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The chance of earthquake damage in Nappanee is about the same as Indiana average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Nappanee is higher than Indiana average and is much higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #823

Nappanee, IN	0.01
Indiana	0.12
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Nappanee, IN	0.0000
Indiana	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #222

Nappanee, IN	282.69
Indiana	265.56
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 3,024 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Nappanee, IN were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	8	Cold:	5	Dense Fog:	3	Drought:	1
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	209	Hail:	756	Heat:	3	Heavy Snow:	79
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	28	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	48
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,733	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	0	Winter Storm:	56	Winter Weather:	15
Other:	80

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Nappanee, IN.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Nappanee, IN.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Nappanee, IN.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 106 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Nappanee, IN.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
0.7	1964-04-28	2	41°26'N / 85°59'W	41°27'N / 85°59'W	1.10 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Kosciusko
2.2	1964-04-28	2	41°27'N / 85°59'W	41°30'N / 85°59'W	3.40 Miles	100 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Elkhart
2.7	2007-10-18	2	41°23'N / 86°02'W	41°26'N / 86°00'W	5.00 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	3.0M	0K	Kosciusko
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado continued tracking northeast from Marshall county into extreme northwestern Kosciusko county. 116 structures were reported to have some sort of damage. 17 homes were destroyed, 6 suffered major damage and 17 minor damage. A horse was killed in a barn that was destroyed. Damage estimated around 3 million dollars. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3.
3.2	2007-10-18	3	41°26'N / 86°00'W	41°30'N / 85°53'W	7.00 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	11.0M	0K	Elkhart
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado continued northeast out of Kosciusko County into the southeast side of Nappanee where the most extensive damage occurred. The width of the tornado decreased to one quarter mile and intensified just south of US-6 and County Road 7 as wind speeds increased to around 165 mph, in the upper range of the EF3 rating. The tornado went through an area populated by homes, restaurants, convenience stores and 3 RV plants, all of which sustained varying degrees of damage. Local officials reported that 459 buildings were damaged. Of these, 352 were homes with 52 of those being destroyed or uninhabitable. 81 businesses were damaged and 26 destroyed. A few minor injuries were also reported, mainly from people trapped in some of the houses and a few businesses. The tornado continued into the Blackstone subdivision where numerous homes were damaged or destroyed. The tornado continued to west of New Paris near the intersection of County Roads 46 and 17 where it lifted. Numerous vehicles of all varieties sustained severe damage. Damage is estimated around $11 million. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3.
4.6	1988-10-16	2	41°28'N / 86°00'W	41°33'N / 85°56'W	6.00 Miles	40 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Elkhart
8.9	2007-10-18	2	41°18'N / 86°10'W	41°23'N / 86°02'W	8.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	600K	0K	Marshall
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado touched down near the intersection of 12B and Gumwood Roads, just west of Bourbon. Initial damage comprised of damage to shingles on a few roofs as well as some tree damage. As the tornado moved northeast and intensified it blew down a 3/8 mile long stretch of power poles. A total of 16 homes suffered damage from the tornado, 3 were destroyed, 1 suffered major damage and 12 suffered minor damage. Some barns, storage sheds, silos and garages suffered damage of varying degrees as well. The tornado reached the higher end of EF2 as it entered into Kosciusko County. A Bourbon Fire Department grass truck crashed into a ditch during the storm, with the driver being taken to the hospital for unknown injuries. It is not known as to why the crash occurred. 3 other non-specific minor injuries were reported. Damage is estimated at around $600,000. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3.
