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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1118 PM EDT TUE OCT 13 2026
INZ103-104-204-MIZ078-079-177-277-140400-
EASTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-WESTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-NORTHERN LA PORTE IN-
NORTHERN BERRIEN MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-CASS MI-SOUTHERN BERRIEN MI-
1118 PM EDT TUE OCT 13 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH
NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE...CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT
EDT/1100 PM CDT/...
AT 1118 PM EDT/1018 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BENTON HEIGHTS TO NEAR
STEVENSVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
45 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, MICHIGAN CITY, NILES, BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH,
DOWAGIAC, BUCHANAN, BENTON HEIGHTS, FAIR PLAIN, GRANGER, BRIDGMAN,
NEW BUFFALO, NEW CARLISLE, BERRIEN SPRINGS, CASSOPOLIS, WATERVLIET,
THREE OAKS, COLOMA, MARCELLUS, AND LONG BEACH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 76.
INTERSTATE 94 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 45.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4221 8622 4207 8622 4207 8566 4174 8620
4165 8643 4174 8686 4184 8669 4190 8662
4211 8649 4222 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 284DEG 40KT 4217 8639 4200 8661 4181 8698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
FISHER
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