PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
126 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 /1226 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

...UPDATE #1 ON NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA DISPATCHED A
DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM THIS MORNING TO PORTIONS OF ELKHART COUNTY.
THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THIS TEAM IS CURRENTLY CONTINUING INTO PORTIONS OF ST JOSEPH AND
LA PORTE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA TO SURVEY ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE.

ANOTHER DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM IS BEING DISPATCHED TO LAGRANGE COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON TO SURVEY DAMAGE IN SEVERAL AREAS.

DETAILS AND FINDINGS FROM THESE SURVEYS WILL BE RELEASED IN THE
FORM OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT (PNSIWX) AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN OTHER
COUNTIES ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND
SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS INFORMATION IS
PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.