9.6	1967-10-24	2	41°35'N / 86°01'W				0	0	3K	0	Elkhart
10.0	1976-03-20	2	41°19'N / 86°15'W	41°24'N / 86°03'W	11.60 Miles	77 Yards	0	10	250K	0	Marshall
11.1	1965-04-11	3	41°29'N / 86°17'W	41°35'N / 86°04'W	12.90 Miles	250 Yards	3	27	25.0M	0	St. Joseph
11.3	1965-04-11	3	41°35'N / 86°04'W	41°38'N / 85°58'W	5.60 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Elkhart
12.1	1974-04-03	4	41°12'N / 86°03'W	41°25'N / 85°39'W	25.40 Miles	33 Yards	1	39	0K	0	Kosciusko
12.3	1965-04-11	4	41°31'N / 86°04'W	41°42'N / 85°44'W	21.20 Miles	33 Yards	31	252	0K	0	Elkhart
12.8	1954-06-12	2	41°34'N / 86°11'W				0	0	3K	0	St. Joseph
12.8	1965-04-11	4	41°35'N / 86°12'W	41°37'N / 86°04'W	6.90 Miles	333 Yards	0	27	0K	0	St. Joseph
16.4	2001-10-24	2	41°39'N / 86°08'W	41°42'N / 86°01'W	4.50 Miles	1320 Yards	0	0	1.3M	0	St. Joseph
16.7	1965-04-11	4	41°37'N / 86°04'W	41°43'N / 85°40'W	21.60 Miles	333 Yards	31	252	0K	0	Elkhart
17.1	1967-10-24	2	41°26'N / 85°40'W				0	5	250K	0	Kosciusko
18.0	1961-07-23	3	41°20'N / 85°41'W				0	3	25K	0	Kosciusko
18.4	1974-04-03	4	41°25'N / 85°39'W	41°26'N / 85°38'W			0	0	0K	0	Elkhart
18.5	1974-04-03	4	41°10'N / 86°06'W	41°12'N / 86°03'W	1.90 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Marshall
18.6	1961-06-13	2	41°21'N / 86°20'W				0	0	3K	0	Marshall
18.7	1956-08-12	3	41°14'N / 86°15'W	41°10'N / 86°03'W	11.10 Miles	800 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Marshall
19.1	1954-06-01	2	41°14'N / 86°14'W				0	0	3K	0	Marshall
19.6	1965-04-11	3	41°24'N / 86°28'W	41°29'N / 86°17'W	10.70 Miles	250 Yards	3	28	25.0M	0	Marshall
20.1	1962-04-30	3	41°42'N / 86°04'W	41°46'N / 85°49'W	13.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Elkhart
20.1	1980-06-28	2	41°40'N / 86°15'W				0	0	2.5M	0	St. Joseph
20.4	1965-04-11	4	41°37'N / 85°42'W	41°38'N / 85°40'W			0	0	250K	0	Elkhart
20.9	1980-07-05	2	41°43'N / 85°49'W				0	0	250K	0	Elkhart
21.2	1958-06-24	2	41°45'N / 86°07'W	41°45'N / 85°58'W	7.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Joseph
22.3	1956-08-12	3	41°10'N / 86°03'W	41°05'N / 85°50'W	12.30 Miles	800 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Kosciusko
22.4	1962-04-30	3	41°40'N / 86°31'W	41°42'N / 86°04'W	23.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	49	250K	0	St. Joseph
22.6	1957-06-14	2	41°13'N / 85°41'W				0	0	25K	0	Kosciusko
24.3	1974-04-03	4	41°26'N / 85°38'W	41°35'N / 85°26'W	14.40 Miles	33 Yards	1	24	0K	0	Noble
25.2	2001-10-24	3	41°37'N / 86°26'W	41°45'N / 86°18'W	15.00 Miles	1320 Yards	1	2	3.0M	0	St. Joseph
		Brief Description: This tornado touched down just southwest of Crumstown in St Joseph county Indiana and moved northeast into Berrien county Michigan (see Storm Data for Michigan, Extreme Southwest for more information on the end portion of this tornado). In St Joseph county Indiana the most significant damage was across Crumstown, where F3 damage with a path width up to 3/4 mile occurred. The tornado then moved to near the Michiana Regional Airport and across the Indiana Turnpike causing F0-F1 damage. Two men were injured northwest of South Bend. One man later died from his injuries. The tornado moved into Berrien county Michigan 6 miles NNW of South Bend.
