Low pressure moved across Wisconsin during the afternoon hours with a strong southwesterly flow resulting in deep layer shear of over 60 knots. Despite the favorable wind fields, instability was limited due to extensive cloud cover.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Low pressure moved across Wisconsin during the afternoon hours with a strong southwesterly flow resulting in deep layer shear of over 60 knots. Despite the favorable wind fields, instability was limited due to extensive cloud cover. An isolated strong wind gusts caused some damage in Van Wert county.
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 Sep 10, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
329 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 117 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL TRACK
INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW
WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE NORTHWARD TODAY. THIS INCREASED
MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
AND COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL
THEN FILTER IN LATE TONIGHT...AND REMAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS ON
THURSDAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER...PRIMARILY IN THE 60S.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 327 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
FOCUS ON SEVERE THREAT AND HEAVY RAIN INTO THIS EVENING.
TORNADO WATCH ALREADY OUT FOR SE AREAS ALONG AN AREA OF CONVERGENCE
AND INCREASED HELICITY ALLOWING FOR SEVERAL LOW TOPPED SHOWERS AND
STORMS TO FORM WITH A HANDFUL OF THEM ROTATING AT TIMES. ACTIVITY IS
SHALLOW AND LACKING INSTABILITY TO REALLY ORGANIZE THEM BUT
NEVERTHELESS WILL NEED TO WATCH THEM INTO THIS EVENING.
ATTENTION SHIFTS BACK TO THE WEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHERE POCKETS
OF THINNING CLOUDS OR BREAKS WAS ALLOWING LIMITED HEATING TO OCCUR
WITH 500 TO 1500 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE. ON THE FLIP SIDE THE
AREA WAS CURRENTLY REMOVED FROM THE BEST SHEAR WHICH RESIDED OVER
THE FORECAST AREA AS VALUES IN EXCESS OF 55 KTS OF BULK SHEAR WERE
IN PLACE. WILL BE MONITORING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THREAT AND ADDITIONAL WATCHES
IF THINGS COME TOGETHER CORRECTLY. WHILE IT MAY END UP A MARGINAL
SETUP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT IN SE AREAS INTO
THIS EVENING WITH THE REMAINDER HAVING BEEN CANCELLED EARLIER AS
BEST INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL REMAINS IN SE.
FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH TONIGHT PUSHING EVERYTHING OUT OF HERE FOR
PRECIP BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE IN
WITH MAIN PUSH STILL WAITING FOR INTO THE LONG TERM PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 327 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
FEW CHANGES REQUIRED IN TRANQUIL/COOL LONG TERM. AMPLIFIED WRN
CANADA MID TROPOSPHERIC FLOW PREVAILS THROUGH WITH FIRST
PASSAGE OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE INTO UPPER GREAT LAKES BY ABOUT FRIDAY
NIGHT PER REASONABLE CONSENSUS. CONTD HIGHEST PROB MSRBL SHRA FAR
NWRN CWA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO DYNAMICS/IMPRESSIVE HGT FALL
CENTROID /ON ORDER OF 70-100M/12 HR/ TRACK FROM SRN WI INTO NCNTL
LWR MI. GREATER MODEL SPREAD ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSEQUENT/
WEAKER/FILLING SHORTWAVE ABOUT MON/MON NIGHT. PENDING UNRESOLVED
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION UNCERTAINTY...HAVE OPTED TOWARD CONSISTENCY WITH
SENSIBLE WX MENTION ONLY FOR MONDAY NIGHT ATTM. DRY MONDAY MENTION
ALSO PREFERRED IN LIGHT OF ENSURED LACK OF GOMEX MOISTURE FEED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. QUITE COOL AIRMASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
STRONG LOWLEVEL CAA INFILTRATES CWA AS FAR NRN ALBERTA ANTICYCLONE
SPILLS SWD ALONG ROCKY FRONT WITH PROGRESSIVE EASTWARD SPRAWL INTO
UPPER MS VLY/UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...AS CENTROID REACHES WCNTL
PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT. COLDEST LIKELY SAT NIGHT/SUN AM WITH 925MB
THERMAL TROF OVERHEAD...WITH GRADUAL MODERATION THEREAFTER.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1252 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
IFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT KSBN FOR A BIT LONGER BUT SHOULD
IMPROVE TO MVFR AS WARM FRONT SURGES THROUGH THE AREA. KFWA HAS
REMAINED GENERALLY MVFR WITH A FEW IFR EXCURSIONS. WITH INCREASED
MIXING IN THE WARM SECTOR EXPECTING CIGS AND VSBYS TO IMPROVE
SOMEWHAT BUT STILL REMAIN IN THE MVFR RANGE. BETTER CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND STORMS APPEAR TO BE AT KFWA INTO THE EVENING HOURS
BEFORE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. EXACT COVERAGE AND TIMING
STILL NOT PINNED DOWN SO WILL KEEP GENERALIZED SHOWER/VCTS MENTION
UNTIL DEVELOPMENT BECOMES CLEARER.
STRATUS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT PERSISTING
INTO MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING WITH MVFR...POSSIBLE UPPER END IFR
CONDITIONS. WILL KEEP WITH PREVIOUS TAFS FOR THE TIME BEING FOR
THIS PERIOD.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR INZ006>009-017-
018-022>027-032>034.
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR INZ003.
MI...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MIZ077.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MURPHY
SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...FISHER
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 527 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-110930- 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-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...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 527 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 /427 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES OCCUR...THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING WILL BE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX MIZ077-110930- BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN 527 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES OCCUR...THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING WILL BE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-110930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 527 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS AS THE MAIN THREAT. SOUTHWEST GALES ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. && 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
455 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM HEAVY RAIN DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W
09/10/2014 M2.10 INCH DEFIANCE OH EMERGENCY MNGR
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
MCDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
458 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0456 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW VAN WERT 40.85N 84.61W
09/10/2014 M2.00 INCH VAN WERT OH PUBLIC
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
MCDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
501 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0459 PM HEAVY RAIN 9 SW FORT WAYNE 40.99N 85.26W
09/10/2014 M2.38 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
MCDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
503 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM HEAVY RAIN MISHAWAKA 41.66N 86.16W
09/10/2014 M1.75 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC
TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
&&
MCDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
507 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM HEAVY RAIN KENDALLVILLE 41.44N 85.26W
09/10/2014 E2.00 INCH NOBLE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TOTAL SINCE APPROX. MIDNIGHT.
&&
MCDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 508 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 INZ005-012-014-016-102130- ELKHART IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN- 508 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO... MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN ELKHART AND EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES... AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A BRIEF WIND GUST TO NEAR 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING IN BEHIND THIS ALSO POSING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PLYMOUTH... BREMEN AND BOURBON... DONALDSON...BURR OAK AND HIBBARD... TWIN LAKES... INWOOD...LAKE OF THE WOODS AND LINKVILLE... ETNA GREEN... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING/800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4149 8598 4127 8593 4123 8663 4137 8666 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 259DEG 38KT 4130 8651 FISHER
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials reported a barn door was blown off with partial removal of roofing material. Localized damage to crops was also observed adjacent to the property.
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