450  
WWUS83 KIWX 162023  
SPSIWX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
423 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
INZ018-162045-  
ALLEN IN-  
423 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ALLEN COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 423 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
HUNTERTOWN, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE, 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...  
FORT WAYNE, NEW HAVEN, HUNTERTOWN, WOODBURN, GRABILL, LEO-CEDARVILLE,  
HARLAN, EDGERTON IN ALLEN COUNTY, WALLEN, ZULU, MAPLES, CUBA,  
TILLMAN, ROLLING HILLS, AND TOWNLEY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 30.  
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 301 AND 320.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4101 8531 4125 8518 4126 8480 4100 8480  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 280DEG 25KT 4118 8516  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
MCS  
 
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