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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1242 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* AT 1241 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW CARLISLE TO NORTH
LIBERTY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH BEND AND NEW CARLISLE AROUND 1245 AM EDT.
MISHAWAKA, GEORGETOWN, GULIVOIRE PARK, AND ROSELAND AROUND 1250 AM
EDT.
NILES AND GRANGER AROUND 1255 AM EDT.
OSCEOLA AND EDWARDSBURG AROUND 100 AM EDT.
ELKHART AND SIMONTON LAKE AROUND 105 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE JIMTOWN,
LYDICK, INDIAN VILLAGE, BARRON LAKE, ADAMSVILLE, BERTRAND,
CHAIN-O-LAKES, CRUMSTOWN, EAGLE LAKE, AND WOODLAND.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND
91.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
LAT...LON 4182 8601 4160 8592 4150 8648 4158 8649
4165 8649 4165 8650 4170 8650 4192 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 235DEG 46KT 4166 8647 4155 8643
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
CLH
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