946
WWUS53 KIWX 160334
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1134 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
INC087-MIC023-149-160400-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-260316T0400Z/
LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH MI-
1134 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAGRANGE...SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHWESTERN
BRANCH COUNTIES...
AT 1134 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STURGIS,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STURGIS, BRONSON, COLON, NOTTAWA, FAWN RIVER, BURR OAK, BRIGHTON,
HOWE, WASEPI, FINDLEY, MATTESON LAKE, AND FAIRFAX.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND
132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4170 8543 4192 8550 4198 8540 4195 8508
4174 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 238DEG 51KT 4185 8533
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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