397  
WWUS83 KIWX 182027  
SPSIWX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
 
INZ012-103-203-182100-  
NORTHERN LA PORTE IN-SOUTHERN LA PORTE IN-STARKE IN-  
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN STARKE AND CENTRAL  
LA PORTE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...  
 
AT 327 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
WANATAH, OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALPARAISO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LA PORTE, KINGSFORD HEIGHTS, WANATAH, HAMLET, LA CROSSE, KOONTZ LAKE,  
HANNA, KINGSBURY, THOMASTON, SOUTH CENTER, SALEM HEIGHTS, SOUTH  
WANATAH, TRACY, STILLWELL, UNION MILLS, AND HASKELL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4150 8693 4163 8664 4148 8652 4143 8652  
4143 8649 4141 8647 4140 8647 4131 8693  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 240DEG 35KT 4140 8692  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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