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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
346 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025


INC017-049-091-099-131-141-149-182015-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-250618T2015Z/
St. Joseph IN-Fulton IN-Pulaski IN-Cass IN-Starke IN-Marshall IN-
La Porte IN-
346 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM
EDT/315 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOSEPH...FULTON...PULASKI...
NORTHWESTERN CASS...STARKE...WESTERN MARSHALL AND LA PORTE
COUNTIES...

At 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from near Westville to near Knox to near Logansport,
moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated and frequent lightning.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
South Bend, La Porte, Logansport, Plymouth, Rochester, Westville,
Knox, Winamac, Walkerton, North Liberty, North Judson, Argos,
Kingsford Heights, Culver, Wanatah, Royal Center, Hamlet, Lakeville,
Koontz Lake, and Pulaski.

This includes Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 38 and
42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/ for
north central and northwestern Indiana.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4160 8693 4168 8628 4097 8619 4070 8638
      4069 8652 4074 8652 4074 8658 4091 8658
      4091 8671 4108 8681 4130 8682 4142 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 217DEG 56KT 4154 8682 4128 8658 4071 8640 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

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