SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1017 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008
INC091-099-131-141-149-181-MIC021-027-050245-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080805T0245Z/
STARKE IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-
1016 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM
EDT/945 PM CDT/ FOR WESTERN MARSHALL AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND WHITE...PULASKI...LA PORTE AND STARKE COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
AT 1014 PM EDT/914 PM CDT/...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
85 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
13 MILES WEST OF BUCHANAN TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA PORTE TO 16
MILES EAST OF DE MOTTE TO 11 MILES WEST OF RENSSELAER...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 52 MPH. REPORTS OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE MICHIGAN
CITY AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS WELL AS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS TO 100
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
BUCHANAN...
NILES...DOWAGIAC AND WINAMAC...
GEORGETOWN...MISHAWAKA AND GRANGER...
BERRIEN SPRINGS...NORTH LIBERTY AND KOONTZ LAKE...
FRANCESVILLE...
LAKEVILLE...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!!
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4219 8622 4208 8622 4208 8595 4176 8602
4176 8607 4149 8609 4117 8643 4117 8647
4112 8647 4075 8664 4072 8677 4057 8679
4057 8709 4084 8711 4085 8700 4092 8699
4093 8693 4172 8694 4190 8663 4225 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 299DEG 45KT 4187 8659 4154 8652
4115 8686 4095 8733
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Southern Great Lakes derecho - August 4-5
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CrazyC83
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Re: Southern Great Lakes derecho - August 4-5
NOT PDS, with only 70 mph winds????? Puh-leaze!!!
SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 808
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
FINDLAY OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 806...WW 807...
DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED BOW ECHO OVER NRN INDIANA WILL LIKELY
PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS WHILE MOVING ESEWD...AND EVENTUALLY
MORE TO THE SE LATE TONIGHT. INSTABILITY WEAKENS WITH EWD EXTENT
FROM INDIANA INTO OH...THOUGH IT SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO
MAINTAIN THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER GIVEN ITS RECENT HISTORY OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA OF NE INDIANA WILL BE PART OF A
LOCAL EWD EXTENSION OF PDS SEVERE TSTM WATCH 807.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 28045.
...THOMPSON
SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 808
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
FINDLAY OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 806...WW 807...
DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED BOW ECHO OVER NRN INDIANA WILL LIKELY
PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS WHILE MOVING ESEWD...AND EVENTUALLY
MORE TO THE SE LATE TONIGHT. INSTABILITY WEAKENS WITH EWD EXTENT
FROM INDIANA INTO OH...THOUGH IT SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO
MAINTAIN THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER GIVEN ITS RECENT HISTORY OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA OF NE INDIANA WILL BE PART OF A
LOCAL EWD EXTENSION OF PDS SEVERE TSTM WATCH 807.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 28045.
...THOMPSON
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combellack
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Re: Southern Great Lakes derecho - August 4-5
Looks like chicago is going to get hit by another line of heavy storms.
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CrazyC83
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Three tornadoes confirmed in Chicagoland so far. The Griffith tornado was likely an EF2.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cm ... 9&source=0
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cm ... 9&source=0
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