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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
640 PM EST THU FEB 19 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1053 AM TSTM WND GST 2 NW BENTON 41.53N 85.78W
02/19/2026 M67 MPH ELKHART IN ASOS
ASOS STATION KGSH GOSHEN.
0505 AM HAIL 1 N WABASH 40.82N 85.83W
02/19/2026 M1.50 INCH WABASH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
COMPLETELY COVERED THE GROUND WITH STONES
RANGING FROM HALF TO 1.5 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0910 AM HAIL 1 E DUNKIRK 40.75N 86.38W
02/19/2026 M1.50 INCH CASS IN PUBLIC
0211 PM HAIL 2 E OSSIAN 40.88N 85.14W
02/19/2026 M1.00 INCH WELLS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0505 AM HAIL ROANN 40.91N 85.92W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH WABASH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
STREETS AND LAWNS WERE COVERED IN STONES
RANGING UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0115 PM HAIL 1 N HUNTINGTON 40.90N 85.51W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH HUNTINGTON IN PUBLIC
LOTS OF PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW
HAILSTONES TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
0100 PM HAIL BIPPUS 40.94N 85.62W
02/19/2026 E0.70 INCH HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL, WITH SOME AS LARGE AS
DIMES.
0145 PM HAIL 2 W OSSIAN 40.88N 85.21W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH WELLS IN COCORAHS
HAIL FELL FOR 20 MINUTES.
0940 AM HAIL 3 S ROYAL CENTER 40.82N 86.50W
02/19/2026 M0.70 INCH CASS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0546 AM HAIL 1 ENE PEABODY 41.09N 85.47W
02/19/2026 M1.50 INCH WHITLEY IN COCORAHS
MEASURED JUST OVER 1.5 INCH HAIL STONE.
0546 AM HAIL 1 S PEABODY 41.08N 85.49W
02/19/2026 M1.25 INCH WHITLEY IN PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0601 AM HAIL 1 NW ARCOLA 41.12N 85.31W
02/19/2026 E1.25 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
PICTURE RELAYED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE OF
SEVERAL HAILSTONES OVER 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0621 AM HAIL 2 N WALLEN 41.19N 85.17W
02/19/2026 M1.25 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
PICTURES SHARED ON FACEBOOK OF LOTS OF
SMALLER HAIL, BUT AT LEAST 1 HAIL STONE THE
SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR.
0555 AM HAIL 2 WNW COESSE 41.14N 85.43W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH WHITLEY IN NWS EMPLOYEE
OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTING LOTS OF
MAINLY PEA SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW LARGER
PIECES OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE NOTED.
0515 AM HAIL NORTH MANCHESTER 41.00N 85.77W
02/19/2026 M1.00 INCH WABASH IN PUBLIC
0400 AM HAIL LAKE CICOTT 40.76N 86.52W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH CASS IN PUBLIC
PICTURE SHARED BY EMA OF A ESTIMATED 1 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL STONE.
0412 AM HAIL 1 NNE DUNKIRK 40.77N 86.39W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH CASS IN EMERGENCY MNGR
PICTURE FROM EM OF AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.
0430 AM HAIL HOOVER 40.81N 86.20W
02/19/2026 M1.00 INCH CASS IN EMERGENCY MNGR
EM SENT PICTURE OF AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.
0631 AM HAIL 3 SW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.19N 85.06W
02/19/2026 E1.00 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0633 AM HAIL 2 SSW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.19N 85.03W
02/19/2026 M1.00 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0639 AM HAIL LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.21N 85.02W
02/19/2026 M1.00 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
REPORTED AS TOONIE SIZED - 1.1 INCH.
0406 AM HAIL 1 NE GEORGETOWN 40.75N 86.48W
02/19/2026 E0.88 INCH CASS IN PUBLIC
PICTURE FROM PUBLIC RELAYED BY EMA. LOCATION
WEST OF FRANCE PARK.
0555 AM HAIL 3 SW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.19N 85.06W
02/19/2026 E0.75 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
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