PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1206 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FORT WAYNE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BACK IN SERVICE... SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE FORT WAYNE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WXJ-58...ON 162.550 MHZ. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
NWS planning more SKYWARN training in 2015
The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service preliminarily plans to conduct live SKYWARN spotter training next year in Allen County, Indiana and five of the other nine counties that make up IMO SKYWARN quadrant two, according to an email message the NWS sent to county emergency managers. The NWS expects to have an improved budget beginning next year, which would allow it to schedule annual sessions in the most populated of the 37 counties of its county warning area (including Allen County, Ind. and Allen County, Ohio) and biennial sessions in other counties. Every county that hosts a biennial session has an adjacent “partner” county that it is also hosting.
Below is a list of other quadrant-two counties (in addition to the two Allen Counties) in which NWS plans to conduct live SKYWARN training in 2015 and their 2015 “partner” counties:
| 2015 Host | 2014 Partner(s) |
| Huntington | Whitley |
| Adams | Wells |
| Jay | Blackford |
| Paulding | Van Wert, Putnam |
Of course, any interested person is welcome at any training session, regardless of where that person lives. The NWS will set exact dates for each training session later this year. The Allen County (Ind.) Office of Homeland Security plans to request the dates of the February or March ACARTS general meeting, but we don’t know yet if NWS work schedules will support those dates.
More information will appear on this blog as it becomes available.
Sunday storms drops hail, damages trees and power lines
Below is a preliminary summary of storm reports received by the northern Indiana National Weather Service office yesterday (July 27).
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 943 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1139 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E WILLSHIRE 40.75N 84.75W 07/27/2014 VAN WERT OH EMERGENCY MNGR TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN. SEMI TRAILER FLIPPED OVER. 0252 PM HAIL STEVENSVILLE 42.01N 86.52W 07/27/2014 E1.75 INCH BERRIEN MI PUBLIC RELAYED BY EMA WITH VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE FALLING 0300 PM HAIL NAPPANEE 41.44N 86.00W 07/27/2014 E1.25 INCH ELKHART IN PUBLIC PICTURE OF LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON NWS FACEBOOK PAGE 0306 PM HAIL 1 NE STEVENSVILLE 42.02N 86.51W 07/27/2014 E1.00 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER 0306 PM HAIL SAINT JOSEPH 42.11N 86.48W 07/27/2014 M0.88 INCH BERRIEN MI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 0320 PM HAIL 5 WNW WOODLAND 41.60N 86.27W 07/27/2014 M1.25 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN TRAINED SPOTTER 0337 PM HAIL 2 N NORTH WEBSTER 41.36N 85.70W 07/27/2014 M1.00 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS OFFICE 0350 PM TSTM WND DMG WOLFLAKE 41.34N 85.50W 07/27/2014 NOBLE IN EMERGENCY MNGR REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER DOWN ALONG US 33 IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 0355 PM HAIL 1 N MILFORD JUNCTION 41.45N 85.84W 07/27/2014 E1.00 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER ON US 6 JUST EAST OF STATE ROUTE 15 0400 PM HAIL S ALBION 41.40N 85.42W 07/27/2014 E0.75 INCH NOBLE IN PUBLIC DIME SIZE HAIL AND SOME SMALL LIMBS DOWN REPORTED ON NWS FACEBOOK PAGE 0406 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE NORTH WEBSTER 41.34N 85.67W 07/27/2014 KOSCIUSKO IN AMATEUR RADIO TREE DOWN COVERING EPWORTH FOREST ROAD. SIZE UNKNOWN BUT FRONT END LOADER BEING REQUESTED 0406 PM TSTM WND DMG CHURUBUSCO 41.23N 85.32W 07/27/2014 WHITLEY IN TRAINED SPOTTER POWER LINE DOWN US 33 NEAR CHURBUSCO 0410 PM HAIL 2 N NORTH WEBSTER 41.35N 85.70W 07/27/2014 M1.00 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS OFFICE 0418 PM HAIL 2 WNW ETNA 41.28N 85.61W 07/27/2014 E1.75 INCH WHITLEY IN PUBLIC PICTURE OF AT LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 0428 PM HAIL 4 WNW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.24N 85.08W 07/27/2014 E0.75 INCH ALLEN IN AMATEUR RADIO PENNY SIZE HAIL FOR 3 MINUTES ALONG WITH SMALL LIMBS DOWN 0431 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE WALLEN 41.17N 85.13W 07/27/2014 E60 MPH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER INTERSECTION OF COLDWATER AND TILL ROADS 0443 PM HAIL GRABILL 41.21N 84.97W 07/27/2014 E1.00 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC POSTED ON NWS FACEBOOK PAGE 0454 PM HAIL HUNTINGTON 40.88N 85.50W 07/27/2014 M0.75 INCH HUNTINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER 0502 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.18N 85.08W 07/27/2014 ALLEN IN PUBLIC DOWNED TREE ON STATE ROAD 1 AND TONKEL RD. OTHER DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. 0526 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 40.83N 84.93W 07/27/2014 ADAMS IN TRAINED SPOTTER SMALL TO MEDIUM BRANCHES DOWN IN TOWN 0605 PM TSTM WND DMG SPENCERVILLE 40.71N 84.35W 07/27/2014 ALLEN OH AMATEUR RADIO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB BROKEN OFF...SR 117 AND SR 66 NEAR SPENCERVILLE. 0754 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE BRYAN 41.51N 84.53W 07/27/2014 WILLIAMS OH FIRE DEPT/RESCUE POWER POLE DOWN IN THE COUNTY ROAD 15 AND COUNTY ROAD H AREA.
