A slow moving frontal boundary was draped across portions of northern Indiana. Cloud cover through much of the day limited instability until late afternoon when around 1000 j/kg of CAPE was available and shear profiles were adequate.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A slow moving frontal boundary was draped across portions of northern Indiana. Cloud cover through much of the day limited instability until late afternoon when around 1000 j/kg of CAPE was available and shear profiles were adequate. Thunderstorms developed in western portions of Indiana and moved east but remained below severe limits. As outflow boundaries and pockets of increased heating occurred a few storms were able to strengthen enough to produce isolated larger hail or stronger wind gusts. The Fort Wayne airport did record a 49 KT (56 MPH) wind gust.
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 May 9, 2:52 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
352 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 352 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS ONTARIO TONIGHT.
A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA
LATER THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM
THE UPPER 40S OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...TO
THE UPPER 50S OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 352 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
SURFACE COLD FRONT GRADUALLY APPROACHING THE AREA AT PRESS TIME.
MIDLEVEL DRY AIR ADVECTION BEHIND EARLIER SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED
RAIN SHOWERS HAS ALLOWED FOR A FEW BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF
THE MAIN FRONT. TROPOSPHERE HAS DESTABILIZED A BIT AS A RESULT
WITH SPC/RAP MESOANALYSIS INDICATING AROUND 1000 J/KG OF SBCAPE
ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. MODEST 1000-850MB CONVERGENCE IN THIS
WEAKLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALLOWED ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. PARENT VORT MAX AND SURFACE
LOW ARE LIFTING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD THOUGH AND EASTWARD PROGRESS OF
COLD FRONT IS SLOWING AND CONVERGENCE IS BECOMING MORE
BROAD/DIFFUSE. THIS WILL RESULT IN LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
TO CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING WITH JUST SPORADIC
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO EFFERVESCE ACROSS THE AREA. AS
NOTED IN PRIOR UPDATE DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS
LIMITED. MORNING CLOUDS/PRECIP HAVE STIFLED DIURNAL RECOVERY AND
ANY POCKETS OF DIABATIC HEATING HAVE BEEN FILLING IN QUICKLY GIVEN
UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. HAS THEREFORE BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET ANY
MEANINGFUL UPDRAFTS TO DEVELOP. BETTER SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA GIVEN HIGHER
INSTABILITY AND MORE FOCUSED SYNOPTIC FORCING WITH PASSING
MIDLEVEL SPEED/VORTICITY MAX. CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST
THIS ACTIVITY MAY CLIP OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING
BUT MOISTURE AND FORCING ARE CLEARLY LACKING ACROSS OUR CWA.
ALREADY MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL ALSO FURTHER WANE AFTER SUNSET.
WILL THEREFORE GO WITH JUST SCT WORDING THROUGH THE EVENING WITH
LITTLE TO NO SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. FRONT SHOULD FINALLY CLEAR OUR
SOUTHEAST CWA BY 12Z TOMORROW AND EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS.
THERMAL TROUGH LARGELY BYPASSES US TO THE NORTH THOUGH AND EXPECT
HIGHS TO STILL REBOUND INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S...GENERATING A
FAIRLY PLEASANT DAY.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 352 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS TO DEPART TO THE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT SETTING UP
RENEWED LOW LEVEL THETAE ADVECTION PARTICULARLY ACROSS WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AIR MASS WILL BE QUITE DRY INITIALLY HOWEVER
WITH HISTORY OF SUBSIDENCE/DRY AIR ADVECTION THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
MOST PRONOUNCED LOW LEVEL THETAE CONVERGENCE SATURDAY NIGHT IS
EXPECTED TO RESIDE FROM THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD ACROSS THE
CORN BELT. STILL SOME DIFFERING IDEAS IN TERMS OF NOCTURNAL
CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION FOR THIS PERIOD...BUT WITH THICKNESS RIDGE JUST
UPSTREAM OF LOCAL AREA...FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS WOULD
TEND TO FAVOR NORTHWEST INDIANA FOR REMNANTS OF ANY UPSTREAM
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. HOWEVER...WILL STAY CONSERVATIVE WITH POPS FOR
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT THIS POINT WITH STRONG
MUCAPE GRADIENT EXPECTED FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST
INDIANA. FUTURE FORECASTS MAY NEED TO ADJUST POPS UPWARD FOR THIS
PERIOD...BUT WOULD EXPECT ANY UPSTREAM CONVECTION WILL BE IN A
WEAKENING STAGE UPON REACHING THE LOCAL AREA.
DIGGING WESTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL LEAD TO DOWNSTREAM UPPER RIDGE
AMPLIFICATION ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW
SECONDARY LOW LEVEL THETAE SURGE...MORE LIKELY LATE IN THE DAY.
PLUME OF STEEPER 850-700 HPA LAPSE RATES IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ADVECT
INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS
GENERALLY DEPICTING LITTLE OR NO SBCIN. WILL MAINTAIN MID RANGE
CHANCE TSRA POPS FOR SUNDAY WITH LIMITING FACTOR TO HIGHER END
CHANCES BEING LACK OF STRONG MID/UPPER FORCING. LITTLE OR NO CHANGE
TO PREVIOUS FORECASTED HIGHS FROM MID 70S TO AROUND 80.
