July 21st 2005 Severe Storms

Severe Thunderstorms Strike Portions of Northern Indiana, far southern Lower Michigan and northwest Ohio

Hot, moist and extremely unstable conditions aided in rapid thunderstorm development across far northwestern Indiana around 2 pm EST. Initially a lone thunderstorm developed over northeastern Porter county, which rapidly intensified and became severe as the moved into Laporte county Indiana. Fig 1 below gives a look inside the severe thunderstorm. This view is called a Reflectivity Cross Section (RCS). A short but intense line of storms quickly developed south of this initial storm. This line would become the dominant damage producer across far northern Indiana as well as parts of far southern Lower Michigan and northwest Ohio.  The majority of the significant wind damage occurred from Laporte county, across southern St Joseph and northern Marshall counties and east from there. The strongest winds appear to have struck southern St Joseph county in Indian from North Liberty to Lakeville and then east from there.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR JULY 21,  2005
  

.TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
  
            ..REMARKS..  
  
0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SE WESTVILLE          41.47N 86.81W   
07/21/2005                   LA PORTE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN IN UNION MILLS  
  
0333 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTH LIBERTY           41.53N 86.43W   
07/21/2005                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTH LIBERTY           41.53N 86.43W   
07/21/2005                   ST. JOSEPH         IN   AMATEUR RADIO     
  
            TREES DOWN ACROSS SR 23  
  
0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LA PORTE                41.61N 86.71W   
07/21/2005                   LA PORTE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY  
  
0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NW PLYMOUTH          41.45N 86.45W   
07/21/2005                   MARSHALL           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0358 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WNW NORTH JUDSON      41.25N 86.88W   
07/21/2005                   STARKE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN  
  
0408 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W NAPPANEE            41.45N 86.02W   
07/21/2005  65 MPH           ELKHART            IN   AMATEUR RADIO     
  
0424 PM     HAIL             2 N MONTEREY            41.19N 86.48W   
07/21/2005  1.00 INCH        STARKE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO     
  
0424 PM     TSTM WND GST     GOSHEN                  41.58N 85.84W   
07/21/2005  59 MPH           ELKHART            IN   ASOS              
  
0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BREMEN                  41.45N 86.15W   
07/21/2005                   MARSHALL           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN  
  
0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N WINAMAC             41.15N 86.60W   
07/21/2005                   PULASKI            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SYRACUSE                41.42N 85.75W   
07/21/2005                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE  
  
            VERY LARGE LIMB AND POWER LINES DOWN  
  
0452 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCHESTER               41.06N 86.20W   
07/21/2005                   FULTON             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            LARGE TREE DOWN   
  
0507 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N WOLCOTTVILLE        41.54N 85.37W   
07/21/2005                   LAGRANGE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREE DOWN  
  
0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOPEKA                  41.54N 85.54W   
07/21/2005                   NOBLE              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREE DOWN  
  
0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ANGOLA                  41.64N 85.00W   
07/21/2005                   STEUBEN            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURN                  41.36N 85.06W   
07/21/2005                   DE KALB            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            2 LARGE TREES DOWN  
  
0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW HAVEN               41.07N 85.03W   
07/21/2005                   ALLEN              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HILLSDALE               41.93N 84.64W   
07/21/2005                   HILLSDALE          MI   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN  
  
0620 PM     HAIL             ANTWERP                 41.18N 84.74W   
07/21/2005  1.00 INCH        PAULDING           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HICKSVILLE              41.29N 84.77W   
07/21/2005                   DEFIANCE           OH   AMATEUR RADIO     
  
            NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN  
  
0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 W BRYAN              41.47N 84.76W   
07/21/2005                   WILLIAMS           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN EGERTON  
  
0645 PM     HAIL             REYNOLDS                40.75N 86.87W   
07/21/2005  0.88 INCH        WHITE              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CONTINENTAL             41.10N 84.27W   
07/21/2005                   PUTNAM             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            SEVERAL TREES DOWN  
  
0707 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KALIDA                  40.99N 84.20W   
07/21/2005                   PUTNAM             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0707 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLER CITY             41.10N 84.13W   
07/21/2005                   PUTNAM             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            TREES DOWN  
  
0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DELPHOS                 40.84N 84.34W   
07/21/2005                   VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN WITHN THE   
            700/800 BLOCK ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CITY LIMITS.   
  
0718 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E DELPHOS             40.84N 84.32W   
07/21/2005                   ALLEN              OH   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE  
  
            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN AT THE CORNER  
            OF FRANKLIN AND 6TH ST ON THE EAST SIDE OF CITY LIMITS.  
  
0719 PM     TSTM WND GST     DELPHOS                 40.84N 84.34W   
07/21/2005  60 MPH           VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
0810 PM     HAIL             REYNOLDS                40.75N 86.87W   
07/21/2005  0.75 INCH        WHITE              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
0815 PM     HAIL             3 S MONON               40.82N 86.88W   
07/21/2005  0.75 INCH        WHITE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0825 PM     HAIL             REYNOLDS                40.75N 86.87W   
07/21/2005  1.00 INCH        WHITE              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
  
FISHER  
 

Radar Images from this Event

Fig 1: Reflectivity Cross Section of Severe Storm in Laporte and Porter counties	Fig 2: Base Reflectivity Image (332 pm EST) at peak of damaging winds
Fig 3:  Base velocity data at (332 pm EST) 2032Z.	Fig 4: Zoomed in view of Fig 3 image