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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
403 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DECATUR                 40.83N 84.93W
05/23/2019                   ADAMS              IN   PUBLIC

            1 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED.

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE ROLLING HILLS     41.05N 85.26W
05/23/2019                   ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO SIX INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN, MEASURED
            68 MPH GUST HOME WEATHER STATION. NUMEROUS
            REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES.

0513 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N ROLLING HILLS       41.05N 85.26W
05/23/2019                   ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWNED, MINOR ROOF
            DAMAGE FROM LIMBS.

0513 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N ROLLING HILLS       41.05N 85.26W
05/23/2019  M76 MPH          ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED FROM ANEMOMETER ON ROOFTOP BEFORE
            IT WAS DESTROYED.

0510 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 ESE DUNFEE            41.08N 85.32W
05/23/2019  E60 MPH          ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0528 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 ENE NINE MILE         40.99N 85.19W
05/23/2019  M56 MPH          ALLEN              IN   ASOS

            FORT WAYNE AIRPORT OFFICIAL OBSERVATION.

0525 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE FORT WAYNE         41.08N 85.13W
05/23/2019                   ALLEN              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TWO TREES DOWN, ONE INTO A HOUSE AND CARS,
            THE OTHER BLOCKING INTERSECTION. NO WORD ON
            INJURIES.

0423 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LOGANSPORT              40.76N 86.36W
05/23/2019                   CASS               IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            1 TO 3 FT DIAMETER TREES DOWNED ON HOUSE ON
            HIGH STREET. ROOF DAMAGE FROM THE FALLEN
            TREE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW HAMILTON          41.51N 84.92W
05/23/2019                   DE KALB            IN   PUBLIC

            SNAPPED TREE LAYING ON POWER LINE. SR 427
            NORTH JUST PAST CR 4 NEAR HAMILTON, IN. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0435 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW BRISTOL           41.67N 85.85W
05/23/2019                   ELKHART            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWNED. APPEARS HEALTHY.
            SEVERAL 1 FT DIAMETER LIMBS DOWNED AROUND
            THE AREA.

0430 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WAKARUSA                41.54N 86.02W
05/23/2019                   ELKHART            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RELAYED REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER. VERY
            LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN.

0445 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW BENTON             41.52N 85.78W
05/23/2019                   ELKHART            IN   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF 4-6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.
            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0425 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE ROCHESTER         41.07N 86.19W
05/23/2019                   FULTON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THE ROOF OF AN AUTO BODY
            SHOP.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCHESTER               41.06N 86.20W
05/23/2019                   FULTON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 TO 2 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWNED ON A CAR.
            NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER
            LINES DOWNED IN THE AREA.

1201 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E ROSEBURG            40.52N 85.70W
05/23/2019                   GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MARION.
            SPOTTER SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED 38TH STREET
            WHICH HAD A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E ROSEBURG            40.52N 85.70W
05/23/2019                   GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG
            REPORT FROM 1 E ROSEBURG. TREES AND POWER
            LINES DOWN IN MARION. SPOTTER SPECIFICALLY
            MENTIONED 38TH STREET WHICH HAD A TREE DOWN
            ON A HOUSE.

0502 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW HUNTINGTON         40.90N 85.54W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON ROADS, TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

0435 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT ETNA              40.74N 85.56W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   PUBLIC

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A PUMP HOUSE AND
            SEVERAL VERY LARGE, HEALTHY 2 TO 4 FT
            DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED. SEVERAL 1 TO 2 FT
            DIAMETER LIMBS DOWNED.

0512 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W MOUNT ETNA          40.74N 85.57W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF A SEMI BLOWN OVER AT INTERSECTION
            OF SR9 AND SR124.

0510 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE HUNTINGTON        40.87N 85.50W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF TREE DOWN AND ESTIMATED 55-60 MPH
            WINDS IN CITY OF HUNTINGTON.

0509 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW ROANOKE           40.97N 85.38W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN, TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0503 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT ETNA              40.74N 85.56W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A CHURCH, AND TO
            THE MT ETNA FIRE DEPARTMENT NEXT DOOR, TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0502 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE GOBLESVILLE       41.00N 85.47W
05/23/2019                   HUNTINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALONG SR 9 NEAR THE WHITLEY AND HUNTINGTON
            COUNTY LINE. LARGE TREE SNAPPED IN
            HALF-ABOUT 1 TO 2 FT DIAMETER, DOWNED ON A
            HOUSE. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS ALSO SCATTERED
            ABOUT, SOME ON THE ROOF. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.

