Strong gusty winds occured along a line of showers that developed ahead of a cold front this morning. Very impressive wind gust speeds were recorded that resulted in downed trees and powerlines across the area. As of 6 PM Sunday thousands of customers were without power. The area was also under a wind advisory today as strong winds continued behind the cold front. The following is a summary of wind gusts and damage today.
...MAXIMUM OBSERVED WINDS... CITY COUNTY STATE WIND MPH DATE TIME METZ STEUBEN IN 83.0 12/23/07 0600 AM LA PORTE LA PORTE IN 72.0 12/23/07 0418 AM SOUTH BEND AIRPORT ST JOSEPH IN 62.0 12/23/07 0432 AM MICHIGAN CITY LTHOUSE LA PORTE IN 62.0 12/23/07 0430 AM 3 SW NORTH WEBSTER KOSCIUSKO IN 61.0 12/23/07 0459 AM GOSHEN AIRPORT ELKHART IN 55.0 12/23/07 0501 AM BENTON HARBOR AIRPORT BERRIEN IN 55.0 12/23/07 0435 AM 3 S NORTH MANCHESTER WABASH IN 52.0 12/23/07 0454 AM FORT WAYNE AIRPORT ALLEN IN 51.0 12/23/07 1133 AM LIMA AIRPORT ALLEN OH 48.0 12/23/07 0124 PM DEFIANCE AIRPORT DEFIANCE OH 47.0 12/23/07 0729 AM
...A PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF LOCAL STORM REPORTS FOR 12/23/07...
0403 AM TSTM WND GST LA PORTE 41.61N 86.71W 12/23/2007 M66 MPH LA PORTE IN PUBLIC SMALL BRANCHES DOWN.
0422 AM TSTM WND DMG THREE OAKS 41.80N 86.61W 12/23/2007 BERRIEN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0445 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE MISHAWAKA 41.65N 86.14W 12/23/2007 ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN THE OLD REVEREWOOD SUB DIVISION. TREE ON TOP OF CAR.
0450 AM TSTM WND DMG DOWAGIAC 41.98N 86.11W 12/23/2007 CASS MI LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY
0500 AM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH BEND 41.68N 86.27W 12/23/2007 ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIA ROOF PEELED OFF TRAILER HOME
0502 AM TSTM WND GST 1 E WINONA LAKE 41.22N 85.80W 12/23/2007 E65 MPH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS EMPLOYEE 30 40 FOOT TALL TREE DOWNED
0511 AM TSTM WND DMG LIGONIER 41.46N 85.59W 12/23/2007 NOBLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NOBLE COUNTY
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE LAGRANGE 41.61N 85.38W 12/23/2007 LAGRANGE IN EMERGENCY MNGR 6 POWER POLES DOWNED ON 300S BETWEEN 300W AND 200W
0545 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W GOSHEN 41.58N 85.93W 12/23/2007 ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER 1 TREE DOWNED...2 TREES SNAPPED IN HALF 15 FEET UP.
0550 AM TSTM WND DMG ANGOLA 41.64N 85.00W 12/23/2007 STEUBEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES ACROSS STEUBEN COUNTY
0600 AM TSTM WND GST METZ 41.62N 84.84W 12/23/2007 M83 MPH STEUBEN IN EMERGENCY MNGR COUNTY EMA REPORTS HAM RADIO OPERATOR MEASURED 83 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0603 AM TSTM WND DMG BRONSON 41.87N 85.19W 12/23/2007 BRANCH MI TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND UTILITY LINES THROUGHOUT BRANCH COUNTY
0609 AM TSTM WND DMG BRONSON 41.87N 85.19W 12/23/2007 BRANCH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND UTILITY LINES THROUGHOUT BRANCH COUNTY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF COLDWATER.
0700 AM TSTM WND GST 7 SSE MCCLURE 41.28N 83.89W 12/23/2007 E70 MPH HENRY OH TRAINED SPOTTER MANY LIMBS DOWN. HEAVY OUTDOOR PATIO FURNITURE MOVED.
1134 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG BRONSON 41.87N 85.19W 12/23/2007 BRANCH MI LAW ENFORCEMENT BRONSON HIGH SCHOOL AND SEVERAL NEARBY HOMES SUSTAINED SIDING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE
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