26.3	1998-08-25	2	41°51'N / 86°14'W	41°47'N / 85°59'W	9.00 Miles	800 Yards	0	0	500K	0	Cass
		Brief Description: ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED ON SOUTH SIDE OF JUNO LAKE AND SEVERAL OTHER HOMES AROUND JUNO, PAINTER, EAGLE AND CHRISTAN LAKE SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. AN RV WAS TOSSED ABOUT AND ROTATED 180 DEGREES WHICH CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE COMPLETELY FLATTENED WHICH ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOMES. MANY ROADS WERE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES...SNAPPED POWER POLES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN NILES AND PEAKED IN INTENSITY AND WIDTH 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDWARDSBURG WHERE IT WIDENED OUT TO ONE HALF MILE. IT CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE TOWN OF BRISTOL IN NORTHEAST ELKHART COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING.
27.6	1976-03-12	2	41°38'N / 85°38'W	41°44'N / 85°30'W	9.30 Miles	100 Yards	0	9	250K	0	Lagrange
27.8	1965-04-11	3	41°21'N / 86°35'W	41°24'N / 86°28'W	6.40 Miles	250 Yards	4	27	25.0M	0	Starke
27.8	1990-06-02	2	41°17'N / 85°31'W	41°20'N / 85°28'W	3.50 Miles	220 Yards	0	9	250K	0	Noble
27.8	1956-04-03	2	41°07'N / 86°23'W	41°10'N / 86°19'W	4.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Fulton
29.2	1965-04-11	4	41°43'N / 85°40'W	41°45'N / 85°30'W	8.50 Miles	333 Yards	5	42	0K	0	Lagrange
29.2	1956-06-26	2	41°49'N / 86°16'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Berrien
29.4	1953-05-17	2	41°47'N / 85°46'W	41°51'N / 85°40'W	6.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	St. Joseph
29.5	1956-04-03	2	41°38'N / 85°29'W				0	0	3K	0	Lagrange
30.0	1976-03-12	3	41°17'N / 86°39'W	41°24'N / 86°28'W	12.10 Miles	40 Yards	0	4	25K	0	Starke
30.2	1960-06-16	2	41°50'N / 86°16'W				0	0	3K	0	Berrien
30.3	1951-06-21	3	41°07'N / 86°25'W	41°07'N / 86°21'W	2.70 Miles	1760 Yards	0	2	2.5M	0	Fulton
30.3	2000-06-14	2	41°02'N / 85°47'W	41°03'N / 85°45'W	1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	200K	10K	Kosciusko
		Brief Description: The last farm was hit when the tornado was located just west of 1300 S and 400 E in Kosciusko County. Two barns, a garage, and several outbuildings were completely destroyed with some of the foundations swept clean. The house and two cars were severely damaged from large pieces of flying debris. A 17 foot boat was thrown about 20 yards and severely damaged. Most of the trees on this farm were destroyed. Debris from this farm was carried up to one half mile away as the tornado crossed 400 E and then lifted back into the clouds. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 14th... A significant mid-level shortwave trough was located over Iowa on the morning of June 14th with an outflow dominated squall line across western Illinois. Rapid destabilization ensued later in the morning across eastern Illinois and northern Indiana with CAPES to 3500 j/kg by early afternoon. VAD wind profiles showed 850 millibar winds in excess of 50 knots in advance of the upper trough by afternoon and as storms developed along the left over outflow boundary across Illinois... they quickly became severe and organized into a large bow echo and moved quickly eastward into northern Indiana causing extensive wind damage. By late afternoon... a short segmented squall line developed just ahead of this bow echo squall line and extended from a St. Joseph to Fulton county line. Along the southern end of this line... an embedded tornadic supercell developed and interacted with a left over storm-scale outflow boundary to produce the Wabash/Kosciusko and DeKalb county tornadoes. The lack of significant low level shear likely prevented a much larger and more widespread tornado event especially across Whitley and Allen counties where several funnel clouds were captured on film but failed to touch down.
