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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1245 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
INZ103-MIZ277-310530-
NORTHERN LA PORTE IN-SOUTHERN BERRIEN MI-
1245 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN LA PORTE AND
SOUTHWESTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT/1230 AM CDT/...
AT 1245 AM EDT/1145 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BEVERLY SHORES, OR NEAR MICHIGAN CITY,
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
MICHIGAN CITY, LA PORTE, TRAIL CREEK, NEW BUFFALO, THREE OAKS, LONG
BEACH, POTTAWATTAMIE PARK, SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL, SHOREWOOD-TOWER
HILLS-HARBERT, MICHIANA SHORES, GRAND BEACH, MICHIANA, UNION PIER,
WATERFORD, NEW TROY, HARBERT, FISH LAKE, OTIS, SAWYER, AND LAKESIDE
IN BERRIEN COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 61.
INTERSTATE 94 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 45.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 4182 8672 4189 8663 4190 8653 4155 8652
4159 8693 4171 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 266DEG 39KT 4173 8700
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MCD
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