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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Wed 06/18/2025 04:26 PM EDT

End Time

Wed 06/18/2025 05:00 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

2 mi WNW of Laketon, IN

Storm Motion

Moving ENE at 62 mph

Impacts

High impact

Tornadopossible
Thunderstorm damage threatconsiderable
Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size<.75 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust70 mph

Locations Affected

Tippecanoe Lake, IN ∙ Cromwell, IN ∙ Etna Green, IN ∙ Tri-Lakes, IN ∙ Warsaw Municipal Airport, IN ∙ Kendallville, IN ∙ Lake Wawasee, IN ∙ Emma, IN ∙ Silver Lake, IN ∙ Indian Lakes, IN

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 426 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Elkhart County in north central Indiana... Noble County in northeastern Indiana... Whitley County in northeastern Indiana... Kosciusko County in north central Indiana... Southern Lagrange County in northeastern Indiana... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 425 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Nappanee to Warsaw to near North Manchester, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Goshen, Warsaw, Kendallville, Columbia City, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Ligonier, Syracuse, Lagrange, Tri-lakes, Middlebury, Avilla, Albion, Churubusco, South Whitley, Milford, Rome City, Topeka, North Webster, and Pierceton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms may cause serious injury and significant property damage. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for north central and northeastern Indiana. && LAT...LON 4172 8561 4157 8519 4153 8519 4126 8528 4125 8531 4118 8531 4118 8534 4112 8534 4104 8583 4104 8591 4123 8605 4148 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 241DEG 54KT 4142 8603 4126 8584 4099 8587 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH