248  
WWUS53 KIWX 181802  
SVSIWX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
202 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
INC141-181812-  
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-260518T1830Z/  
ST. JOSEPH IN-  
202 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IS  
CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED  
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR  
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...AND SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4158 8566 4153 8590 4151 8605 4187 8604  
4207 8610 4207 8568 4194 8565  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 236DEG 40KT 4224 8580 4184 8576 4155 8578  
 

 
 
INC039-MIC027-149-181830-  
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-260518T1830Z/  
ELKHART IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-  
202 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT  
FOR ELKHART...CASS AND WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES...  
 
AT 202 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MATTAWAN TO NEAR CONSTANTINE TO NEAR GOSHEN,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ELKHART, GOSHEN, THREE RIVERS, SIMONTON LAKE, DUNLAP, MIDDLEBURY,  
CONSTANTINE, CASSOPOLIS, WAKARUSA, BRISTOL, WHITE PIGEON, MARCELLUS,  
UNION, PENN, MOTTVILLE, VANDALIA, LA GRANGE, ADAMSVILLE, JUNO LAKE,  
AND DONNELL LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND  
108.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4158 8566 4153 8590 4151 8605 4187 8604  
4207 8610 4207 8568 4194 8565  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 236DEG 40KT 4224 8580 4184 8576 4155 8578  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
DN  
 
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