12Z GFS HAS CONTINUED TO TREND TOWARD A SLOWER AND MORE AMPLIFIED
EVOLUTION WITH THE WESTERN CONUS TROUGH...MORE INLINE WITH RECENT
EC/GEM IDEA. MAIN EFFECT FOR THIS FORECAST WAS TO WARM TEMPS FOR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND FOCUS HIGHEST TSRA POPS IN THE TUESDAY
PERIOD ACCOMPANYING THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WITH OCCLUDING SYSTEM
TO THE NORTH. HAVE ALSO INCREASED POPS FOR WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS
THE EAST WITH POTENTIAL OF SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH INTERACTING WITH
LINGERING LOW/MID LEVEL BAROCLINICITY.
COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THU/FRI WITH UPSTREAM UPPER RIDGE
PLACEMENT SUPPORTING ACTIVE SMALLER SCALE SHORT WAVE
PATTERN/POTENTIAL FRONTOGENETIC RESPONSE THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR
PERIODIC RAIN SHOWER CHANCES LATE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 136 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN
GREAT LAKES IS SLOWLY APPROACHING THE AREA. WEAK LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IN A SUFFICIENTLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT IS SUPPORTING A
FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. INSTABILITY HAS BEEN LIMITED BY
MORNING PRECIPITATION AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THOUGH.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEREFORE REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH THE EVENING.
THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT EITHER KSBN
OR KFWA BUT THE PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW AND TIMING IS TOO UNCERTAIN
FOR INCLUSION IN THE TAF. PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE
POSSIBLE UNTIL FRONT CLEARS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LMZ043-
046.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JT/AGD
SHORT TERM...AGD
LONG TERM...MARSILI
AVIATION...AGD
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 427 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-100830- 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 427 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 /327 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-100830- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 427 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE... BUT COULD CAUSE GALE FORCE GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
424 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ020-092100-
WHITE IN-
424 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WHITE COUNTY...
AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SITKA...
IDAVILLE AND BURNETTSVILLE...
BURNETTSVILLE...BELL CENTER AND HEADLEE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 192.
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 4083 8694 4091 8661 4091 8659 4075 8659
4075 8675 4072 8677 4068 8677 4068 8678
4058 8678 4058 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 246DEG 31KT 4075 8674SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
430 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ006>009-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-092130-
BRANCH MI-DE KALB IN-HILLSDALE MI-LAGRANGE IN-NOBLE IN-ST. JOSEPH
MI-STEUBEN IN-WILLIAMS OH-
430 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMS...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH...BRANCH...HILLSDALE...NORTHERN DE KALB...
NORTHERN NOBLE...STEUBEN AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES...
AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM UNION CITY TO 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRONSON TO ROME CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
KENDALLVILLE...
COLDWATER...
ANGOLA...
HILLSDALE...
QUINCY...
LITCHFIELD...WATERLOO AND FREMONT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND
357.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
21.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120
AND 156.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4207 8436 4200 8437 4143 8480 4142 8565
4148 8565 4183 8539 4207 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 270DEG 34KT 4202 8511 4180 8524
4149 8534
SLLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
457 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ015-022-092130-
CASS IN-FULTON IN-
457 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD CASS COUNTY...
AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WALTON...METEA AND ADAMSBORO...
TWELVE MILE...ONWARD AND LINCOLN...
HOOVER AND NEW WAVERLY...
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 4070 8638 4070 8653 4074 8652 4075 8659
4090 8659 4091 8658 4091 8647 4092 8647
4092 8617 4058 8616 4058 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 260DEG 31KT 4082 8638SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
520 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ023-024-092215-
MIAMI IN-WABASH IN-
520 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN MIAMI...EXTREME
WESTERN HUNTINGTON...WABASH AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY
COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEXICO...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERU...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...
DEEDSVILLE AND DENVER...
CHILI...GILEAD AND ERIE...
STOCKDALE AND RICHVALLEY...
ROANN AND DISKO...
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 4076 8617 4100 8617 4100 8595 4104 8595
4104 8570 4100 8568 4100 8565 4080 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 256DEG 31KT 4089 8613SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
525 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ007-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-092215-
FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI-STEUBEN IN-WILLIAMS OH-
525 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FULTON...
NORTHERN WILLIAMS...HILLSDALE AND EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTIES...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MOSCOW TO CAMDEN IN HILLSDALE
COUNTY...TO ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ANGOLA IN STEUBEN COUNTY...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
HILLSDALE AND PIONEER...
NETTLE LAKE AND CAMDEN...
LAKE SENECA AND BRIDGEWATER CENTER...
FRONTIER...CAMBRIA AND BEAR LAKE...
KUNKLE...
BETZER AND RANSOM...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151
AND 156.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.
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 4207 8436 4162 8438 4157 8491 4168 8489
4188 8469 4208 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 252DEG 29KT 4165 8482
SLLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
533 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
INZ005-008-016-092200-
ELKHART IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-NOBLE IN-
533 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN KOSCIUSKO...
WESTERN NOBLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELKHART COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...OR 7 MILES NORTH
OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SYRACUSE...
LIGONIER...
NORTH WEBSTER...LAKE WAWASEE AND OAKWOOD PARK...
KNAPP LAKE...
CROMWELL...
KIMMEL AND WOLFLAKE...
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 4135 8533 4128 8588 4138 8589 4153 8556
4153 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 248DEG 32KT 4136 8578
SLLThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 0 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few hail pieces to the size of dimes were blown by wind gusts to 50 mph were estimated at the NWS office near North Webster.
Emergency management officials reported a tree blown down in the 300 block of North Main Street.
Emergency management officials reported a tree was down onto State Route 5 blocking one of the lanes, between County Roads 900 and 1000 North.
A trained spotter estimated wind gust to 60 mph.
A trained spotter reported a large amount of hail with several pieces up to the size of quarters near the intersection of Old and New US 24.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2014
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: 520375, 520367, 520366, 520364, 520370, 520369, 520368.