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WWUS83 KIWX 161943
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
343 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
INZ005-MIZ078-162015-
ELKHART IN-CASS MI-
343 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ELKHART AND
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 343 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SIMONTON LAKE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
ELKHART, SIMONTON LAKE, BRISTOL, UNION, ADAMSVILLE, JUNO LAKE, AND
EAGLE LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND
102.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4181 8576 4180 8576 4179 8577 4178 8579
4177 8579 4176 8578 4176 8576 4167 8576
4171 8606 4182 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 279DEG 24KT 4176 8599
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MCS
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