0440 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTH WEBSTER           41.33N 85.70W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 13 IN NORTH
            WEBSTER, TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0439 AM     LIGHTNING        1 SSW CLUNETTE          41.30N 85.93W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   PUBLIC

            TREE DAMAGE DUE TO LIGHTNING. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0437 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PALESTINE               41.18N 85.95W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED OR SNAPPED IN
            HALF AT A RESIDENCE. ONE TREE FELL INTO THE
            HOUSE AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE. TREES ROUGHLY
            1 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. POWER LINES WERE
            ALSO DOWNED NEARBY.

0437 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE LEESBURG          41.34N 85.82W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            2 FT DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWNED ON A
            POWERLINE, APPEARS MOSTLY HEALTHY.

0437 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MONOQUET                41.28N 85.86W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            1FT DIAMETER BLUE SPRUCE TREE PARTIALLY
            UPROOTED. SAME LOCATION AS EARLIER 60 MPH
            REPORT.

0437 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE WINONA LAKE        41.23N 85.80W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            ROOF DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY LODGE ON THE EAST
            SIDE OF WARSAW. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AROUND
            WINONA LAKE AND WARSAW.

0437 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 S MONOQUET            41.28N 85.86W
05/23/2019  E60 MPH          KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            .

0429 AM     TSTM WND GST     MENTONE                 41.18N 86.04W
05/23/2019  M73 MPH          KOSCIUSKO          IN   MESONET

            .

0446 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N NORTH WEBSTER       41.36N 85.70W
05/23/2019  M61 MPH          KOSCIUSKO          IN   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION MEASUREMENT.

0445 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW WINONA LAKE       41.23N 85.82W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   PUBLIC

            BRANCHES DOWN AND A CHIMNEY BLOWN OFF ROOF.

0440 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BIG BARBEE LAKE         41.29N 85.70W
05/23/2019                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY
            13, TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE HOWE              41.74N 85.41W
05/23/2019                   LAGRANGE           IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            BARN DESTROYED ON N100 E BETWEEN E 600 N AND
            E 700 N.

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW HOWE              41.71N 85.45W
05/23/2019                   LAGRANGE           IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED JUST WEST
            OF HOWE ALONG W 450 N.

0450 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W TOPEKA              41.54N 85.58W
05/23/2019                   LAGRANGE           IN   PUBLIC

            A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0448 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E MIDDLEBURY          41.68N 85.64W
05/23/2019                   LAGRANGE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE SILO OR TALL STORAGE BIN DOWNED AT
            HERITAGE CREAMERY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0500 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOWE                    41.72N 85.43W
05/23/2019                   LAGRANGE           IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IN
            AND AROUND HOWE. POWER OUT.

0428 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW ETNA GREEN        41.29N 86.08W
05/23/2019                   MARSHALL           IN   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN ON US 30 EAST OF BOURBON.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ARGOS                   41.24N 86.25W
05/23/2019                   MARSHALL           IN   PUBLIC

            SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN AREA. LARGE WOOD
            PLAYPEN TOSSED SEVERAL YARDS.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE TALMA             41.19N 86.30W
05/23/2019                   MARSHALL           IN   PUBLIC

            6-12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN ON A
            HOUSE.

0503 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WOLCOTTVILLE            41.53N 85.37W
05/23/2019                   NOBLE              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF LOTS OF TREES DOWN
            IN WOLCOTTVILLE AND POWER OUT. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N WOODLAND            41.61N 86.18W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREES DOWN AT THE FERRISVILLE CEMETERY
            AT THE CORNER OF KERN AND 331. POWERLINES
            ALSO DOWNED. PER WSBT.

0415 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N GULIVOIRE PARK      41.63N 86.24W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED, FELL AND
            CRUSHED THREE CARS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S MISHAWAKA           41.64N 86.18W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND EAST SIDE
            OF MISHAWAKA ALONG US 331 AND BREMEN HWY.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S GRANGER             41.72N 86.14W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD AT US 331 AND
            CLEVELAND ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0415 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKEVILLE               41.53N 86.27W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   PUBLIC

            TWO 1 TO 2 FT DIAMETER HEALTHY TREES DOWNED.
            RELAYED VIA ABC57.

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S ANGOLA              41.62N 85.00W
05/23/2019                   STEUBEN            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS LIMBS, TREES AND
            POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0514 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ORLAND                  41.73N 85.17W
05/23/2019                   STEUBEN            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AND TREES
            UPROOTED AND ROADS CLOSED. ORLAND TO
            PLEASANT LAKE AREA.

