Overview
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Rainfall from March 31 to April 4, 2026 totaled an impressive 3 to 6 inches across the area. This soggy stretch began with severe thunderstorms on the 31st that produced one tornado and caused instances of hail and damaging wind. In the days that followed, isolated severe thunderstorms occurred as well, including a tornado in Defiance, OH on April 4. High temperatures during this time were generally above normal, but crashed well below normal starting on the 5th in the wake of a cold front. See our stand-alone summary of the March 31 severe storms here. |
 7-Day rainfall total through 8am April 5. Red areas indicate 5 to 6 inches of rain. Yellow areas indicate 2 to 3 inches of rain. Normal rainfall for the entire month of April is about 3.5 to 3.75 inches. |
Flooding
Unseasonably dry conditions late in 2025 and through the winter (Fort Wayne recorded its 8th driest winter on record) resulted in very low stream flows. On March 31, When 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over the Maumee and a portion of the St. Joseph River basins, rivers began to rise quickly. In the coming to days, rivers continued to rise from additional bouts of heavy rain and associated runoff.
Visit water.noaa.gov to see the location of these hygrographs below and see real-time observations.
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| How to intrepreat a hydrograph. Additional information is here. | The St. Joseph River near Newville rose from 8' to 12' in about 6 hours. Additional rain pushed the river to Moderate Flood stage. The forecast crest just over 15' is comparable to May 21, 2020 and the crest of 15.46'. | The Tippecanoe River near Ora rose steadily from about 8' on the 31st all the way to Moderate Flood stage by April 4. The forecast crest near 13.5' is comparable to the 13.3' crest on May 3, 2019. | The Maumee River at Coliseum Blvd in Fort Wayne rose from 7' to 17' between the 31st and April 1st, respectively. The river remained elevated in the days that followed. The crest shy of 19' is comparable to 19.3' on January 13, 2020. |
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| Volunteer precipitaiton observers from CoCoRaHS provided invalueable rain and flooding reports. maps.cocorahs.org | Flooding of Gill Park along the Yellow River in Plymouth, IN on April 4. (Marshall County Emergency Management Agency) | The Kankakee River approaching the bridge deck of W 600 N in southern La Porte County on April 4. The river continued to rise, reaching Minor Flood stage; 10.0'. (La Porte Co EMA) | Flooding in Defiance County, OH, slowed storm damage survey efforts on April 1 (NWS) |
Rain Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 406 PM EDT Sun Apr 5 2026 ....5-DAY PRECIPITATION REPORTS THROUGH THE MORNING OF APRIL 5... Many observations are courtesy of CoCoRaHS. See an interactive map of this data at maps.cocorahs.org. Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Indiana... ...Adams County... 0.8 N Linn Grove 1.90 in 0245 PM 04/05 HADS ...Allen County... Fort Wayne 2.6 NW 5.01 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 8.0 N 4.84 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Hoagland 1.5 SSW 4.79 in 0840 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Ellisville 0.3 W 4.41 in 0730 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 9.3 W 4.37 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 9.1 SE 4.35 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 4.1 NE 4.19 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 2.6 NE 4.06 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Woodburn 2.8 WSW 3.93 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 1.9 SSW 3.80 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne 1.9 S 3.00 in 0545 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fort Wayne International Ap 2.74 in 0254 PM 04/05 ASOS ...Blackford County... Hartford City 4 ESE 2.20 in 0800 AM 04/05 COOP ...Cass County... Young America 2.07 in 0800 AM 04/05 COOP ...De Kalb County... Corunna 1.1 S 5.00 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Hamilton 3.0 ESE 4.34 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Auburn 1.1 NNE 4.13 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 1.7 SE Butler 3.68 in 0715 AM 04/05 COOP ...Elkhart County... Syracuse 2.0 NW 3.78 in 0721 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Syracuse 4.4 NNW 3.44 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 3.0 WSW 3.26 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 1.8 SE 3.19 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Wakarusa 2.4 NNE 3.10 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 1.4 SSE 3.09 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 1.2 SW 3.06 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Nappanee 4.8 NE 3.02 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 4.6 N 2.94 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 3.5 NNW 2.93 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 2.63 in 0253 PM 04/05 ASOS Elkhart 4.8 SW 2.46 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 1 SE Dunlap 1.26 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Goshen 3 SW 1.10 in 0700 PM 04/04 COOP ...Fulton County... Rochester 2.4 NW 3.43 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Grant County... Upland 2.4 SSE 2.43 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 