Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- August 2, 7:49 PM EST to 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Berrien County, 0.86 mi NW of (Beh)ross Arpt Bntn
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 42.140, -86.440
Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2011
A cold front moved across the region during the evening hours of the 2nd into the overnight hours of the 3rd. Extreme instability existed across western Illinois and eastern Iowa.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A cold front moved across the region during the evening hours of the 2nd into the overnight hours of the 3rd. Extreme instability existed across western Illinois and eastern Iowa. A line of storms developed and moved into far southern Lower Michigan producing gusty winds.
What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 2, 2:11 PM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:11 PM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
311 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
.SHORT TERM...
UPSTREAM CONVN CONTS TO WKN W/EWD EXTENT AS IT MOVES OFF ANALYZED LL
THETA-E RIDGE POSITIONED WWD THROUGH THE MS VALLEY. HWVR DEEPENING
SWRLY FLW AHD OF SEASONABLY STG SW TROUGH EJECTING EWD OUT OF WRN
MN AND ASSOCD CDFNT TRAILING SFC CYCLONE OVR ERN MN DOES BODE
WELL FOR NWRN CWA TO ACHIEVE GREATER INSTABILITY THROUGH LT
AFTN/EARLY EVENING TIME W/APCH OF SFC CDFNT AND RAMPING LL MSTR
FLUX OUT OF THE MID MS VALLEY. THUS WILL CONT PRIOR TREND OF HIGHEST
POPS NW HALF BUT DID BACK TIMING THIS EVENING GIVEN OBSVD TRENDS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. IN ADDN... STILL A SUFFICIENT DAMAGING WIND
THREAT PER UPSTREAM MID LVL SPD MAX NR 50KT SEEN IN PROFILER DATA
AND WILL CONT EVENING SVR MENTION NW HALF. SEWD EXTENT OF SVR RISK
IN DOUBT BUT ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING AND LESSOR INSTABILITY
HERE PRECLUDES A MENTION AT THIS TIME.
OTHERWISE COMPOSITE OUTFLW/CDFNT XPCD TO PUSH THROUGH ENTIRE CWA BY
12Z WED AND WILL SHED WED AM POPS SE. NOTICEABLY COOLER ESP BY AFTN
AS LK SHADOW ADVTS INLAND ACRS WRN AREAS. SFC RIDGING BLDS WED
NIGHT/THU W/CONTD LL DRYING AND SOMEWHAT DEEPER CAA AND GENERALLY
SIDED W/A COOLER MET MOS BLEND.
&&
.LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LONGWAVE PATTERN SHIFT LOOKS PROBABLE AS UPPER RIDGE FINALLY BEGINS
TO FLATTEN AND RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST BY FRIDAY. AS FLOW
BECOMES MORE ZONAL...A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE SHORTWAVES WILL APPROACH
THE AREA STARTING FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT
AND CLUSTERING ON FIRST OF THESE SHORTWAVES EJECTING FROM EASTERN
COLORADO INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SAT MORNING. WHILE GFS
IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER MODELS AND SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING
FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...THERE LOOKS TO BE A GOOD SHOT FOR SOME
DECENT PRECIP. LOW AMP LONGWAVE TROUGH SHOULD BE IN PLACE OVER
WESTERN US WHILE UPPER LOW SPINS OVER NORTHERN HUDSON BAY BY
SATURDAY. TIMING AND SEPARATION OF ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES AFTER
SATURDAY AS THEY ROUND BASE OF HUDSON BAY VORTEX IS PROVING TO BE AN
ISSUE. RATHER THAN ADDING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR MULTIPLE
PERIODS...WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM GOING POP GRIDS AND LEAVE
MAJORITY DRY UNTIL MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AND CONTINUITY
WITH HANDLING OF THESE DISTURBANCES. BEST SHOT FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO
BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.
FALLING HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED THE FLATTENING AND RETROGRADING OF UPPER
RIDGE WILL ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A BIT OF RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT SEEN RECENTLY. TEMPS SHOULD GENERALLY BE SEASONABLE AROUND
NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDS XPCD THROUGH THIS EVENING. HWVR ADVG CDFNTL BNDRY OUT OF
THE MIDWEST WILL SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE CONVN YET THIS
EVENING AND PARTICULARLY AFFECTING KSBN VCNTY. SEWD EXTENT OF MORE
VIGOROUS CONVN UNCERTAIN AND HELD OFF ADDING A MENTION FOR KFWA.
REGARDLESS WINDOW OF POTENTIAL APPEARS BRIEF GIVEN MIGRATORY
NATURE OF SW TROUGH EJECTING EWD OUT OF WRN MN. OTHERWISE SOME
STRATOCU DVLPMNT LIKELY POST FNTL LT TONIGHT/WED AM W/A PD OF MVFR
CONDS PSBL AND WHICH WILL BE REACCESSED IN LTR FCSTS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR INZ012-
013-015-020-022-023-032.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...OBERGFELL
AVIATION...THazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:26 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 INZ012-013-015-020-022-023-031000- STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT... PERU 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 100. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A MONTICELLO TO ROCHESTER LINE HAVE THE GREATEST RISK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ005-015-016-024-025-031000- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ004>009-014-016>018-024-025-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-031000- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-031000- 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 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION... CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- August 2, 7:50 PM EST to 7:51 PM EST
- Where
- Berrien County, 0.51 mi W of Milburg
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -86.340
Reports of trees and tree limbs down were received from the public in the Millburg area.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, August 2, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 2 to 4, 2011
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 2, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 2, 2011
- Tornado in Florida, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 2 to 3, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 2, 2011
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 2, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 2, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 2011
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, August 2011
Sources
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: 333693, 333687.