0530 AM     TSTM WND GST     BLUFFTON                40.74N 85.17W
05/23/2019  M70 MPH          WELLS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER



0538 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BLUFFTON                40.74N 85.17W
05/23/2019                   WELLS              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            70 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED WITH POWER OUTAGES
            AND TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW COLUMBIA CITY      41.16N 85.49W
05/23/2019                   WHITLEY            IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1
            NW COLUMBIA CITY. ESTIMATED 6-10 INCH TREE
            DIAMETER BRANCH DOWN NEAR LINE ST AND NORTH
            ST (COLUMBIA CITY). LOOKS LIKE SOME GUTTER
            AND SHINGLE DAMAGE TO HOME. CLEANUP
            UNDERWAY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0448 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S WASHINGTON CENTER   41.03N 85.51W
05/23/2019                   WHITLEY            IN   PUBLIC

            ANCHORED PLAYSET FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.
            ANCHORED TRAMPOLINE THROWN 200 FT INTO TREE
            LINE. SMALL LIMBS DOWN.

0523 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COLDWATER               41.94N 85.00W
05/23/2019                   BRANCH             MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES UPROOTED, BLOWN OVER AND POWER LINES
            DOWN. RELAYED VIA PUBLIC.

0540 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HILLSDALE               41.93N 84.64W
05/23/2019                   HILLSDALE          MI   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES REPORTED SNAPPED OR
            UPROOTED AROUND HILLSDALE. SOME POWER LINES
            DOWNED.

0537 AM     TSTM WND DMG     READING                 41.84N 84.75W
05/23/2019                   HILLSDALE          MI   PUBLIC

            POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0501 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COLON                   41.96N 85.32W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL HEALTHY, LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR
            SNAPPED. AROUND 1 TO 2 FT DIAMETER.
            TRAMPOLINE MANGLED AND BLOWN DOWN THE ROAD.

0530 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CONSTANTINE             41.84N 85.67W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY.
            SPECIFICALLY, AT CLEVELAND ROAD AND FIR
            ROAD, ASH ROAD AND DUNN ROAD, RILEY ROAD AT
            OAK ROAD, AND MERRIFIELD DRIVE AND
            SPRINGMILL DRIVE. AS WELL AS NEAR 131. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0430 AM     TSTM WND DMG     STURGIS                 41.80N 85.42W
05/23/2019                   ST. JOSEPH         MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM
            STURGIS. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE
            STURGIS AREA.

0600 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DEFIANCE                41.28N 84.36W
05/23/2019                   DEFIANCE           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED AROUND DEFIANCE OH
            COUNTY. WINDS PICKED UP A SET OF BLEACHERS,
            TOOK OUT A FENCE AND DRPOPED THEM ON THE
            FOOTBALL FIELD AT AYERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
            TREE ON SR 249. TREE ON HOUSE ON HOPKINS ST.
            A LARGE TREE FELL ON A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK IN
            AYERSVILLE. HARDING ROAD HAS POWER LINES
            DOWN.

0549 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE ARCHBOLD           41.53N 84.29W
05/23/2019                   FULTON             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE DOWNED ACROSS CR 22 BETWEEN ROADS
            D AND E.

0620 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NAPOLEON                41.40N 84.13W
05/23/2019                   HENRY              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG
            REPORT FROM NAPOLEON. TREES DOWN IN AND
            AROUND HENRY COUNTY.

0609 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NAPOLEON                41.40N 84.13W
05/23/2019                   HENRY              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            1 FT DIAMETER HEALTHY TREE LIMBE DOWNED.

0554 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW CHARLOE           41.19N 84.46W
05/23/2019                   PAULDING           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS LARGE LIMBS AND TREES DOWN ACROSS
            THE COUNTY. SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN AND 2
            BARNS DAMAGED ON SR111 BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS
            133 AND 139.

0555 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N GROVER HILL         41.04N 84.48W
05/23/2019                   PAULDING           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEMI BLOWN OVER ON SR 637 NORTH OF GROVER
            HILL. DRIVER TRAPPED. NO WORD ON INJURIES.

0628 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEIPSIC                 41.10N 83.99W
05/23/2019                   PUTNAM             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN IN LEIPSIC. REPORT OF
            SCHOOLS DELAYING DUE TO POWER OUTAGES.

0553 AM     TSTM WND DMG     VAN WERT                40.86N 84.58W
05/23/2019                   VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE FELL INTO A CAR, AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
            REPORTED IN TOWN. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND
            SOME ON POWER LINES.

0610 AM     TSTM WND GST     VAN WERT                40.87N 84.59W
05/23/2019  M60 MPH          VAN WERT           OH   MESONET

            MESONET STATION FW4002 VAN WERT.

0606 AM     TSTM WND DMG     VAN WERT                40.87N 84.58W
05/23/2019                   VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A NUMBER OF TREES REPORTED DOWN AT NUMEROUS
            LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF VAN WERT.

0549 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N CONVOY              40.94N 84.71W
05/23/2019                   VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEMI BLOWN OVER ON US 30 JUST WEST OF STATE
            RT 49.


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