Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 8, 2015

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 8, 2015
Start: 2015-06-08T15:55
End: 2015-06-08T20:00
Location: Indiana

June 8, 2015 · NWS IWX · 17 events in 10 counties and zones

Storms fired across northern Indiana in the late afternoon. Strong upper-level forcing was adequate to overcome the relatively weak shear and instability with isolated reports of severe weather.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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.

Storms fired across northern Indiana in the late afternoon. Strong upper-level forcing was adequate to overcome the relatively weak shear and instability with isolated reports of severe weather.

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 Jun 8, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
223 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 405 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY LATER THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COVERAGE AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS ALSO
MUCH LOWER...THOUGH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CANT BE RULED
OUT IN STRONGER STORMS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. HIGHS TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S
TO LOWER 80S WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTING UPPER TROF AXIS MOVING INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING SKIES AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE HAS ALLOWED FOR AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION WITH CAPES
2500-3000J/KG OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN IOWA. SCT SH/TSRA
WILL DEVELOP IN THIS UNSTABLE AIR AND MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...BUT IN A WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
LACKING IN LARGE SCALE FORCING EXPECT CONVECTION TO STRUGGLE IN
BOTH STRENGTH AND AREAL COVERAGE...WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE FROM PULSE-TYPE STORMS. TROF AXIS SHIFTS EAST
OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND COMBINED WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL
HEATING WILL BRING A QUICK END TO PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT. DRY WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD AS
WEAK SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. SEASONABLE
TEMPS AND LESS HUMID AS WELL WITH U50S FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND U70S
TO AROUND 80 FOR HIGHS TUESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

TUE NIGHT WILL CONT DRY UNTIL A 5H SHORTWAVE TROF PUSHES ACROSS THE
NRN GTLKS REGION. AN ATTENDANT SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP ACROSS
THE GTLKS AND LAY OUT ACROSS THE ERN GTLKS SWWD THROUGH NRN IN INTO
CENTRAL IL. WITH DEEP MOIST IN PLACE...EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO RETURN BY
WED AFTN AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR
MARGINAL SEVERE. WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERING
N-S THROUGH FRI...EXPECT AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH DAILY
CHANCES FOR MAINLY AFTN TSRA. UPPER RIDGING TEMPORARILY SHIFTS EAST
ACROSS THE GTLKS SAT BRINGING A BRIEF RESPITE FROM PRECIPITATION.
ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA
SUPPRESSING THE UPPER RIDGING BY SUN. THIS WILL BRING A SFC FRONT
TOWARD THE FCST AREA LATER SUN INTO SUN NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING
DIFFUSE ON MON. WILL MAINTAIN CHC POPS SUN INTO MON. TEMPS WILL RUN
ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL SAT WHEN THE SFC FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. A
RETURN TO NORMAL TEMPS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS EXPECTED SUN/MON.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 115 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

KIWX RADAR INDICATING LINE OF SHOWERS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS
NOW EXITED THE AREA AND VIS SAT SHOWING CLEARING SKIES RAPIDLY
EXPANDING FROM THE NW INTO THE AREA. AIRMASS IS DESTABILIZING TO THE
WEST WHICH WILL PROMOTE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING BUT IN A WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT LACKING IN
LARGE SCALE FORCING LEAVES QUESTIONS AS TO EXTEND OF COVERAGE...WILL
KEEP MENTION LIMITED TO VICINITY FOR NOW AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
UPPER TROUGH AXIS THEN SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA AND WILL LEAD TO VFR
CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF CYCLE.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...AGD
SHORT TERM...JAL
LONG TERM...FRAZIER
AVIATION...JAL

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 10:21 AM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1121 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-091530-
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
1121 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 /1021 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-091530-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1121 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

&&

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, Jun 8, 3:35 PM EST, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
435 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

INZ012-014-082115-
MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN-
335 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND
EASTERN STARKE COUNTIES...

AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOX...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  KNOX...
  CULVER...
  BASS LAKE...
  WINONA...
  OBER...
  OAK GROVE...

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 4131 8677 4132 8674 4136 8672 4135 8625
      4118 8628 4118 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 276DEG 22KT 4126 8666

JLA

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:37 PM EST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
437 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HAIL             2 W TOTO                41.26N 86.74W
06/08/2015  E0.50 INCH       STARKE             IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            0.25 TO 0.50 INCH HAIL REPORTED WITH STORM.

