Storms fired by late afternoon along a stalled baroclinic zone. Moderate instability and shear was sufficient for large hail and a few reports of damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Storms fired by late afternoon along a stalled baroclinic zone. Moderate instability and shear was sufficient for large hail and a few reports of damaging winds.
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 11, 3:00 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 400 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 347 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO LAKE ONTARIO BY FRIDAY EVENING... CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SOME SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THIS TIMEFRAME. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM MID 60S NORTH TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTH... WITH HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 347 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 STALLED FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS NRN INDIANA MIXING SLOWLY NORTH THIS AFTN. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG FRONT RESULTING IN MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE2-2.5KJ/KG. ONLY SGFNT FORCING ATTM IS WK CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY... WHICH CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SCT TSTMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN. 0-6KM SHEAR IN VCNTY AND NORTH OF THE FRONT IS SUBSTANTIAL... IN THE 30-40KT RANGE... SO SOME STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BE SVR. SHRTWV OVER THE PLAINS MOVG TO THE MID MS VALLEY TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER ERN IA TO MOVE INTO NWRN ZONES LATE TONIGHT...SPREADING E-SE ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY. WITH STEERING WINDS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE SFC FRONT... TRAINING CELLS PSBL AND GIVEN PWATS FORECAST AS HIGH AS 2" IN THE WARM SECTOR... ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WX GRIDS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. WILL REMAIN MUGGY TONIGHT WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE M60S NORTH TO THE L70S SOUTH. CLOUDS AND MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FRIDAY SHOULD LIMIT DIURNAL RISES FRIDAY WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE L-M80S. && .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 347 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 FRONTAL BOUNDARY OSCILLATING BETWEEN THE LOWER LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY WILL KEEP PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD... LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY WITH TRAILING FRONT SETTLING INTO OR JUST SOUTH OF OUR FAR SOUTHERN ZONES BY PEAK HEATING. MORNING LIKELY STARTS OUT CLOUDY/COOLER WITH AREAS OF LIGHT DRIZZLE/RAIN POSSIBLE NEAR EXITING/WEAK SFC REFLECTION ...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLE ALONG TRAILING BOUNDARY BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON FAR SOUTH (DEPENDING ON WHERE BOUNDARY ENDS UP AND HOW MUCH HEATING OCCURS). THE NEXT LEAD/FOUR CORNERS SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT ENE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST/WESTERN LAKES BY LATER SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. RESULTING DOWNSTREAM THETA-E SURGE WITH FRONTAL ZONE LIFTING BACK NORTH COULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OF SHOWERS/THUNDER DURING THIS TIME...BEST CHANCES NW IN/SW MI CLOSER TO SHORTWAVE TRACK. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A MORE PRONOUNCED PLUME OF GULF MOISTURE FOLDS IN. THIS WILL OCCUR IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT TIED TO A LARGER SCALE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROPAGATING THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA/FAR NORTHERN TIER OF US BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE...TEMPS NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 121 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS NRN INDIANA FROM JUST NORTH OF KFWA TO KVPZ. CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SCT TS THIS AFTN WHICH SHOULD MAINLY IMPACT SBN. BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH OF NRN INDIANA THIS EVE BUT CONVECTION SHOULD SPREAD OUT AHEAD OF CDFNT DROPPING SE ACROSS WI/NRN IL CAUSING SHRA AT SBN OVERNIGHT AND FRI MORNING WITH TS ALSO PSBL BUT NOT INCLUDED IN GOING TAFS GIVEN POOR DIURNAL TIMING. TS SHOULD REDEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FRI AFTN WITH BEST CHANCES AT FWA BEYOND THIS TAF PERIOD. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JT SHORT TERM...JT LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL AVIATION...JT VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 458 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-120900- 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 458 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND AGAIN FRIDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-120900- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 458 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
304 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM FUNNEL CLOUD W WAUSEON 41.55N 84.14W
06/10/2015 FULTON OH EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED WEST ALONG 20A WEST OF WAUSEON.
RELAYED BY HENRY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0925 PM HAIL 2 ENE PLYMOUTH 41.35N 86.27W
06/10/2015 M1.00 INCH MARSHALL IN BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT US 30 AND US 31 NEAR PLYMOUTH
0926 PM HAIL 2 NNW WAUSEON 41.57N 84.16W
06/10/2015 E1.25 INCH FULTON OH PUBLIC
0944 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW OSWEGO 41.33N 85.80W
06/10/2015 KOSCIUSKO IN NWS EMPLOYEE
TWO CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BLOWN OVER... ONE
WAS MANGLED AND POSSIBLY DESTROYED. TIME ESTIMATED BY
RADAR.
0950 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ENE OSWEGO 41.33N 85.77W
06/10/2015 E60 MPH KOSCIUSKO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0953 PM TSTM WND GST DELTA 41.57N 84.01W
06/10/2015 E50 MPH FULTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0954 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S NORTH WEBSTER 41.28N 85.70W
06/10/2015 M56 MPH KOSCIUSKO IN MESONET
1003 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW GERALD 41.44N 84.15W
06/10/2015 HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD T BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 14
AND 15. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
1107 PM TSTM WND DMG DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W
06/10/2015 DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN
DEFIANCE. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH. PEA TO
DIME SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG FLORIDA 41.32N 84.20W
06/10/2015 HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE AND POWERLINES ON MARKET STREET
IN FLORIDA
&&
THSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
320 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015
INZ003-012-112100-
STARKE-LA PORTE-
320 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN LA PORTE
COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR NORTH JUDSON...OR NEAR
DUNNS BRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH JUDSON AROUND 330 PM CDT.
KNOX AROUND 355 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SAN PIERRE...BREMS...
WINONA...TOTO...LOMAX...ENGLISH LAKE AND BASS LAKE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4130 8693 4142 8663 4125 8653 4117 8675
4117 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 242DEG 20KT 4124 8687
JBALLThe Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A Semi-Truck was blown over on the toll road near the Notre Dame exit.
Multiple trees and powerlines down.
Ping Pong Ball sized hail was reported in Osceola.
Street flooding of 6 to 8 inches in Elkhart.
Several pictures received of Quarter sized hail.
Picture of half dollar sized hail received.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2015
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: 588804, 588805, 588806, 588803, 588807, 588808, 588810, 588811.