN CONCERNS ON SPEED. TS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS. EVEN STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THIS SYSTEM EVOLVES INTO A SEVERE MCS...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON HIGHER MENTION UNTIL DATA CONFIRMS THIS AND WILL UPDATE AS NECESSARY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS BEING REPORTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND HAVE OPTED FOR 1SM VIS AT SBN WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND HIGH PW VALUES IN PLACE. VARIABLE WINDS LIKELY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE COMPLEX WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG N/NE WINDS IF A WAKE LOW DEVELOPS. WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE AS NECESSARY. A BRIEF CALM LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE AND SFC COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. EXPECTING STRONG TO SEVERE TS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. GIVEN QUESTIONS ON INITIATION AREA AND TIMING...WILL CONTINUE WITH CB MENTION UNTIL A FIRM HANDEL ON TS TYPE/COVERAGE/TIMING IS GRASPED. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JT LONG TERM...JT AVIATION...JC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 324 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-191930- 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 324 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 /224 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A WARM FRONT AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND OF STORMS TO BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE GREATEST THREAT. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF ROUTE 30. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES...AND TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FRIDAY. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH STORMS CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX ARNOTT
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:41 UTC.
17 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A South Bend television station reported trees were down onto a house and car at 402 Monroe Street in Lakeville.
The local newspaper reported numerous trees down with some structural damage east of US 31 as well as south of Kern Road, near the Southlawn Cemetery. A large tree was uprooted, falling onto a house, causing extensive roof damage to one side of the home. At least one vehicle was damaged from a downed tree. Damage is estimated at $20,000.
A South Bend television station reported that four large evergreen trees were blown down on Pear Road.
Trained spotters reported numerous tree limbs, as well as one tree, being blown down near Jamestown.
Trained spotters reported numerous trees down in Bremen. In addition, a local newspaper reported that the Bremen Ford dealership had several showroom windows blown out with some water damage. A nearby Chevrolet dealership found a hold in the rear window on a delivery van, but no evidence of what caused the damage. Damage is estimated in the area at $25,000.
An off duty NWS employee reported numerous ten to eighteen inch tree limbs down 3 miles southwest of Goshen.
Trained spotters reported an eight and twelve inch diameter branch blown down. Minor damage was also reported to a porch at a nearby residence.
Pictures submitted to a South Bend television station indicated several large tree limbs being blown down in Nappanee.
An off duty NWS employee reported numerous trees down southeast of Milford.
County dispatch reported numerous trees and power lines down in Cosperville.
An off duty NWS employee reported numerous trees down throughout Syracuse.
County dispatch reports trees blown down on State Route 5, south of County Road 100 North.
County officials reported a tree down onto a power line in Rome City.
NWS employees reported four trees uprooted on the south end of Lake Wawasee on Hatchery Road. Wind speeds, estimated at around 75 mph, appear to have locally increased as a result of flowing down the length of the lake.
An off duty NWS employee reported multiple large tree limbs snapped on County Road 200 North between State Route 5 and County Road 1150 West.
Emergency management officials reported numerous limbs of varying sizes down in the northern part of the county.
A Fort Wayne television station reported a semi truck overturned.
A 32 foot by 50 foot storage facility for Shelton Fireworks on Old US 27 was struck by lightning around 6 am EDT, causing a fire to start. This fire subsequently began causing roughly 1000 boxes of fireworks in the building to ignite, with some of them reaching 100 feet into the air. It took firefighters from 12 departments around 90 minutes to get the fire under control, with the building being a total loss. The building was valued at around $10,000 with the contents around $30,000.
Law enforcement officials reported penny size hail covering the ground, along with a few shingles blown off a residence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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