&&

MCD

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:39 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
439 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0422 PM     HAIL             NEW BUFFALO             41.79N 86.75W
06/08/2015  E0.25 INCH       BERRIEN            MI   PUBLIC

            GUSTY WINDY WITH HEAVY RAIN. LARGEST HAIL
            WAS 0.25 INCHES.

&&

MCD

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:42 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
442 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     HAIL             1 E WHITE PIGEON        41.80N 85.62W
06/08/2015  E0.25 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   PUBLIC

&&

MCD

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:45 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
445 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0428 PM     HAIL             COLDWATER               41.94N 85.00W
06/08/2015  E0.50 INCH       BRANCH             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            0.25 TO 0.5 INCH HAIL.

&&

MCD

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:45 PM EST, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
445 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

MIZ078>080-082130-
BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
445 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN CASS...ST. JOSEPH...
NORTHWESTERN BRANCH AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
UNION CITY TO CONSTANTINE TO EDWARDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  STURGIS...
  CENTREVILLE...
  CONSTANTINE...
  COLON AND UNION CITY...
  WHITE PIGEON...
  BRONSON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND
21.

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 4178 8525 4177 8560 4178 8622 4179 8622
      4189 8580 4208 8548 4207 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 279DEG 25KT 4214 8523 4188 8567
          4179 8603

JLA

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, St. Joseph

When: June 8, 3:55 PM EST
Where: St. Joseph County, Plainfield
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 41.700, -86.480

Hail, La Porte

When: June 8, 3:20 PM CST
Where: La Porte County, 2.59 mi SW of Rolling Prairie
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.640, -86.650

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph

When: June 8, 4:30 PM EST
Where: St. Joseph County, 1.24 mi SW of Granger
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.740, -86.140

One foot diameter tree snapped. Pictures showed it was partially rotted.

Hail, Elkhart

When: June 8, 4:31 PM EST
Where: Elkhart County, 0.69 mi N of Elkhart
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 41.690, -85.970

Dime to penny sized hail.

Hail, La Porte

When: June 8, 3:35 PM CST
Where: La Porte County, 0.86 mi SW of Westville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.540, -86.910

Hail, Elkhart

When: June 8, 4:35 PM EST
Where: Elkhart County, 0.69 mi N of Elkhart
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.690, -85.970

Pea to penny sized hail with winds estimated at 35 mph.

Hail, La Porte

When: June 8, 3:50 PM CST
Where: La Porte County, 0.69 mi S of Union Mills
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.490, -86.780

Hail, St. Joseph

When: June 8, 5:05 PM EST
Where: St. Joseph County, 0.52 mi E of Lakeville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.520, -86.270

Hail, Marshall

When: June 8, 5:05 PM EST
Where: Marshall County, 0.86 mi SE of Lapaz
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.460, -86.310

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: June 8, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Marshall County, 0.36 mi S of Bremen
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 41.445, -86.150

A tree fell on a powerline on the 300 block of South Whitlock.

Hail, Starke

When: June 8, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Starke County, 1.25 mi ESE of San Pierre
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.190, -86.880

Hail, Starke

When: June 8, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Starke County, 1.73 mi SW of North Judson
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.200, -86.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: June 8, 4:51 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 1.47 mi SE of Beardstown
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.116, -86.598

Trees and limbs down in broken arrow campground.

Hail, Cass

When: June 8, 6:40 PM EST
Where: Cass County, 0.52 mi W of Logansport
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.750, -86.360

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: June 8, 7:08 PM EST
Where: Allen County, 0.52 mi E of Hoagland
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 40.950, -84.990

Two trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, White

When: June 8, 7:15 PM EST
Where: White County, 0.87 mi SW of Wolcott
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.760, -87.040

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: June 8, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Grant County, 1.05 mi E of Fowlerton
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.420, -85.550

One tree down, and several large limbs down. A truck was severely damaged by a large branch.

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

Every storm in Indiana in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, June 2015

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: 588785, 588782, 588788, 588789, 588783, 588790, 588784, 588792, 588793, 588794, 588786, 588787, 588791, 588795, 588796, 588797, 588798.