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WWUS83 KIWX 200500
SPSIWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1200 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
INZ012-014-103-104-203-204-200530-
EASTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-WESTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-NORTHERN LA PORTE IN-
MARSHALL IN-SOUTHERN LA PORTE IN-STARKE IN-
1200 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ST. JOSEPH
NORTHEASTERN
STARKE...NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1230 AM EST/1130 PM CST/...
AT 1159 PM EST/1059 PM CST/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER KOONTZ LAKE, OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLYMOUTH, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH BEND, PLYMOUTH, BREMEN, GULIVOIRE PARK, WALKERTON, NORTH
LIBERTY, NEW CARLISLE, KINGSFORD HEIGHTS, CULVER, HAMLET, LAKEVILLE,
KOONTZ LAKE, OAK GROVE, LA PAZ, KINGSBURY, OBER, TEEGARDEN, SALEM
HEIGHTS, FISH LAKE, AND CRUMSTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA NEAR MILE MARKER 63.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4175 8651 4154 8606 4148 8606 4117 8640
4117 8646 4148 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 215DEG 35KT 4143 8650
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
MCD
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