515  
NWUS53 KIWX 051110  
LSRIWX  
 
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
710 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
 
..REMARKS..  
 
0900 AM FLOOD COLOMA 42.19N 86.31W  
04/04/2026 BERRIEN MI PUBLIC  
 
DELAYED REPORT. WASHOUT ALONG THE CSX GRAND  
RAPIDS SUBDIVISION HAS OCCURRED NEAR COLOMA.  
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.  
 
0900 AM FLOOD STEVENSVILLE 42.01N 86.52W  
04/04/2026 BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
DELAYED REPORT. FLOODING IN THE PARK IS UP  
TO HORIZONTAL PART OF THE BENCH IN THE PARK.  
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.  
 
0218 PM TSTM WND DMG DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W  
04/04/2026 DEFIANCE OH EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
DELAYED REPORT, FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES  
INCLUDING EMA, DEFIANCE PD, BROADCAST MEDIA,  
TRAINED SPOTTERS, TAND THE PUBLIC. NUMEROUS  
REPORTS OF LARGE TREES DOWNED, UPROOTED, OR  
SNAPPED (VARIOUS DEGREES OF HEALTH) FROM A  
VARIETY OF SOURCES AROUND DEFIANCE. DAMAGE  
TO BUILDINGS-ESPECIALLY SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.  
THERE WERE A FEW LOCATIONS IN TOWN WITH MORE  
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, LIKE ST MARYS  
CHURCH. RIVERSIDE CEMETERY ALSO HAD AN  
ABUNDANCE OF TREE DAMAGE. POWERLINES WERE  
ALSO REPORTED DOWNED OR LEANING. SOME  
LOCATIONS LIKE THE KFC AND A CHURCH CALLED  
THE GATHERING PLACE ON CLINTON ST HAD SIGN  
DAMAGE. THERE WAS SIDING BLOWN OFF SEVERAL  
BUILDINGS AND A TIPPED OVER CONSTRUCTION  
TRAILER THAT FELL ON A VEHICLE. THERE WAS A  
REPORT ON JERICHO RD BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND  
HICKSVILLE OF A BARN THAT WAS DESTROYED-BUT  
EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. TIME WAS  
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.  
 
0218 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE BRUNERSBURG 41.30N 84.37W  
04/04/2026 DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC  
 
POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT CAME IN FROM MPING.  
 
0220 PM FLOOD DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W  
04/04/2026 DEFIANCE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT  
 
DELAYED REPORT. PICTURES FROM DEFIANCE PD  
ONLINE SHOW FLOODING AT SEVERAL  
LOCATIONS/PARKS AROUND DEFIANCE NEAR THE  
AUGLAIZE AND MAUMEE RIVERS. THE TIME IS  
BASED ON THE MAIN STORM THAT IMPACTED THE  
AREA, BUT LIKELY WAS CUMULATIVE FROM THE  
RECENT HEAVY RAINS IN THE EVENTS OVER THE  
PAST FEW DAYS.  
 
0223 PM TSTM WND DMG DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W  
04/04/2026 DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC  
 
POWER LINES DOWN IN DEFIANCE. TIME ESTIMATED  
BY RADAR.  
 
0511 PM HAIL 1 E VAN WERT 40.87N 84.57W  
04/04/2026 M0.25 INCH VAN WERT OH PUBLIC  
 
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.  
 
 
 
 
 
MCD  
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