30.5	2000-06-14	2	41°01'N / 85°48'W	41°03'N / 85°46'W	4.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	3	700K	30K	Wabash
		Brief Description: The tornado touched down again, hitting a farm at 1300 N and 100 W. A man suffered a broken leg here. Two hog sheds and a large grain bin were destroyed. A 200-yard swath of trees were uprooted to the northeast along the railroad tracks. Another man suffered back and chest injuries as the tornado continued to the intersection of 1300 N and Meridian Road and demolished the barn in which he stood. A 5th wheel camper was rolled 50 yards from its original position destroying it. The tornado continued to the next farm just south of 1400 N and 100 E. The barn was destroyed and the house suffered moderate damage, primarily from flying tree debris. The tornado snapped a utility pole, which fell on an 18-year-old boy, breaking his leg. Many trees and power lines were downed along the way. From here, the tornado continued until the Wabash/Kosciusko county line. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 14th... A significant mid-level shortwave trough was located over Iowa on the morning of June 14th with an outflow dominated squall line across western Illinois. Rapid destabilization ensued later in the morning across eastern Illinois and northern Indiana with CAPES to 3500 j/kg by early afternoon. VAD wind profiles showed 850 millibar winds in excess of 50 knots in advance of the upper trough by afternoon and as storms developed along the left over outflow boundary across Illinois... they quickly became severe and organized into a large bow echo and moved quickly eastward into northern Indiana causing extensive wind damage. By late afternoon... a short segmented squall line developed just ahead of this bow echo squall line and extended from a St. Joseph to Fulton county line. Along the southern end of this line... an embedded tornadic supercell developed and interacted with a left over storm-scale outflow boundary to produce the Wabash/Kosciusko and DeKalb county tornadoes. The lack of significant low level shear likely prevented a much larger and more widespread tornado event especially across Whitley and Allen counties where several funnel clouds were captured on film but failed to touch down.
30.5	1957-06-14	3	41°04'N / 86°18'W				0	0	25K	0	Fulton
30.6	1974-04-03	4	40°57'N / 86°28'W	41°10'N / 86°06'W	24.10 Miles	1760 Yards	6	138	0K	0	Fulton
30.7	1958-07-29	2	41°23'N / 86°35'W				0	0	25K	0	Starke
30.7	1965-09-14	2	41°23'N / 86°35'W				0	0	250K	0	Starke
31.4	1965-11-26	3	41°42'N / 86°30'W		1.00 Mile	70 Yards	0	0	250K	0	St. Joseph
31.9	1956-04-03	3	40°59'N / 85°58'W		1.50 Miles	70 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Kosciusko
31.9	1965-04-11	4	41°38'N / 85°40'W	41°44'N / 85°16'W	21.60 Miles	177 Yards	5	41	2.5M	0	Lagrange
32.0	1963-04-17	2	40°59'N / 85°46'W	41°07'N / 85°35'W	13.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Wabash
32.1	2010-06-05	2	41°49'N / 85°41'W	41°46'N / 85°29'W	11.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	300K	0K	St. Joseph
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A survey of damage across southern St. Joseph county was performed by NWS Personnel. The damage found indicates that a circulation touched down over an open field north of Miller Road and west of Blue School Road. The tornado initially struck two barns, destroying them and sending the debris several miles downwind. The tornado then picked up a trailer at a local Port-A-Jon business. It appears that a combination of the strong winds and the trailer striking one of the guy wires, resulted in a 350 foot cell tower being blown down into an adjacent tower, causing the failure of both (DI: FST DOD:2). The tornado then continued across mainly open fields, scouring a 200 yard wide area of corn, just to the east-southeast of the cell towers and several trees along its track. The final damage occurred at a residence where minor roof damage was done to a barn, as well as more focused tree damage and a center pivot irrigation system being flipped. The tornado reached a maximum of roughly 200 yards in width and was on the ground for over 10 miles. Maximum winds are estimated at around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front worked north towards lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan. A combination of tornadoes and micro bursts were found in surveys across Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties.
