Hail, St. Joseph
- When
- August 7, 1:15 PM EST to 1:16 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, 0.69 mi N of South Bend
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -86.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 7, 2013
An outflow boundary from convection during the overnight hours of the 7th moved south into northern Indiana during the morning, stalling out. A cold front moved into the area during the afternoon hours.
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
- 5
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.
An outflow boundary from convection during the overnight hours of the 7th moved south into northern Indiana during the morning, stalling out. A cold front moved into the area during the afternoon hours. Pockets of moderate instability and favorable shear allowed for cluster of thunderstorms to develop. The strongest storms produced marginally severe hail and isolated wind damage.
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 7, 3:52 AM EST, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:52 AM EST, 9 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 452 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 353 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY INDIANA AND OHIO THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WITH DRY AND COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED BY THIS WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 353 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 MAIN FOCUS THROUGH MID MORNING WILL BE ON TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION...ONE AN EASTERN WISCONSIN/CENTRAL MICHIGAN MCS AND THE OTHER A LESS ORGANIZED MULTICELL CLUSTER ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. THE EASTERN IOWA ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AND SHIFT MORE SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS AN EASTERN KANSAS/CENTRAL MISSOURI MCS INTERCEPTS MOIST LOW LEVEL INFLOW. WEST-TO-EAST STEERING FLOW WITH ASSOCIATED PV ANOMALY LIFTING THROUGH THE NORTHERN LAKES SHOULD ALLOW THE WEAKENING MICHIGAN MCS TO PASS JUST NORTH OF THE FA. AS A RESULT CUT POPS SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH MID MORNING...EXCEPT FOR FAR NORTHERN ZONES GIVEN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TRAILING LINE OF CONVECTION. THE NORTHERN LAKES SHORTWAVE AND MCS WILL FORCE A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH/CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW SOUTH INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SFC DEWPOINTS NEAR 70F WITHIN LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST MODERATE DESTABILIZATION...POSSIBLY STRONG (SBCAPE TO 3000 J/KG) DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER. THIS COUPLED WITH 30-40 KNOTS OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR HINTS AT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME TODAY AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE PARALLEL TO IT. ALSO...MEAGER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES, SUBTLE HEIGHT RISES BEHIND THE MORNING NORTHERN LAKES WAVE, DRY ENTRAINMENT ABOVE 800 MB, AND THE IWX CWA BECOMING LOCATED IN THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF A MERGING UPPER MIDWEST 110-120 KT UPPER JET SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE AND POSSIBLY ORGANIZATION BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT HELD WITH CHANCE/SCT POPS FOR SHOWERS/STORMS USING A HRRR/SPC WRF COMPROMISE FOR HOURLY DETAIL IN GRIDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN FORM ALONG THE PRIMARY COLD FRONT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE REGION. BY TONIGHT...THE PERSISTENT NORTHEAST MANITOBA NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY/CLOSED LOW WILL MEANDER SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN ONTARIO WITH BELT OF STRONG WESTERLIES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURFACE FRONT UNDER THIS STRONGER FLOW SHOULD SAG INTO SOUTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALONG IT. LOW LEVEL NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION INTO THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA WILL ENSURE DRY/COOLER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. && .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 451 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 CONTINUED WITH LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO LONG TERM FORECAST. DIFFICULTIES REMAIN WITH TIMING OF SHORTWAVES EMANATING FROM EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AZ MID LEVEL CYCLONE AS WELL AS PARTIAL EJECTIONS FROM BLOCKED SYSTEM OFF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTLINE. WHILE SURFACE BOUNDARY TO LIKELY LIE OUT ALONG/JUST NORTH OF OHIO RIVER BY 12 UTC THU...LACK OF DEPTH IN BACKED NORTHERLY FLOW SUGGESTS PRESENCE OF AT RESIDUAL MUCAPE AVAILABLE FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BY MIDDAY THU ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN CWA. PRESENCE OF MID LEVEL SPEED MAX EMBEDDED WITHIN ALREADY GENEROUS WESTERLY FLOW PER E/W ELONGATED WESTERN ONTARIO VORTEX...CONTRIBUTING TO DECENT 40 KNOTS OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR. RELEGATED HIGHEST CHANCES TO ONLY FAR SOUTH...WITH SLIGHT CONTRACTION OVER PRIOR FORECAST GIVEN LACK OF APPRECIABLE INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF CWA. SLIGHTLY BROADER CHANCES THURSDAY NIGHT PER SECOND WAVES SOUTHERLY 925-850MB BENT ELICITING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE. STILL HAVE MAINTAINED CONSTRAINT OVER DUBIOUS VERACITY IN MODEL SOLUTIONS MARRED BY SERIAL CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. CONTD CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ON FRIDAY AS ROTATION OF INTENSE SHORTWAVE NOW ENTERING FAR NORTHERN ALBERTA TO MARKEDLY SHARPEN NORTHERN UPPER GREAT LAKES TROF. ESTABLISHED ONSHORE FLOW TO CURTAIL INSTABILITY/CHANCES NWRN-NRN CWA...AGAIN FAVORING SOUTHERN CWA. THEREAFTER DRY FORECAST FOR REMAINDER OF LONG TERM. TROF AXIS PUSHES EASTWARD IN EARNEST THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FRIDAY EVENING AND INTO FAR EASTERN CANADA THEN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY 12 UTC SAT. ENSEMBLE GFS MOS POP AVERAGES QUICKLY DWINDLE TO WELL BELOW CLIMO...WITH STANDARD DEVIATIONS IN 1-3 RANGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT DRY AIRMASS PER PLAINS SURFACE RIDGE WITH WEAKER/HIGHER BELTED 5H TROFFING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA/NORTHERN GREAT LAKES...AMID MEAN RIDGING ACROSS WESTERN STATES INTO NORTHWESTERN CANADA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1241 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING GIVEN SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF WEAK MCV REMNANT...WITH INVERSION/CAP BETWEEN 800-700 MB SHOWING UP NICELY ON EVENING AMDAR SOUNDINGS. MOIST LOW LEVELS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT A PERIOD OF MAINLY MVFR VIS RESTRICTIONS THROUGH 13-14Z. CONFIDENCE DECREASES LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW FROM A WISCONSIN/MICHIGAN MCS SLOWS SOUTHEAST INTO THE SBN AREA BY MID MORNING...AND MAYBE AS FAR SOUTH AS FWA BY EARLY/MID AFTN PER LATEST HRRR/SPC WRF ITERATIONS. MVFR AND POTENTIALLY BRIEF IFR VIS RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT MAY ACCOMPANY THIS BOUNDARY. BETTER CHANCES AT SBN WHERE A TEMPO MVFR/-TSRA GROUP WAS ADDED. LESSER CONFIDENCE AT FWA WARRANTED KEEPING WITH MORE OPTIMISTIC VFR/VCTS GROUP HERE. THE PRIMARY COLD FRONT WILL WORK THROUGH SBN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND FWA IN THE EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...STEINWEDEL SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL LONG TERM...MURPHY AVIATION...STEINWEDEL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:15 AM EST, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 515 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-080915- 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 515 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 /415 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS ARE SOUTH OF ROUTE 24. