819  
WWUS83 KIWX 180541  
SPSIWX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
141 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
INZ006-MIZ079-080-180615-  
LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH MI-  
141 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN LAGRANGE
 
ST. JOSEPH  
AND WESTERN BRANCH COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM EDT...  
 
AT 141 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT TO NEAR MIDDLEBURY. MOVEMENT  
WAS EAST AT 45 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...  
STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, BRONSON, WHITE PIGEON, CENTREVILLE, COLON,  
NOTTAWA, SCOTT, FAWN RIVER, LEONIDAS, MENDON, BURR OAK, SHIPSHEWANA,  
SHERWOOD, BRIGHTON, KLINGER LAKE, FISHERS LAKE, FAIRFAX, HOWE, AND  
WASEPI.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND  
132.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4173 8520 4161 8565 4207 8561 4207 8519  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 282DEG 37KT 4208 8565 4162 8564  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
MCS  
 
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