32.2	1974-04-03	3	41°25'N / 85°28'W	41°31'N / 85°17'W	11.40 Miles	150 Yards	3	38	25.0M	0	Noble
32.6	1986-06-19	2	41°55'N / 86°00'W		1.30 Miles	700 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Cass
32.7	1951-06-21	3	41°07'N / 86°29'W	41°07'N / 86°25'W	2.70 Miles	1760 Yards	0	2	2.5M	0	Pulaski
32.8	1968-06-23	2	41°18'N / 86°36'W				0	0	25K	0	Starke
33.0	1989-09-01	2	41°04'N / 86°23'W		1.50 Miles	500 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	Fulton
34.7	1958-05-31	2	41°40'N / 86°36'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	2	25K	0	La Porte
35.0	2010-06-05	2	41°57'N / 86°05'W	41°57'N / 86°02'W	3.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	100K	0K	Cass
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: After leaving behind a swath of microburst winds, the storm intensified with a tornado touching down about a half mile southwest of Southwestern Michigan College, near Dowagiac. The circulation initially impacted the Pokagan subdivision with numerous homes suffering varying degrees of damage (DI: FR12 DOD: 4). The circulation continued east-southeast through mainly open and wooded areas, severely damaging numerous trees. The most extensive tree damage occurred near Michigan 62, west of Twin Lake Road where a 600 yard wide area of trees suffered extensive damage. The circulation was likely embedded within a much larger area of rear flank downdraft winds. The circulation then turned more southeast and hit a cemetery on Michigan 62, south of Cass Street. The circulation quickly dissipated after this point. Maximum winds are estimated at around 115 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front worked north towards lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan. A combination of tornadoes and micro bursts were found in surveys across Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties.
35.1	1979-04-12	2	41°51'N / 86°23'W	41°54'N / 86°20'W	3.30 Miles	60 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Berrien
35.7	1976-03-12	2	41°41'N / 85°30'W	41°45'N / 85°19'W	10.10 Miles	127 Yards	0	8	25K	0	Lagrange
36.2	1961-05-06	3	41°32'N / 85°25'W	41°33'N / 85°12'W	11.00 Miles	800 Yards	0	5	2.5M	0	Lagrange
37.0	1965-07-16	2	41°09'N / 85°25'W	41°06'N / 85°26'W	2.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Whitley
37.6	1998-06-11	2	41°06'N / 86°40'W	41°09'N / 86°30'W	9.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	1.0M	100K	Pulaski
		Brief Description: 4 TRAILER HOMES DESTROYED, SEVERAL OTHERS SUFFERED MINOR TO MAJOR DAMAGE, ONE HOME AND BARN DESTROYED, SEVERAL OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE. TORNADO STARTED IN RIPLEY AND TRACKED EAST NORTHEAST TO MONTEREY BEFORE IT LIFTED. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE TORNADOES PATH. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 11, 1998... Morning sfc and upper air analysis revealed a potent upper short wave trough across North Dakota with an intensifying area of sfc low pressure across southwest Kansas. An unseasonably strong 140 knot jet streak was ejecting out of this trough across Kansas with the left front exit region progged into central Indiana after 18Z. Increasing moisture convergence and theta-e advection along the northward lifting warmfront was seen as 850 mb winds were forecast to increase to 55 knots. By 21Z, the sfc low had moved into eastern Iowa and deepened to 994 mb. The prestorm enviornment was characterized by moderate to extreme instability (LI values -7 to -9 and CAPE values in excess of 2000 J/kg) with temperatures in the lower 80s and dewpoints in the low/mid 70s. This combined with a dry punch at 700mb and deep layer shear along the warm front, where storm relative helicity values increased to 400 M2/S2, lay the foundation for an outbreak of damaging tornadoes across Indiana.