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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 LMZ043-046-080915- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 515 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INDIANA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG INDIANA BEACHES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:32 AM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
832 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
MIZ077-078-071315-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-
832 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN
BERRIEN COUNTIES...
AT 829 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF PAW PAW LAKE...OR 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF BENTON HEIGHTS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DEWEY LAKE AND SANDY BEACH...
MAGICIAN LAKE...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4225 8623 4207 8622 4207 8577 4191 8577
4211 8650 4225 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 297DEG 24KT 4228 8622
CEOSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 8:08 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 908 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 MIZ079-080-071400- BRANCH MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- 908 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH... BRANCH AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE COUNTIES... AT 907 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF STURGIS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... COLDWATER... COLON AND UNION CITY... UNION CITY... QUINCY... SHERWOOD... MATTESON LAKE AND HODUNK... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4177 8483 4200 8557 4208 8549 4208 8483 TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 309DEG 28KT 4199 8533 CEO
Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:10 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
910 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0904 AM HAIL COLOMA 42.19N 86.31W
08/07/2013 M0.25 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGEST HAILSTONES THREE EIGHTHS OF AN INCH
&&
SKIPPERSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 9:39 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1039 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
OHZ002-071515-
FULTON OH-
1039 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY...
AT 1035 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTE...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ADRIAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LYONS...SEWARD AND WINAMEG...
METAMORA AND ASSUMPTION...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4159 8388 4165 8434 4171 8433 4171 8414
4172 8414 4171 8397 4172 8397 4172 8394
4172 8388 4170 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 268DEG 27KT 4175 8417
CEOSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 12:08 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 108 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 INZ003-004-MIZ077-071745- BERRIEN MI-LA PORTE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN- 108 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN BERRIEN...NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE AND NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES... AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THREE OAKS...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA PORTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BUCHANAN... NEW CARLISLE... HUDSON LAKE... GALIEN... DAYTON... CHAIN-O-LAKES AND LYDICK... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4196 8623 4165 8624 4172 8672 4181 8672 TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 261DEG 18KT 4176 8660 CEO
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
159 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
INZ004-MIZ077-078-071845-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-
159 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN CASS...
SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN...NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
ELKHART COUNTIES...
AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUCHANAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BUCHANAN...
NILES...
GEORGETOWN...
GRANGER...
ROSELAND...
EDWARDSBURG...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4189 8607 4169 8607 4171 8652 4171 8653
4176 8652 4176 8653 4185 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 269DEG 19KT 4178 8643
CEOThe radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 7, 1:15 PM EST to 1:16 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, 0.69 mi N of South Bend
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -86.250
Wind gust estimated by local media.
Hail, St. Joseph
- When
- August 7, 1:27 PM EST to 1:28 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, 1.24 mi SE of Indian Vlg
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.710, -86.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- August 7, 3:58 PM EST to 3:59 PM EST
- Where
- Marshall County, Bremen
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -86.150
The public estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- August 7, 5:15 PM EST to 5:16 PM EST
- Where
- Noble County, 2.19 mi WSW of Merriam
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -85.470
Emergency management officials reported trees and tree branches down onto a couple of utility lines on State Route 109, near the county line.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 7 to 9, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arkansas, August 7 to 8, 2013
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 7, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 7, 2013
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, August 7, 2013
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 7, 2013
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 7, 2013
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, August 7 to 8, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, August 7 to 8, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 7, 2013
- Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 2013
More
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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: 466282, 466286, 466283, 466287, 466285.