Fort Wayne weather radio transmitter off the air
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
805 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
…FORT WAYNE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST IS DOWN…
THE FORT WAYNE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST…WXJ-58 AT 162.550
MHZ…IS OFF THE AIR. TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE OUTAGE
AND RETURN TO SERVICE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. SURROUNDING
BROADCASTS INCLUDE ANGOLA /KXI-94 AT 162.425 MHZ/…MARION /WXM-98
AT 162.425 MHZ/…MUNCIE /KJY-93 AT 162.425 MHZ/ AND CRIDERSVILLE
/WXJ-90 AT 162.400 MHZ. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS
MAY CAUSE.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 p.m. EDT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 446
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INDIANA
MICHIGAN
NORTHWESTERN OHIO
LAKE ERIE
LAKE HURON
LAKE MICHIGAN
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALPENA MICHIGAN TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE
INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 445...
DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AS FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDING A SEWD MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
INTERACTS WITH THE DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER.
Slight risk of severe weather today
Almost all of Indiana and Ohio have a slight risk of severe weather between 9 a.m. EDT today and 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow, according to the “Day 1 Convective Outlook” that the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued at 8:29 a.m. EDT.
The primary threats in the slight risk area are damaging straight-line winds of 58 mph or greater and/or hail of one inch or more in diameter. A small tornado risk also exists.
Any storms that form in the northern Indiana NWS county warning area, are most likely from midday to afternoon, according to the “Hazardous Weather Outlook” that the northern Indiana office issued at 6:14 a.m. EDT. That outlook also indicates that SKYWARN storm spotter activation might be needed today.
As you can see on the map above, the slight risk area, which includes all of IMO SKYWARN quadrant two. The quadrant two counties have the following probabilities of severe weather within 25 miles of a point:
- Tornado: 2 percent
- Damaging straight-line thunderstorm winds of 58 mph or greater: 15 percent
- Hail of one inch or more in diameter: 15 percent.
The next SPC outlook for today is due by 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Slight risk of severe weather today in northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio
The slight risk area grew at 9 a.m. EDT. See an important update to this story.
Part of northeastern Indiana and Northwestern Ohio have a slight risk of severe weather between 8 a.m. EDT today and 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow, according to the “Day 1 Convective Outlook” that the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued at 1:57 a.m. EDT.
The primary threats in the slight risk area are damaging straight-line winds of 58 mph or greater and/or hail of one inch or more in diameter. A small tornado risk also exists. The outlook indicates some forecaster uncertainty, however.
Any storms that form in the northern Indiana NWS county warning area, are most likely from midday to afternoon, according to the “Hazardous Weather Outlook” that the northern Indiana office issued at 6:14 a.m. EDT. That outlook also indicates that SKYWARN storm spotter activation might be needed today.
As you can see on the map above, Fort Wayne is barely in the slight risk area, which includes all of IMO SKYWARN quadrant two except Whitley County and northern Allen County, Ind. The quadrant two counties that are in the slight risk area have the following probabilities of severe weather within 25 miles of a point:
- Tornado: 2 percent
- Damaging straight-line thunderstorm winds of 58 mph or greater: 15 percent
- Hail of one inch or more in diameter: 15 percent.
The next SPC outlook for today is due by 9 a.m. EDT.
Severe weather no longer expected tonight in northeastern Indiana
Meteorologists no longer expect severe weather in northeastern Indiana or northwestern Ohio tonight, according to an updated “Day 1 Convective Outlook” that the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued at 8:57 p.m. EDT. The revised slight risk area includes only two of the 37 counties covered by the northern Indiana NWS office — Blackford and Jay. In the other 35 counties, thunderstorms are forecast but meteorologists do not expect those storms to be severe.
Severe weather is still possible, however, tomorrow (Sun.) afternoon in all parts of IMO SKYWARN quadrant two, including the Fort Wayne area, according to the SPC’s most recent “Day 2 Convective Outlook.”
Tweet: Large hail falls in Bluffton area
@roblydick @NWSIWX Measured 2"size hail 1 mile north of Bluffton. pic.twitter.com/0qyLVZH7oE
— Derek Decker (@DerekDecker57) July 26, 2014
Midday update continues severe risk for Sunday
Approximately the eastern half of Indiana and a large part of western and northern Ohio continue to have a slight risk of severe weather between 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow (Sun.) and 8 a.m. EDT Monday, according to an updated “Day 2 Convective Outlook” the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
The slight risk area includes Fort Wayne and all of IMO SKYWARN quadrant two. A large part of central and southern Ohio has a moderate risk of severe weather. And a slightly larger part of Ohio has a 10 percent or greater risk of “significant” severe weather, which the SPC defines as any one of the following: tornadoes capable of producing EF2 or greater damage, damaging straight-line winds with speeds greater than 65 knots (75 mph), or two-inch-diameter or larger hail.
A “Hazardous Weather Outlook” that the northern Indiana NWS office issued at 4:45 p.m. indicates that the primary threats Sunday are damaging straight-line thunderstorm winds and large hail. Any severe storms that form tomorrow are mostly likely in the afternoon and might require another activation of SKYWARN storm spotters.
The next SPC outlook for Sunday is due at 2 a.m. EDT, when the Center issues its first “Day 1 Convective Outlook” of the day.