2.2 N Marion 2.16 in 0705 AM 04/05 COOP Marion 5.6 NE 2.08 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Huntington County... Huntington 8.6 N 3.60 in 0900 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 1 W Roanoke 3.52 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Huntington 5.7 ENE 2.80 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Huntington 0.3 W 2.60 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 2.4 NW Warren 1.87 in 0245 PM 04/05 HADS ...Jay County... Portland 2.3 S 1.28 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Kosciusko County... Leesburg 6.7 ESE 5.52 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Warsaw 3.0 SE 4.88 in 0646 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Leesburg 0.1 WNW 4.77 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Warsaw 3.0 SE 4.59 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS North Webster 2.3 N 4.53 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Warsaw 1.2 NNE 4.46 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Warsaw 1.4 N 3.96 in 0631 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Cromwell 2.9 W 3.91 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Milford 0.9 N 3.69 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...La Porte County... La Crosse 1.2 W 3.17 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS La Porte 0.9 SSE 3.04 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS La Porte 1.6 SW 2.87 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Trail Creek 3.0 SE 2.71 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS La Porte 6.8 SW 2.55 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Mill Creek 1.9 NNE 2.40 in 0755 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Lagrange County... Lagrange 9.6 ESE 3.19 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Orland 6.6 SSW 2.66 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS LaGrange 9.9 E 2.61 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS LaGrange 1.3 ENE 2.41 in 0830 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Marshall County... Plymouth 2.5 WSW 5.06 in 0500 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Tippecanoe 0.8 S 4.05 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Plymouth 7.3 NNE 3.22 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Miami County... Denver 0.5 SSE 3.25 in 0715 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Denver 1.3 NE 2.79 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Noble County... Albion 3.7 S 5.47 in 0930 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Albion 2.9 S 5.43 in 0900 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Ligonier 5.3 ENE 3.61 in 0900 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Kendallville 4.5 NW 3.13 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Albion 0.5 N 2.93 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Kendallville 0.5 NW 2.29 in 0745 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Pulaski County... Monterey 2.2 WNW 4.48 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Monterey 1.3 WNW 4.37 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Winamac 3.2 SSE 3.67 in 0900 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 1.3 SW Ora 3.30 in 0245 PM 04/05 COOP Winamac 9.9 NW 3.08 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Francesville 2.81 in 0700 AM 04/05 COOP ...St. Joseph County... New Carlisle 2.86 in 0830 AM 04/05 COOP South Bend 4.6 SSE 2.48 in 0822 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Walkerton 5.7 ENE 2.43 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Mishawaka 3.9 ENE 2.36 in 0720 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Granger 1.8 ENE 2.24 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS South Bend 4.6 SE 2.16 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Starke County... Culver 3.1 WNW 5.45 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Steuben County... Hamilton 1.7 E 5.60 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Angola 8.7 ESE 4.43 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 0.7 E Hamilton 4.37 in 0245 PM 04/05 HADS Angola 8.8 ESE 4.32 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Hudson 4.1 NNW 3.22 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Hudson 4.6 N 3.14 in 0715 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Angola 1.2 S 3.04 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Angola 3.04 in 0630 AM 04/05 COOP Hudson 6.4 WNW 2.79 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Angola 6.2 NW 2.53 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Wabash County... Wabash 1.5 SW 4.72 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Wabash 0.3 NNW 4.71 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Wells County... Bluffton 0.9 SE 3.18 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Ossian 2.4 W 3.03 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Markle 5.1 NE 2.97 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Craigville 2.7 NW 2.48 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Roanoke 4.0 SSE 2.35 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...White County... 