An east-west frontal boundary stretched across central and northern Indiana with an unstable and moderately sheared environment in place. Numerous thunderstorms developed with several small bowing segments moving out of northern Indiana into northwestern Ohio, producing wind damage as well as some isolated large hail reports.
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An east-west frontal boundary stretched across central and northern Indiana with an unstable and moderately sheared environment in place. Numerous thunderstorms developed with several small bowing segments moving out of northern Indiana into northwestern Ohio, producing wind damage as well as some isolated large hail reports.
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 1, 6:23 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 723 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 .AVIATION... CDFNT MOVG SOUTH ACROSS NRN INDIANA THIS EVE. E-W LINE OF STRONG/SVR THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF FRONT OVER CENTRAL IN/IL WITH SCT ELEVATED ACTIVITY OCRG FARTHER NORTH. EXPECT THE TSTM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT FWA OCNLY THIS EVE...WHILE LESSER COVERAGE FARTHER NORTH AT SBN SUGGESTS JUST LEAVING TS OUT OF FCST THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. CIGS SHOULD LOWER TO MVFR OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND PERSIST INTO TUE MORNING WITH GRADUAL LIFTING OF CIGS BY TUE AFTN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009/ SHORT TERM... CLOUDINESS OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNINGS TSTMS WAS SLOWLY ERODING AND WARM/MOIST AIRMASS WAS ADVECTING NE INTO THE AREA. ILX/DTX MORNING SOUNDINGS BOTH SUGGESTED CONSIDERABLE CAPPING FOR SFC BASED CONVECTION IN PLACE BUT INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/HEATING SHOULD ALLOW THIS TO BE OVERCOME LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE AS CDFNT OVER WI/IA MOVES SE AND MCV OVER IA MOVES EAST. THUS, THINK ITS LIKELY THAT TSTMS WILL DVLP UPSTREAM AND PSBLY OVER THE CWA LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVENING. MLCAPE 1500-2500 J/KG AND 30-40KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR CONTS TO SUGGEST A THREAT OF SVR STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SWRN PORTION OF CWA WHERE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT. SHEAR GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SUGGESTING MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND WITH LINE SEGMENTS AND POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL. FRONT EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY TUE MORNING AS ANOTHER SHRTWV/CDFNT MOVES SE-E INTO THE UPR GRTLKS/PLAINS. LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BACK DURING THE DAY AS SHRTWV APPROACHES WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME OVER-RUNNING SHOWERS/TSTMS IN OUR AREA. CWA EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON COOLER SIDE OF FRONT TUESDAY WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN TEMPS AROUND 10F COOLER THAN TODAY... RANGING FROM THE U60S NW TO THE U70S SE. AS LOW AMPLITUDE SHRTWV TROF CONTS TO PROGRESS E-SE ACROSS THE UPR GRTLKS AND MS VALLEY TUE NGT ANOTHER SFC CDFNT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH OUR AREA. SOME INSTABILITY...MAINLY ELEVATED WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA... WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS TO DVLP. VERY MOIST AIRMASS, SLOW MOVG FRONT, AND SMALL MBE VECTORS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. DECENT WIND FIELDS AND SHEAR ALSO SUGGESTS A FEW STORMS MAY BE SVR...MAINLY ACROSS SRN PORTION OF CWA WHERE BETTER CHC OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY IN THE EVE. WILL TURN COOLER BEHIND THIS FRONT TUE NIGHT WITH LOWS BY WED MORNING RANGING FROM THE U40S NORTH TO THE M50S SOUTH. LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. INITIAL FOCUS WILL BE ON FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA...FINALLY PUSHING AWAY FROM THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD SOUTH AND CLEAR THINGS OUT. GFS/GEM/ECMWF ALL INDICATE A WAVE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WITH MUCH OF THE CWA STILL ON THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF IT WEDS MORNING...WITH SE AREAS POSSIBLY INTO AFTERNOON. AFTER COLLABORATION AND FOLLOWING THINKING OF OVERNIGHT SHIFT...HAVE EXPANDED POPS TO ALL AREAS WEDS AM BUT KEPT IN CHC AT THIS POINT WITH POPS THEN CONFINED TO LOW CHC IN SE DURING THE AFTERNOON. DEWPTS ONLY IN THE 40S TO MAYBE NEAR 50 AND NORTHEAST FLOW SHOULD PRECLUDE THUNDER AT THIS TIME SO WILL ONLY GO WITH SHOWERS. WITH THE CLOUD COVER AND POSSIBLY PRECIP AROUND AND AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FRONT...HAVE LOWERED TEMPS SOMEWHAT. RIDGE LOOKS TO