37.9	2001-10-24	2	41°26'N / 86°54'W	41°40'N / 86°32'W	33.00 Miles	1760 Yards	1	0	750K	0	La Porte
39.0	1965-04-11	3	41°24'N / 86°55'W	41°30'N / 86°35'W	18.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	La Porte
39.2	1974-04-03	3	41°31'N / 85°17'W	41°34'N / 85°13'W	4.30 Miles	1000 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Lagrange
39.3	1981-06-20	2	41°57'N / 86°21'W		1.50 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Berrien
40.0	1954-05-31	2	40°52'N / 86°02'W				0	0	3K	0	Miami
40.4	1992-07-14	2	41°27'N / 85°17'W	41°27'N / 85°09'W	4.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	28	25.0M	0	Noble
40.6	1957-03-14	2	41°39'N / 86°44'W				0	0	3K	0	La Porte
40.7	1960-05-21	2	41°34'N / 86°46'W				0	0	3K	0	La Porte
42.0	1955-07-06	2	41°55'N / 85°29'W				0	0	3K	0	St. Joseph
42.0	1976-03-12	2	41°46'N / 86°43'W	41°52'N / 86°34'W	10.10 Miles	83 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Berrien
42.4	1992-07-13	2	42°02'N / 86°10'W	42°04'N / 86°06'W	4.00 Miles	80 Yards	0	25	250K	0	Cass
43.0	1976-03-12	2	41°45'N / 85°19'W	41°47'N / 85°15'W	3.30 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Joseph
43.7	1972-06-14	2	41°58'N / 86°29'W	41°59'N / 86°26'W	1.30 Miles	70 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Berrien
43.7	1974-04-03	4	40°55'N / 86°31'W	40°57'N / 86°28'W	1.90 Miles	33 Yards	0	7	0K	0	Pulaski
43.8	1992-07-14	2	41°27'N / 85°09'W	41°27'N / 85°09'W	4.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	De Kalb
43.8	1961-03-04	2	41°46'N / 86°45'W	41°50'N / 86°39'W	6.50 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Berrien
43.9	2010-06-05	2	41°58'N / 86°30'W	41°59'N / 86°26'W	3.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	150K	0K	Berrien
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A survey of the area between Baroda and Stevensville indicated damage consistent with a tornado. The damage started on Marrs Road, just west of Stevensville-Baroda Road. and continued east-northeast. The damage started with a travel trailer being thrown and destroyed as well as some tree damage. The circulation tracked mainly over open fields until reaching an area of homes on Lincoln Ave where the entire roof was ripped off a home (DI: FR12, DOD: 6) and another home suffered slightly less roof damage. The circulation continued northeast, crossing Hollywood Road, north of Linco Road. Several one year old 24 inch diameter power poles were snapped (DI: ETL; DOD 4). In addition, a harrow and trailer were thrown from a barn roughly 150 to 200 yards into a field. The circulation appears to dissipate north of Linco Road, on Scottdale Road. The tornado was roughly 200 yards wide at its peak. Maximum winds are estimated at around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front worked north towards lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan. A combination of tornadoes and micro bursts were found in surveys across Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties.