5.6 N Badger Grove 2.92 in 0630 AM 04/05 COOP ...Whitley County... Columbia City 0.2 NE 5.15 in 0712 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Columbia City 7.4 N 5.05 in 0710 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Tri-Lakes 3.0 N 4.99 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Columbia City 6.8 NNE 4.80 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Columbia City 4.6 S 4.55 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Columbia City 5.4 N 4.55 in 0804 AM 04/05 COCORAHS South Whitley 2.6 SE 3.55 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Michigan... ...Berrien County... Stevensville 1.7 SSE 3.35 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Buchanan 1.4 ESE 3.15 in 0900 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Niles 2.7 W 3.10 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Baroda 1.3 W 2.99 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS St. Joseph 2.8 SSE 2.84 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 3.7 S Watervliet 2.67 in 0300 PM 04/05 UCOOP Benton Harbor 2.51 in 0253 PM 04/05 ASOS Niles 7.4 SW 2.39 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Shoreham 2.0 SE 2.38 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Baroda 0.7 WSW 1.24 in 0430 PM 04/04 COCORAHS ...Branch County... 1 SSW Coldwater 1.09 in 0142 AM 04/05 AWS ...Cass County... 2 NNW Edwardsburg 2.79 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Niles 3.5 E 2.40 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Hillsdale County... Hillsdale 3.2 SW 2.55 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Hillsdale 2.5 ESE 2.05 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Jonesville 0.2 WSW 1.50 in 0737 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Jonesville 5.9 ENE 1.42 in 0300 PM 04/05 COCORAHS ...St. Joseph County... 2.0 SE Mendon 2.11 in 0300 PM 04/05 UCOOP ...Ohio... ...Allen County... Lima 2.7 NE 3.40 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Lima 7.3 SE 3.23 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Ada 3.0 W 3.21 in 0930 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Delphos 2.3 ESE 3.14 in 0600 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Fulton County... Archbold 4.7 NW 4.79 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Wauseon 1.8 S 4.38 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Archbold 2.4 NW 4.11 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Swanton 4.0 S 4.01 in 0730 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Fayette 4.3 ESE 3.70 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Delta 0.4 ENE 3.34 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Henry County... Napoleon 1.2 SSE 5.16 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Napoleon 1 SW 5.02 in 0700 AM 04/05 COOP Napoleon 0.6 WSW 4.75 in 0800 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Napoleon 4.5 NNW 4.48 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Paulding County... Payne 5.2 S 4.49 in 1000 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Putnam County... Leipsic 5.4 W 5.10 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Ottawa 1.2 ENE 4.01 in 0904 AM 04/05 COCORAHS ...Williams County... Pioneer 2.3 S 4.18 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Bryan 2.1 NNW 3.79 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS 1.2 E Bryan 3.75 in 0800 AM 04/05 COOP Alvordton 0.5 E 3.12 in 0700 AM 04/05 COCORAHS Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Tornadoes
Select a tornado from the table to zoom into the track and view more information. The default table view is limited to 8 tracks, but can be scrolled by a mouse wheel or dynamically expanded. Additionally, the table can fill the entire window by clicking the small circular expanding arrow icon at the very top right of the table and returned to its original size by clicking the button again. The side information panel that opens over the map can be closed using the "X" on the upper right corner of the pop-up. Zoom into the map and click damage points to see detailed information and pictures from the surveys.
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NOTE: times shown below are local to your device's time zone. |
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
| EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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| Tornadoes that fail to impact any ratable damage indicators on the EF-Scale are rated EF-Unknown (EF-U) | |||||
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Radar
Heavy Rain/Flooding
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| Radar at 9:40 pm on March 31st showing the start of the fire hose of scattered showers that moved through overnight. | Loop of the rain following the severe weather on March 31st that occurred overnight into early April 1. Notice how it continued to rain heavily over the same area for the bulk of the time. (Via IEM) | Radar at 8:16am ET on April 1 showing the rain was still going. | Heavy rain continued in NW Indiana/SW Michigan on the morning of April 4, 2026 |
Defiance Tornado
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| Radar image from the early afternoon of April 4th. There was a line of thunderstorms that eventually produced the EF-1 tornado in the Defiance area. Following that is the thin line cold front moving through the area. | Base reflectivity at the time of the Defiance tornado with the severe thunderstorm warning overlayed. | Storm-relative velocity at the time of the Defiance tornado. | Normalized rotation at the time of the Defiance tornado |
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