Northern Indiana
Weather Forecast Office
High Winds and Cold Temperatures Blast into Region
The National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana (KIWX) accurately predicted the potent cold front and damaging winds that raced across northern Indiana, southwest lower Michigan, and northwest Ohio on the afternoon of March 9th, 2002. Very strong winds in excess of 50 mph caused widespread damage that consisted of uprooted trees, downed power lines and power outages, and significant damage to numerous buildings.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1045 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 HERE ARE SOME MEASURED PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO TODAY. FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 60 MPH NWS OFFICE IN SYRACUSE INDIANA 53 MPH SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT 51 MPH LOCATION COUNTY STATE SPEED ELIDA VAN WERT OH 73 MPH WOLCOTT WHITE IN 64 MPH COLUMBIA CITY WHITLEY IN 63 MPH KALIDA VAN WERT OH 63 MPH GARRETT DEKALB IN 62 MPH VAN WERT VAN WERT OH 60 MPH BENTON HARBOR BERRIEN MI 59 MPH GOSHEN ELKHART IN 55 MPH LIMA ALLEN OH 54 MPH DEFIANCE DEFIANCE OH 49 MPH ETNA GREEN KOSCIUSKO IN 45 MPH MOST LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN INDIANA...EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO EXPERIENCED WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
945 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1132 AM 1 S WOLCOTT IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WHITE 64 MPH GUST. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
1200 PM 3 S WINAMAC IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PULASKI FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1200 PM NORTH JUDSON IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 STARKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1200 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 CASS NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1200 PM CULVER IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 MARSHALL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1235 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON NUMEROUS POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1237 PM DOWAGIAC MI NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 CASS 2 TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.
1245 PM COLOMA MI NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 BERRIEN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1250 PM NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 LAPORTE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
0100 PM 3 NNE PERU IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 MIAMI 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER
LINE OFF OF STATE ROAD
19...1 MILE NORTH OF US
24. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0100 PM PERU IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 MIAMI PORTION OF ROOF BLOWN
OFF AT PERU FIRE
DEPARTMENT. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0100 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 HUNTINGTON LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0100 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 GRANT POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM COUNTYWIDE MI NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ST.JOSEPH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0100 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ST.JOSEPH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0100 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WABASH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0115 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 GRANT NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY. STREET
LIGHTS ALSO BLOWN DOWN
IN MARION. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0115 PM COLUMBIA CITY IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WHITLEY LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN
DOWN ONTO HOUSE.
REPORTED BY FWA
OBSERVER.
0118 PM 5 N COLUMBIA CITY IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WHITLEY 63 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0130 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WHITLEY LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0130 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WELLS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0130 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 BLACKFORD TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0130 PM 4 WSW MONTPELIER IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 BLACKFORD ROOF TORN OFF OF DOUBLE
WIDE TRAILER HOME AT
THE INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROADS 600 NORTH
AND 100 EAST. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0130 PM 3 W ROLL IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 BLACKFORD POLE BARN ROOF BLOWN
OFF AND ACROSS STATE
ROAD 18 AT COUNTY ROAD
350 WEST. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0145 PM 1 NE FT WAYNE BAER ARPT IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN ROOF BLOWN OFF
MAINTENANCE BLDG AT
GOLF COURSE NEAR THE
AIRPORT. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0145 PM FT WAYNE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN TWO STORY HOME HAD ROOF
BLOWN OFF IN FORT
WAYNE. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0145 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN POWER LINES, TREES, AND
BRANCHES DOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0145 PM FT WAYNE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN ROOF BLOWN OFF
POLE BARN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0145 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ADAMS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0145 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 JAY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 KOSCIUSKO LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 NOBLE LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE MI NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 BRANCH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0200 PM COUNTYWIDE IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 STEUBEN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0210 PM WETSEL OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 VAN WERT BARN LEVELED. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0215 PM COUNTYWIDE MI NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 HILLSDALE NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0215 PM 2 S ANTWERP OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PAULDING POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0215 PM OAKWOOD OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PAULDING ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0215 PM COUNTYWIDE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 DEFIANCE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0215 PM COUNTYWIDE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WILLIAMS POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0215 PM HICKSVILLE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 DEFIANCE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
0224 PM VAN WERT OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 VAN WERT 60 MPH GUST.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0225 PM KALIDA OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PUTNAM 63 MPH GUST.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0230 PM ELIDA OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN 73 MPH GUST.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0230 PM OTTAWA OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PUTNAM CINDER BLOCK WALL BLOWN
DOWN AT GROCERY STORE.
LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN
AS WELL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0230 PM OTTAWA OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PUTNAM ROOF BLOWN OFF OF
TRAILER. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM BEAVERDAM OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN
ONTO ITS SIDE. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM COUNTYWIDE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON WIDESPREAD TREES UPROOTED
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM 3 E WAUSEON OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON BARN BLOWN OVER ON
COUNTY ROAD 11.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM SPENCERVILLE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 ALLEN BARN BLOWN DOWN. POWER
LINES AND LARGE LIMBS
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0245 PM COUNTYWIDE OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 HENRY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0256 PM ASSUMPTION OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON TV TOWER BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0319 PM 3 E WAUSEON OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO
CAR AND SMALL BARN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0333 PM 7 NW DELTA OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON WALL BLOWN OUT OF WELL
CONSTRUCTED BARN AT THE
INTERSECTION OF M ROAD
AND 10 ROAD. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM VAN WERT OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 VAN WERT ROOF BLOWN OFF AT MARSH
SUPERMARKET. VEHICLES
DESTROYED BY BLOWN OFF
ROOF. PEOPLE TRAPPED
INSIDE BUILDING. NO
INJURIES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0526 PM 2 S WAUSEON OH NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 FULTON BOARDS OF PLY WOOD BLOWN
OUT OF MOVING VEHICLE ONTO
ANOTHER VEHICLE.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
The KIWX Zone Forecast from Thursday, March 7th, indicated windy conditions and falling temperatures for Saturday March 9th. A Hazardous Weather Outlook was issued at 500 AM EST Friday March 8th, indicating the potential for very windy conditions. A High Wind Watch was issued at 330 pm Friday March 8th, well over 18 hours before the damaging winds began. A High Wind Warning and a very detailed Zone Forecast was issued before 400 AM EST on Saturday March 9th, nearly 9 hours before the damaging winds entered our area! Why was this such an intense cold front with such powerful winds?
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 330 PM EST THU MAR 7 2002 INZ003>005-012-014-MIZ077>079-080900- BERRIEN-CASS_MI-ELKHART-LAPORTE-MARSHALL-ST JOSEPH_IN-ST JOSEPH_MI- STARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON HARBOR...DOWAGIAC...ELKHART... KNOX...MICHIGAN CITY...PLYMOUTH...SOUTH BEND...STURGIS 330 PM EST (230 PM CST) THU MAR 7 2002 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID 40S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARMER. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. BREEZY WITH SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDY AND TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 20 AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR 30 AND HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. $$ INZ006>009-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-080900- ALLEN_IN-BRANCH-DEFIANCE-DEKALB-FULTON_OH-HENRY-HILLSDALE-KOSCIUSKO- LAGRANGE-NOBLE-PAULDING-PUTNAM-STEUBEN-WHITLEY-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...BRYAN...COLDWATER... COLUMBIA CITY...DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...HILLSDALE...KENDALLVILLE... LAGRANGE...NAPOLEON...OTTAWA...PAULDING...WARSAW...WAUSEON 330 PM EST THU MAR 7 2002 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING INTO THE MID 40S. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARMER WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. BREEZY WITH SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TURNING MUCH COLDER. WINDY. MORNING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 20 AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR 30 AND HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-080900- ADAMS-ALLEN_OH-BLACKFORD-CASS_IN-FULTON_IN-GRANT-HUNTINGTON-JAY- MIAMI-PULASKI-VAN WERT-WABASH-WELLS-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...HARTFORD CITY... HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION...MONTICELLO...PERU... PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...VAN WERT...WABASH...WINAMAC 330 PM EST THU MAR 7 2002 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARMER. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. BREEZY WITH SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY. TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDY. MORNING HIGHS IN THE MID 50S...