If you’re having trouble hearing the NOAA Weather Radio transmiter in Fort Wayne (on 162.55 MHz), there’s a good reason. See the message below from the northern Indiana National Weather Service office:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 /215 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013/

...FORT WAYNE WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE
POWER ISSUES...

THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER AT FORT WAYNE...WXJ-58 AT 162.550
MHZ...WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST AT LOW POWER DUE TO EQUIPMENT
PROBLEMS AT THE SITE. THIS IS RESULTING IN A DEGRADED BROADCAST
SIGNAL FROM THE TRANSMITTER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND
PARTS ARE ON ORDER TO REPAIR THE EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS. THE EXPECTED
RETURN TO SERVICE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME...BUT REPAIRS ARE HOPED
TO BE MADE BY END OF THE WEEK.

ALTERNATE NOAA RADIO BROADCASTS AROUND THE FORT WAYNE REGION ARE
AS FOLLOWS: WXM-98 FROM MARION AT 162.450...KXI-94 FROM ANGOLA AT
162.425 MHZ...WXJ-90 FROM CRIDERSVILLE AT 162.400 MHZ. WE
APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. THIS STATEMENT
WILL BE UPDATED WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has expanded the area of Indiana that is at slight risk of receiving severe weather tomorrow. Previously, the SPC’s Day 2 Convective Outlook placed the northern third of Indiana at slight risk between 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow (Tuesday, June 25) and 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday (June 26). At  1:27 p.m. EDT, the SPC issued an updated outlook that indicates a slight risk for the northern half of Indiana, including all 37 Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Counties covered by the northern Indiana NWS weather forecast office.

Our next look at the risk for northern Indiana should come at about 2 a.m. tomorrow morning, when SPC issues the first Day 1 Convective Outlook of the day.

See an update to this post.

There’s an increasing risk of severe weather in Indiana over the next few days. The northern third of Indiana has a slight risk of severe weather between 8 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, June 25 and 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Day 2 Convective Outlook that the Storm Prediction Center issued this morning.. The slight risk area includes Allen County, but just barely.

The following day, however, the entire state of Indiana is at slight risk of severe weather, according to this morning’s Day 3 Convective Outlook. It covers 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 26 through 8 a.m. Thursday.

Michael Lewis, the warning coordination meteorologist at the northern Indiana National Weather Service (NWS) office, sent a message to storm spotters today in which he advised that today would be a good day to check your preparedness and response plans. In addition, spotters should review the reporting criteria and methods on the Northern Indiana Skywarn Spotter Page:

Lewis wrote that as conditions warrant, the office might issue multimedia weather briefings. If so, they’ll  be posted on the office’s Facebook, Twitter and home page.

Keep your eye on NWS resources for the next couple of days for updates as they become available.

There’s a slight risk of severe weather this afternoon in the southern half of Indiana, according to a convective outlook from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center. Conditions support the development of supercell thunderstorms that could bring large hail and high winds to the area. The risk of tornadoes is very low. At 2:04 p.m. EDT, the SPC announced in a mesoscale discussion that a watch is possible in part of southwestern Indiana.

National Weather Service (NWS) surveyors have found evidence of a fourth tornado in Henry County, Ohio June 13, 2013. This brings to five the total number of tornadoes in area covered by the northern Indiana NWS office from the event June 13 outbreak. The updated map graphic above shows the locations of the four Henry County tornadoes. See the surveyors’ complete report on the NWS website. NWS is updating that report continually, as new information comes in.

June 13, 2013 straight-line wind damage to farm buildings near Wabash, Indiana (NWS photo)

The northern Indiana National Weather Service office has posted an album of photos from the June 13, 2013 storms on Facebook (you don’t need a Facebook account to view them). Members of the general public submitted some of the photos. Members of NWS damage survey teams took others, like the one above from near Wabash, Indiana.

Cleveland TV station WKYC is reporting that the National Weather Service will classify the June 13, 2013 complex of storms as a “low-end derecho.” See WKYC’s report.

A home damaged by a June 13, 2013 EF-1 tornado in Henry County, Ohio (NWS photo)

The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service posted more information last evening from its storm damage survey teams. The full report is on the office’s website, but I’ve posted below the map graphics that show the storm paths the teams found.