Thunderstorms moved through during the early morning hours of the 9th. A lightning strike appears to have started a garage fire, causing major damage.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved through during the early morning hours of the 9th. A lightning strike appears to have started a garage fire, causing major 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 8, 9:58 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1058 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .UPDATE... BULK OF RAIN AHEAD OF WARM FRONT WAS MOVG OUT OF THE CWA LATE THIS EVE WHILE BAND OF TSTMS IN THE WARM SECTOR WAS EXPANDING ENE ACROSS CENTRAL IL. APPEARS SE 2/3 OF CWA IS IN BEST POSITION TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS CONVECTION WITH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AS CDFNT APPROACHES. UPDATED GRIDS/ZONES TO LOWER POPS A BIT ACROSS THE NW AND REMOVE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS AREA. OTRWS, NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS GRIDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 745 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ AVIATION... LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL IA THIS EVE WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING TO THE SE ACROSS SRN INDIANA AND A CDFNT TRAILING TO THE SW ACROSS MO/KS. BAND OF RAIN NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WAS OVER NRN INDIANA ATTM AND SHOULD MOVE NE OF THE AREA THIS EVE AS LOW MOVES ENE AND WARM FRONT MOVES NE. TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WARM SECTOR FROM ERN KS-NRN MO-WRN IL THIS EVE AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONT TO EXPAND AHEAD OF APCHG CDFNT OVERNIGHT. STILL QUESTIONABLE IF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL REACH AS FAR NE AS SBN/FWA FOR WIDESPREAD TSTMS AHEAD OF THE CDFNT SO JUST MENTIONED VCTS/CB WITH PREDOMINANT MVFR CONDITIONS IN TAFS AS FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WED. LOW CIGS SHOULD BECOME SCT BY WED AFTN AS DRIER AIRMASS MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ SHORT TERM... ANOTHER COMPLICATED FORECAST IN STORE WITH MESOSCALE PROCESSES OUTWEIGHING SYNOPTIC INFLUENCES TO A LARGE DEGREE. DECAYING MCS WILL SUPPORT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW VEERS SW ALOFT BEHIND THIS WAVE. LL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO REMAIN LESS THAN OPTIMAL GIVEN DRY NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS AND THE MAJOR MOISTURE AXIS REMAINS WEST OF THE FA ACROSS WESTERN IL AND MO WITH 340-350K AT H85 NOTED IN RUC 13 ANALYSIS. SFC TROUGH REMAINS WELL WEST OF THE REGION OVER WESTERN IA AND NW MO AS A POTENT MID LEVEL IMPULSE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES...SUPPORTING A POTENT LL MOMENTUM RESPONSE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDWEST...WITH A POWERFUL LLJ EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING. FORECAST MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE BOARD WITH SOLUTIONS PER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING...AND MOST ARE RENDERED USELESS IN THE TONIGHT PERIOD. FAVORED THE NAM80 AND THE MEAN SREF WHICH HAS A GOOD HANDEL CURRENT SYNOPTIC SETUP AND IS PREFERRED PER SYNOPTIC DETAILS IN THE PERIOD. THE CURRENT SETUP IS CERTAINLY FAVORING A SPLIT PRECIP EVENT GIVEN AN ADVECTING IMPULSE TO THE NORTH WITH A LLJ/THETA-E ADV CONNECTIVE COMPLEX EXPECTED ACROSS MO/CENTRAL IL/AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN IN. TONIGHT....AFOREMENTIONED SFC TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO FORCE NEW CONVECTION OVER NW MO AS SFC HEATING IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ADVECTING MID LEVEL IMPULSE SUPPORTS A DECREASE IN CIN. WESTERLY FLOW WITH LL SHEAR VECTORS /0-3KM/ AT 280 DEGREES WILL SUPPORT CONVECTIVE CLUSTER PROPAGATION TO THE ESE WITH THE BULK OF THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY TO CLIP OR STAY SOUTH OF THE FA AS IN 12Z NMM AND ARW PROGS. MEANWHILE STAUNCH THETA-E ADV IN THE H925-H8 LAYER PER 50 TO 60 KNOT FLOW WILL SUPPORT INCREASING ELEVATED INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTHERN IL/IN/AND SOUTHERN MI...WITH ELEVATED CONVECTION EXPECTED. MODIFIED NAM BUFR PROGS DO SUPPORT 500-1000 J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE ACROSS THE NORTH LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IN STRONGER CLUSTERS. HAVE WORDED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MENTION GIVEN DEEP CONVECTION PROCESS IN THE PRESENCE OF SIG MOISTURE. PW VALUES WILL APPROACH 2.30 INCHES TONIGHT...AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER NONETHELESS. HOWEVER...CONNECTIVE PLACEMENT AND MOVEMENT PRECLUDES FLOOD WATCH ISSUANCE. EXPECTED SOUTHERN BIAS TO THE STRONGEST CONVECTIVE CORES PER PLACEMENT OF THE LL THETA-RIDGE WILL LIMIT SEVER POTENTIAL ACROSS THE FA...TO POSSIBLY JUST THE FAR SOUTH WHERE WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. SFC WARM FRONT /REINFORCED BY VEERED FLOW BEHIND THE DECAYING MCS/ IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE SOUTH OF THE REGION AND WILL LIKELY PROVIDE THE CORRIDOR FOR MCS ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN MODERATE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR NUMBER ACROSS THE AREA...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH WHERE THE STRONGEST FORCING FOR CONVECTION WILL RESIDE. AS STATED ABOVE...DYNAMICALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA PER LLJ INFLUENCES WITH MESOSCALE PROCESSES WINNING TO THE SOUTH. HENCE CENTRAL PORTIONS COULD BE SPLIT WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL...AND HAVE REMOVED CATEGORICAL MENTION BECAUSE OF THIS. WED...SUBSIDENCE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING WAVE COUPLED WITH WEAK SFC RIDGING WILL SUPPORT DRYING CONDITIONS WITH SUN EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WARM THERMAL FIELDS WITH MODERATE MIXING WILL SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AT MOST PLACES...COOLER NEAR LK MI PER WESTERLY FLOW. