Weak surface low pressure was centered in the western Great Lakes. While some upper level support was entering the region, shear profiles kept thunderstorms somewhat disorganized.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Weak surface low pressure was centered in the western Great Lakes. While some upper level support was entering the region, shear profiles kept thunderstorms somewhat disorganized. A few clusters of thunderstorms took on bowing characteristics, causing small areas of wind 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 23, 3:47 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 447 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 429 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 WE ARE IN THE WARM HUMID SECTOR OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS IN THE REGION AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH AS A RESULT. SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN SEVERE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY THREATS. FOR TONIGHT THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 COMPLICATED NR TERM AGAIN THIS AFTN OWING TO WELL DEFINED COMPOSITE WMFNT/OUTFLW BNDRY ALIGNED W-E INVOF HIGHWAY 6 AND AHD OF PREFNTL TROUGH THROUGH WRN IN. FVRBL DESTABILIZATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGH THIS MORNING W/A SUBSTANTIALLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE THIS AFTN. MORNING ANALYSIS SHOWS CORRIDOR OF HIGHER/MORE FVRBL MID LVL FLW POSITIONED UPSTREAM ACRS IL AND XPC AN ISOLATED RISK FOR SVR STORMS TO DVLP FURTHER THROUGH THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING OVR MOST OF THE CWA. GFS/GEM SOLUTIONS LOOK TO BE ON TO SOMETHING FOR LT TONIGHT/TUE PER DEPICTION OF SRN STREAM DISTURBANCE OVR ERN OK EJECTING NEWD AHD OF MORE PROMINENT DISTURBANCE SEEN IN VAPOR ACRS SD THIS AFTN AND FURTHER CEMENTED IN VARIOUS HIGHRES OUTPUT. HWVR NWRN BIAS SEEN IN SPECTRAL SOLUTIONS WAS DISCOUNTED IN FVR OF HIGHRES SEWD SLANT AND GENERALLY RELIED ON PRIOR GRIDS FOR DELINEATION OF POP/WX GRADIENT. && .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 OTHER THAN AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A LINGERING SHOWER IN FAR SE AREAS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD A BRIEF DRY PERIOD WILL BE IN STORE AS HIGH PRESSURE ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE IN AND PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE REGION. SOMEWHAT LESS HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH WITH NEAR OR JUST BELOW NORMAL TEMPS INTO THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO RETURN NORTH LATE THURS NGT INTO FRIDAY AS NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE BUCKLES THE FLOW AND ALLOW FOR SOUTHERN PUSH OF WARM AND HUMID AIR ONCE AGAIN. MARGINAL SETUP AT THIS POINT FOR CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND WILL MAINTAIN SLGT CHC POPS FRI AND FRI NGT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...FORECAST AREA WILL RE-ENTER THE WARM SECTOR WITH VERY SUMMERY CONDITIONS AS HIGHS CLIMB BACK INTO THE MID 80S AND DEWPOINTS CLIMB WELL THROUGH THE 60S AND INTO THE LOWER 70S BY NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS COULD POP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK BUT NO WAY TO FORECAST THIS FAR OUT AND NOT WORTHY OF POPS AT THIS STAGE WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG CAPPING WITH VERY WARM AIRMASS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 119 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 MORNING DESTABILIZATION RESULTING IN A VRY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS AFTN. APCH OF PREFNTL TROUGH LEADING TO SCT CONVN INITIATING ACRS NRN IN AND XPC THIS WILL CONT THROUGH AFTN ESP INVOF KFWA. HWVR UPSTREAM SUBTLE MCV OVR WRN IL WILL LIKELY YIELD ANOTHER BAND OF CONVN ALG CLD EDGE SEEN IN VISIBLE OVR NW IN/ERN IL LTR THIS AFTN. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...LOTHAMER SHORT TERM...T LONG TERM...FISHER AVIATION...T 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-240900- 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 1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 /1136 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WIND GUSTS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS ON TUESDAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-240900- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1236 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE GERALD 41.47N 84.11W
06/23/2014 HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AROUND CO RD V AND CO RD 13
&&
LOTHAMERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
INZ013-020-231930-
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
257 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WHITE AND
SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLCOTT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RENSSELAER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AN
ISOLATED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MONON...
FRANCESVILLE...
LEE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 198.
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 8710 4084 8710 4084 8700 4087 8699
4087 8698 4091 8698 4092 8694 4107 8694
4107 8693 4098 8672 4064 8708 4066 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 211DEG 27KT 4076 8706
FISHERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
343 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
INZ022-232015-
CASS IN-
343 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CASS COUNTY...
AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROYAL CENTER...OR 9 MILES WEST
OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LOGANSPORT...
ROYAL CENTER...
CLYMERS...
LUCERNE...
ADAMSBORO...LEASES CORNER AND METEA...
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 4071 8653 4075 8653 4075 8658 4086 8658
4091 8629 4091 8625 4070 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 264DEG 14KT 4078 8651
FISHERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
INZ003-MIZ077-232030-
BERRIEN MI-LA PORTE IN-
302 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BERRIEN AND WESTERN
LA PORTE COUNTIES...
AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WANATAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
TRAIL CREEK...
WESTVILLE...
LONG BEACH...
NEW BUFFALO...
WANATAH AND THREE OAKS...
MICHIANA SHORES...MICHIANA AND GRAND BEACH...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND
55.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND
45.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
13.
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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4171 8694 4174 8690 4180 8676 4188 8665
4196 8647 4142 8681 4137 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 240DEG 26KT 4171 8690 4134 8713
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
430 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 WNW POTTAWATTOMIE PAR 41.74N 86.91W
06/23/2014 M43 MPH LMZ046 IN C-MAN STATION
MEASURED 38 KNOT GUST AT MICHIGAN CITY MARINE STATION
&&
FISHERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
444 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
INZ003-004-012-232115-
LA PORTE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
444 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EASTERN LA PORTE...ST. JOSEPH AND
NORTHERN STARKE COUNTIES...
AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LA
PORTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AN ISOLATED WIND GUST
TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
GULIVOIRE PARK...
NORTH LIBERTY...
LAKEVILLE...
FISH LAKE AND STILLWELL...
CRUMSTOWN...
LYDICK...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 90 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND
78.
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 4175 8623 4155 8610 4148 8639 4148 8646
4145 8647 4139 8671 4153 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 243DEG 32KT 4149 8662
FISHERThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported several six inch diameter tree limbs down.
County officials reported trees and tree limbs down throughout the county.
The public estimated wind gusts to 65 mph.
Water was reported on many roadways across mainly the southern half of the county. The hardest hit areas were from Stevensville to Buchanan to Niles. Some vehicles were stranded in the high water with depths of 6 inches to nearly a foot in some locations. Damage estimates were not available.
Law enforcement officials reported trees down across the eastern part of the county. Many roads are flooded.
Amateur radio operators reported power lines down from tree limbs impacting the lines.
Law enforcement officials reported a tree branch down onto power lines on US 12 near Klinger Lake.
Water was reported on many roadways across mainly the western quarter of the county. The hardest hit areas were from Dowagiac south to Niles. Some vehicles were stranded in the high water with depths of 6 inches to nearly a foot in some locations. Damage estimates were not available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 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: 529497, 529510, 529517, 529592, 529512, 529513, 529514, 529593.