44.4	1976-03-04	2	41°57'N / 86°34'W	42°05'N / 86°13'W	20.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	9	250K	0	Berrien
44.6	1974-06-20	2	42°03'N / 86°18'W		0.80 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Berrien
44.7	1976-03-12	3	41°41'N / 86°56'W	41°37'N / 86°42'W	12.60 Miles	200 Yards	0	7	250K	0	La Porte
45.1	1979-06-07	2	42°05'N / 86°11'W		2.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Van Buren
46.1	2000-06-14	2	41°17'N / 85°09'W	41°17'N / 85°07'W	3.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	200K	0	De Kalb
		Brief Description: The tornado touched down on CR 64, one half mile west of Indian Springs Camp Ground. Trees and power lines were knocked down and many were snapped and uprooted. Extensive roof damage occurred to houses in the area. A barn was damaged with much of its roof torn off and outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. The tornado then lifted back into its parent cloud. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 14th... A significant mid-level shortwave trough was located over Iowa on the morning of June 14th with an outflow dominated squall line across western Illinois. Rapid destabilization ensued later in the morning across eastern Illinois and northern Indiana with CAPES to 3500 j/kg by early afternoon. VAD wind profiles showed 850 millibar winds in excess of 50 knots in advance of the upper trough by afternoon and as storms developed along the left over outflow boundary across Illinois... they quickly became severe and organized into a large bow echo and moved quickly eastward into northern Indiana causing extensive wind damage. By late afternoon... a short segmented squall line developed just ahead of this bow echo squall line and extended from a St. Joseph to Fulton county line. Along the southern end of this line... an embedded tornadic supercell developed and interacted with a left over storm-scale outflow boundary to produce the Wabash/Kosciusko and DeKalb county tornadoes. The lack of significant low level shear likely prevented a much larger and more widespread tornado event especially across Whitley and Allen counties where several funnel clouds were captured on film but failed to touch down.
46.1	2001-10-24	2	41°28'N / 85°12'W	41°32'N / 85°01'W	7.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	1.0M	0	De Kalb
		Brief Description: On Wednesday 10/24/01 a surface low pressure system tracked rapidly northeast from the mid Mississippi Valley to northern Lake Michigan and deepened significantly. The accompanying cold front surged east from the Mississippi Valley during the afternoon to southeast Michigan and western Ohio in the evening. The deepening surface low was the result of a negatively tilted upper level trough approaching the Mississippi Valley. The air mass ahead of the cold front was quite unstable with lifted indices around -5C and surface dewpoints of 65-70F. Strong veering wind fields were over the area with 20-30kt S-SSE flow at the surface veering rapidly in the low levels to southwest at 45kts, then remaining unidirectional above with wind speeds increasing to 65kt at 20,000 ft. An area of Thunderstorms across Illinois in the early afternoon formed into a line as they moved into northwest Indiana. Two strong bow echoes developed over northwest and north central Indiana during the late afternoon and moved northeast at 50 MPH into southern Michigan. Numerous tornadoes occurred in the comma heads of the bow echoes. Isolated supercells ahead of the main squall line produced little severe weather except for a tornado that occurred over northwest Ohio in the evening when the squall line merged with a supercell.
46.5	1976-03-12	2	41°47'N / 85°15'W	41°48'N / 85°12'W			0	0	25K	0	Branch
46.8	1963-04-17	2	40°58'N / 85°25'W	41°02'N / 85°13'W	11.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Huntington
46.8	1968-05-16	3	40°49'N / 85°39'W	40°58'N / 85°18'W	20.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	3	3K	0	Huntington
47.1	1967-07-01	2	40°53'N / 85°29'W		0.50 Mile	300 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Huntington
47.2	1967-04-21	2	42°01'N / 86°30'W		1.00 Mile	27 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Berrien
47.6	1974-04-03	4	40°52'N / 86°34'W	40°55'N / 86°31'W	3.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	4	0K	0	Cass
47.8	1959-09-28	2	40°52'N / 86°30'W				0	0	3K	0	Cass
47.8	1961-06-22	2	40°52'N / 86°30'W				0	0	3K	0	Cass
48.0	1968-05-16	3	40°44'N / 85°51'W	40°49'N / 85°39'W	11.60 Miles	33 Yards	1	12	250K	0	Wabash
48.2	1985-06-15	2	40°50'N / 85°33'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Huntington
48.6	1966-07-09	2	41°56'N / 85°19'W		0.50 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Joseph
49.4	1965-04-11	4	41°44'N / 85°10'W	41°45'N / 85°05'W	3.80 Miles	333 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Steuben
49.5	1958-05-31	2	41°43'N / 86°53'W				0	0	250K	0	La Porte
49.8	1976-03-04	2	42°05'N / 86°13'W	42°15'N / 85°47'W	24.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Van Buren

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.