NWS Northern IndianaSV.W 0293September 3, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lagrange, Steuben, Branch and 1 more, IN and MI
The National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lagrange, Steuben, Branch and 1 more in Indiana, Michigan, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 293rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Northern Indiana issued in 2026. Indiana had 27 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 15 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Indiana's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Northern Indiana
- Area
- Lagrange, Steuben, Branch and 1 more
- State
- Indiana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:14 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KIWX SV.W 0293
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRIWX The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Steuben County in northeastern Indiana... Northeastern Lagrange County in northeastern Indiana... Southeastern St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan... Southern Branch County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 314 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sturgis, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sturgis, Angola, Bronson, Fremont, Ray, Kinderhook, Fawn River, California, Burr Oak, Gilead, Orland, Clear Lake, Flint, Lake Gauge, Nevada Mills, Howe, Lake Of The Woods, Coldwater Lake, Brighton, and East Gilead. This includes the following highways... Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 350 and 357. Interstate 69 in Michigan between mile markers 1 and 10. Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 118 and 155.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.