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 20 AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR 30 AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. $$ JT/FISHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 505 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2002 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI- CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN- GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH- PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN- STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSEON...VAN WERT...SWANTON...OTTAWA... NAPOLEON...MONTPELIER...LIMA...HICKSVILLE...FORT SHAWNEE...DELPHOS... DEFIANCE...BRYAN...ARCHBOLD...THREE RIVERS...STURGIS...ST. JOSEPH... NILES...HILLSDALE...FAIR PLAIN...DOWAGIAC...COLDWATER...BUCHANAN... BENTON HEIGHTS...BENTON HARBOR...WINONA LAKE...WINAMAC...WESTVILLE... WARSAW...WABASH...UPLAND...TRI-LAKES...TRAIL CREEK...SYRACUSE... SOUTH BEND...SIMONTON LAKE...ROCHESTER...PORTLAND...PLYMOUTH... PERU...OSSIAN...NORTH MANCHESTER...NEW HAVEN...NAPPANEE... MONTICELLO...MISHAWAKA...MICHIGAN CITY...MARION...LOGANSPORT... LIGONIER...LAGRANGE...LA PORTE...KNOX...KENDALLVILLE...HUNTINGTON... HARTFORD CITY...GULIVOIRE PARK...GRISSOM AFB...GRANGER...GOSHEN... GEORGETOWN...GAS CITY...GARRETT...FORT WAYNE...FAIRMOUNT...ELKHART... DUNLAP...DUNKIRK...DECATUR...COLUMBIA CITY...BUTLER...BREMEN... BLUFFTON...BERNE...AUBURN AND ANGOLA 222 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2002 ...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY... LOW PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...WILL TRACK TOWARDS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SOME OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES INTO CANADA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WINDS OF 40 MPH FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, OR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES, POWER LINES, AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE, AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ FISHER
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI- CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN- GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH- PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN- STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSEON...VAN WERT...SWANTON...OTTAWA... NAPOLEON...MONTPELIER...LIMA...HICKSVILLE...FORT SHAWNEE...DELPHOS... DEFIANCE...BRYAN...ARCHBOLD...THREE RIVERS...STURGIS...ST. JOSEPH... NILES...HILLSDALE...FAIR PLAIN...DOWAGIAC...COLDWATER...BUCHANAN... BENTON HEIGHTS...BENTON HARBOR...WINONA LAKE...WINAMAC...WESTVILLE... WARSAW...WABASH...UPLAND...TRI-LAKES...TRAIL CREEK...SYRACUSE... SOUTH BEND...SIMONTON LAKE...ROCHESTER...PORTLAND...PLYMOUTH... PERU...OSSIAN...NORTH MANCHESTER...NEW HAVEN...NAPPANEE... MONTICELLO...MISHAWAKA...MICHIGAN CITY...MARION...LOGANSPORT... LIGONIER...LAGRANGE...LA PORTE...KNOX...KENDALLVILLE...HUNTINGTON... HARTFORD CITY...GULIVOIRE PARK...GRISSOM AFB...GRANGER...GOSHEN... GEORGETOWN...GAS CITY...GARRETT...FORT WAYNE...FAIRMOUNT...ELKHART... DUNLAP...DUNKIRK...DECATUR...COLUMBIA CITY...BUTLER...BREMEN... BLUFFTON...BERNE...AUBURN AND ANGOLA 249 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. $$ OHARA/BARJENBRUCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 400 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 INZ003>005-014-016-MIZ077>079-092030- BERRIEN-CASS_MI-ELKHART-KOSCIUSKO-LAPORTE-MARSHALL-ST JOSEPH_IN- ST JOSEPH_MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON HARBOR...DOWAGIAC...ELKHART... MICHIGAN CITY...PLYMOUTH...SOUTH BEND...STURGIS...WARSAW 400 AM EST (300 AM CST) SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... .TODAY...RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. SNOW ACCUMULATING LESS THAN AN INCH. TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING. MID MORNING HIGHS AROUND 60...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. .TONIGHT...VERY WINDY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. LOWS NEAR 20. WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. BRISK WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 20. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 45. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. $$ INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-081-092030- BRANCH-DEKALB-HILLSDALE-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STEUBEN-WHITLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...COLDWATER... COLUMBIA CITY...HILLSDALE...KENDALLVILLE...LAGRANGE 400 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS. TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING. LATE MORNING HIGHS IN THE MID 60S...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .TONIGHT...VERY WINDY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS NEAR 20. WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. BRISK WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 20. