Short Term Forecast
431 FPUS73 KIWX 122123 NOWIWX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 523 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013 INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-122315- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 523 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013 /423 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2013/ ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA. THROUGH 700 PM EDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN BERRIEN AND NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ALONG WITH NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$