( #NWSIWX): Year-to-date, we have issued 103 total combined severe thunderstorm and #tornado warnings!
It has been a very busy spring for severe weather; You can see that this is well above past years although 2023 and 2025 show up towards the top of the chart. #INwx #MIwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): Just how busy has this year been for severe weather for our office? Well, us and #NWSChicago currently LEAD the ENTIRE #US for most Severe Thunderstorm Watches for 2026! ⛈️ Many of the Severe Thunderstorm Watches issued so far in 2026 have been along/east of the Mississippi River. #wx
( #NWSIWX): A STRONG cold front will bring showers and storms to the region late Thursday afternoon into Thursday night.
ALL severe weather hazards will be possible including LARGE #HAIL, damaging WINDS, and isolated #tornadoes. Locally heavy rainfall is also possible. #INwx #OHwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): After careful analysis of high-res satellite data and storm chaser video (video stills credit to Chris Dickerson & Jordan Whitacre), along with field evidence collected last week, we're able to confirm twin #tornadoes in Starke County, IN (EF-0 and EF-1) www.weather.gov/iwx/03102026...
( #NWSIWX): Here is our event summary webpage for March 10-11 Severe Weather and Tornadoes: www.weather.gov/iwx/03102026... NWS meteorologists are reviewing pictures and videos of damage in Wells and Jay counties with local emergency management. Details will be released this afternoon #INwx
( #NWSIWX): A NWS storm survey has confirmed an EF-2 #TORNADO in Starke County, IN west of Knox.
This TORNADO is associated with the same parent supercell that spawned the Kankakee, IL-Lake Village, IN EF-3 tornado and the Wheatfield, IN EF-1 tornado on the evening of March 10th. #INwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): The #TORNADO EMERGENCY issued yesterday at 9:37 PM EDT/8:37 PM CDT for Knox #INwx (Starke County) was the 3rd EVER issued by our office. The other times a TORNADO EMERGENCY has been issued by IWX was on May 7, 2024 in Branch County #MIwx and on August 24, 2016 in Henry County #OHwx . #wx
( #NWSIWX): There is an ENHANCED RISK (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather this evening into tonight.
The main threats will be LARGE #hail (1-2”+ in diameter) and #tornadoes, some of which could be STRONG. Heavy rain and #flooding is also possible late this evening into Wednesday. #ILwx #INwx #MIwx
( #NWSIWX): This 4th, and anticipated FINAL UPDATE to the March 6 #tornado event includes full information on the Three Rivers #MIwx tornado
Additionally, the narrative was updated for the Union City, MI tornado and more definitively states the EF3 rating mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...
( #NWSIWX): The Union City, #Michigan preliminary EF-3 #TORNADO with max wind speeds of 160 MPH is the EARLIEST EF-3+ TORNADO on RECORD in the calendar year for Michigan. It is also the STRONGEST TORNADO to occur in Michigan since an F4 struck Kalamazoo and Eaton Counties on April 2, 1977. #MIwx #wx
( #NWSIWX): Updated survey results. EF1 in Edwardsburg, #Michigan
Additional information on #tornado in Union City, Michigan (EF3) #MIwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): The Union City, #Michigan preliminary EF-3 #TORNADO that occurred on March 6, 2026 is the EARLIEST EF-3+ TORNADO in the calendar year for Michigan.
The previous EARLIEST was an EF-3 that struck north of Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 15, 2012. #MIwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): NWS Grand Rapids has confirmed an EF-0 #tornado in Calhoun County, #Michigan.
That makes 4 TOTAL confirmed #tornadoes from the same parent supercell that also dropped tornadoes in Edwardsburg (TBD), Three Rivers (preliminary EF-2), and Union City (preliminary EF-3). #MIwx #wx #wxsky
( #NWSIWX): Three Rivers, #Michigan #Tornado: Preliminary rating of EF-2. Survey results here: mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...
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( #NWSIWX): Our preliminary event webpage for the March 6th Severe Weather www.weather.gov/iwx/03062026...
We will have a survey team going to Lower Michigan to survey confirmed #tornado damage in Branch, St Joseph, and Cass counties. Photo credit to 517 Drone Video and Photography #Michigan #MIwx
( #NWSIWX): Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected by storms today ❤️
We have a survey team planning to go out tomorrow to survey #tornado damage in Union City #Michigan and surrounding areas. Tornado surveys are a careful, thorough process that take time for our meteorologists to complete.