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED WED NIGHT WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 50S. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS WILL BE ON THE RISE EARLY IN THE PERIOD AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE WESTERN CONUS IN A CHANGE TO MERIDIONAL FLOW...WITH SUBSEQUENT DOWNSTREAM RIDGING ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. THIS WILL SHIFT NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY NORTH...WITH THE BETTER CHANCES OF IMPACTS FROM ANY MCS FRI INTO THE WEEKEND BEING ACROSS WI AND MI. THERE WILL BE MORE TO DEAL WITH THAN JUST WATCHING POTENTIAL MCS/S HOWEVER...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER SRN TX WILL GET KICKED NEWD TOWARDS THE SRN GREAT LAKES/OH VALLEY BY FRI AFTN/FRI NIGHT. DETERMINISTIC MODELS AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE ALL AGREE RELATIVELY WELL ON THIS SYNOPTIC EVOLUTION. THE RESULT WILL BE A WARMING TREND WITH A RETURN TO SUMMER-LIKE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ALONG WITH CHANCES FOR SHRAS/STORMS FRI INTO THE WEEKEND. THU-SAT...DRY/WARMER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL ON THU GIVEN HEIGHT RISES AND THE PREEXISTING LOW LVL BAROCLINIC ZONE STILL WELL SOUTH/WEST OF THE FA. MCS DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THU NIGHT...WITH THE BULK OF MODEL GUIDANCE TRACKING THIS NORTH OF THE FA LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SURGING NWD INTO AT LEAST SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY 12Z FRI. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE MCS TAKES A FARTHER SOUTH TRACK INTO OUR FA FRI MORNING GIVEN THE EXPECTED LOCATION OF THE DEWPOINT GRADIENT/AXIS. FRI AND SAT WILL BE A COUPLE OF MUGGY DAYS AS WARM FRONT LIKELY LIFTS NORTH OF THE FA...WITH 1.50-2.00 INCH PWAT AIR SETTLING IN. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS FOR SHRAS/STORMS ON FRI/FRI NIGHT AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SRN TX UPPER LOW GETS KICKED NEWD INTO THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY BY THE DIGGING WESTERN CONUS TROUGH. SUBTLE COOLING ALOFT AND WEAK LARGE SCALE ASCENT WITH THE OPENING WAVE...AND HIGH AMBIENT MOISTURE THROUGH THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONVECTION NEAR THIS WAVE FRI AFTN/EVE. NOT AS CONFIDENT IN INHERITED POPS SAT INTO SAT NIGHT AS EVOLUTION OF OPENING/SHEARING UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS UNCERTAIN. ALSO SOME UNCERTAINTY TO PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON SOUTHERN FRINGE OF MID LEVEL FLOW. THIS PERIOD COULD VERY WELL END UP DRY GIVEN POTENTIAL CAPPING AS MODELS INDICATE 7H TEMPS WARMING TO NEAR 13C. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO POSSIBLE SLOWER EXIT OF 7/5H COLD POOL AND STATIONARY BOUNDARY POSSIBLY ENDING UP FARTHER SOUTH INTO NRN PORTIONS OF CWA FROM MCS OUTFLOW. SUN-TUE...A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE IS FCST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SOMETIME IN THE LATE SAT NIGHT THRU SUN EVE TIMEFRAME AS THE POLAR JET AMPLIFIES INTO THE MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. THIS WAVE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS PAST SAT NIGHT EVENT WRT DEEP MOISTURE AND FORCING. DUE TO TIMING DIFFERENCES STILL CONTINUED WITH CHC POPS SUN/SUN NIGHT...WITH SVR WX AND HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN A CONCERN. DRIER/LESS HUMID AIR SHOULD FILTER IN EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS TROUGH WITH WNW FLOW ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AT THE SFC. DID CONTINUE WITH INHERITED LOW CHC POPS ON MON AS SOME MODEL GUIDANCE STILL BRINGS A SECONDARY TROUGH THROUGH. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && SHORT TERM...JC LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL AVIATION...JT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 802 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-100015- 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 802 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010 /702 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. DAMAGING WIND IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS IN THIS AREA...BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO ONE INCH DIAMETER COULD OCCUR. AN ISOLATED TORNADO... MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A WINAMAC TO WABASH TO MARION LINE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE STORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK DUE TO THE RUN-OFF FROM TONIGHTS RAINFALL. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME OR AREA WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED NEEDED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-100015- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 802 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS IS IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES WILL OCCUR IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:08 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A local newspaper reported that lightning struck a two-car garage, causing a fire. The fire heavily damaged the building as well as two cars and other items inside it. Damage is estimated at $50,000.
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