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 45. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. $$ INZ012-013-015-020-022>024-092030- CASS_IN-FULTON_IN-MIAMI-PULASKI-STARKE-WABASH-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...LOGANSPORT...MONTICELLO...PERU... ROCHESTER...WABASH...WINAMAC 400 AM EST (300 AM CST) SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SHOWERS MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS WELL. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING. LATE MORNING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .TONIGHT...VERY WINDY AND PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES. COLDER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. BRISK WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 20. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 50. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 50. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. $$ INZ018-025>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-092030- ADAMS-ALLEN_IN-ALLEN_OH-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-FULTON_OH-GRANT-HENRY- HUNTINGTON-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-WELLS-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...BRYAN...DECATUR...DEFIANCE... FORT WAYNE...HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...MARION...NAPOLEON... OTTAWA...PAULDING...PORTLAND...VAN WERT...WAUSEON 400 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS. TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING. EARLY AFTERNOON NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN THE MID 60S...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .TONIGHT...VERY WINDY AND PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COLDER. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. BRISK WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 20. .MONDAY...INCREASING CLOUDINESS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 50. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 50. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. $$
Low pressure formed over the Rocky Mountains on Friday morning, March 8th. With bitter cold arctic air in place over the Northern plains and warm moist air over much of the eastern half of the United States, this low developed very rapidly. The low moved to the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region by Friday evening, then quickly moved northeast across Kansas and Iowa, to near the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, a cold front stretching south from the low raced across the Southern Plains Friday night and Saturday morning, then through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley on Saturday.
The contrast in temperatures over the central part of the nation fueled this storm. Temperatures behind the cold front were in the single digits and teens across the Northern Plains, while temperatures ahead of the cold front were in the 60s and 70s. With this huge difference in temperatures, strong winds developed ahead and along the cold front. Strong southerly winds up to 70 and 80 mph occurred just a few thousand feet above the earth�s surface over the IWX County Warning Area. Along the cold front, showers and a few thunderstorms formed, bringing the stronger winds down to the surface, causing widespread wind damage over Northern Indiana, Extreme Southern Lower Michigan, and Northwest Ohio.
At 11:15 am EST (1515 UTC), the cold front was located across eastern Illinois and rapidly racing east. This satellite image from 1515 UTC is overlayed with surface observations in green, and 3 hour pressure tendencies in yellow (change in surface pressure during a 3 hour period). The surface observations show wind direction and speed (gusts are indicated at the end of the arrow, speeds are in knots, and temperatures are in the upper left corner of each station plot).
Notice how the winds in Illinois are out of the west and the winds in Indiana are out of the south at 1515 UTC. The 3 hour pressure falls for this event were tremendous. Notice the dashed yellow lines across Indiana, indicating falling pressure of almost 4 millibars per 3 hours. Behind the front, the solid yellow lines indicate pressure rises of almost 11 millibars per 3 hours. This strong "pressure gradient" helped strengthen the winds at the surface. At the bottom of the page are images from every hour during the afternoon of March 9th. Watch the winds, temperatures and pressure changes as the system moves east across the KIWX County Warning Area. Feel free to drop us a note with any questions.
Due to the advance notice of the expected storm system, emergency managers, law enforcement officials, trained weather spotters, and the general public were all well prepared. As a result, very few injuries were reported across the area. Planning and appropriate actions do make a difference!
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