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WWUS83 KIWX 180506
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
106 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
INZ015-017-022>025-032-116-216-180530-
MIAMI IN-WABASH IN-WHITLEY IN-HUNTINGTON IN-SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO IN-
CASS IN-NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO IN-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-
106 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WABASH...WESTERN GRANT
SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY...WESTERN HUNTINGTON...EASTERN FULTON...
KOSCIUSKO...EASTERN CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT...
AT 106 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MENTONE TO NEAR MEXICO TO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION, WARSAW, PERU, WABASH, NORTH MANCHESTER, GAS CITY, WINONA
LAKE, FAIRMOUNT, GRISSOM AFB, JONESBORO, SWEETSER, AKRON, NORTH
WEBSTER, WALTON, PIERCETON, MENTONE, SWAYZEE, BUNKER HILL, LA
FONTAINE, AND MEXICO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4057 8587 4056 8630 4117 8610 4117 8605
4128 8606 4140 8566 4073 8562 4038 8562
4038 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 287DEG 60KT 4125 8602 4084 8611 4038 8627
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MCS
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