TAKE HOLD WEDS NGT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY BEFORE THE NEXT TROUGH MOVES IN AND BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL SIG WARM UP. 850MB TEMPS INTO THE WEEKEND OF GREATER THAN 20 C WILL BE OFF TO THE WEST WHICH WOULD YIELD HIGHS IN THE 90S. HOWEVER...DONT THINK WE WILL GET THAT WARM HERE BUT MID 80S AND INCREASING DEWPTS LOOK ON TAP. IN TERMS OF PRECIP...GFS TRIES TO BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIP IN SATURDAY...BUT PREFER THE SLOWER ARRIVAL TO THINGS MORE IN THE SAT NGT TO SUNDAY NIGHT FRAME. LOW LOOKS TO BE PULLING AWAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS ARRIVING FOR MONDAY SO HAVE WENT DRY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 126 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009/ AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTN. UNSTABLE AIRMASS ADVECTING NE INTO NRN INDIANA AHEAD OF CDFNT DROPPING SE ACROSS WI/IA. COMBINATION OF THIS FRONT AND WK SHRTWV MOVG EAST ACROSS IA SHOULD CAUSE TSRA TO DVLP OVER OR JUST UPSTREAM OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTN AND MOVE THROUGH THE TERMINALS THIS EVE WITH MVFR CONDITIONS...PSBLY BRIEFLY IFR. FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALL OVER CENTRAL INDIANA BY TUE MORNING. MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DVLP BEHIND THE FRONT AND SCT SHRA/TSRA ALSO PSBL NEARER TO THE BOUNDARY... FOR NOW JUST INCLUDED SHRA AT FWA. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR INZ023>027-032>034. MI...NONE. OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR OHZ024-025. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JT LONG TERM...FISHER AVIATION...JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-020900- 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 446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 /346 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-020900- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 446 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE LAKE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE WILL BE SEVERE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
707 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM HAIL 4 N BLUFFTON 40.80N 85.17W
06/01/2009 M0.75 INCH WELLS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902627
LMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
710 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH GROVE 40.62N 85.97W
06/01/2009 MIAMI IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON PARK STREET AND 550 EAST. POWER
LINES ALSO DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902629
LMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
711 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL 3 NE DECATUR 40.86N 84.89W
06/01/2009 E0.25 INCH ADAMS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902630
LMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
713 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH GROVE 40.62N 85.97W
06/01/2009 MIAMI IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN AT 500 EAST SOUTH OF 1200 SOUTH BLOCKING ROAD
500 EAST
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902631
LMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
714 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0713 PM HEAVY RAIN DECATUR 40.83N 84.93W
06/01/2009 M0.00 INCH ADAMS IN AMATEUR RADIO
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR REPORTED IN
DECATUR...BERNE...AND NORTH OF PREBLE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902632
LMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
716 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM HAIL HOAGLAND 40.95N 84.99W
06/01/2009 M0.25 INCH ALLEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL IN HOAGLAND ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF
1 INCH PER HOUR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX0902633
LMKThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials reported a power pole down 2 miles southeast of Van Wert.
Emergency management officials reported a tree down north of Wilshire.
Emergency management officials surveyed a concentrated area of damage, appearing to be the result of a micro-burst. Within a roughly one mile square area, one barn roof was blown off, three aluminum and one wooden barn door were damaged, several 100 year old trees were blown down by the winds. Also, around 20 structures suffered mainly shingle damage. Damage is estimated at $75,000.
A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph wind gust at the Elida Middle School.
Amateur radio operators measure a 65 mph wind gust at County Road 235 and US 30.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2009
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: 173190, 173192, 173194, 173187, 173184, 173189, 173185, 173186.