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All of this talk about politics and economy. Here is the real bottom line: People Wear your mask I'll just leave these right here. Source: Johns Hopkins University

That's something you don't see every day.

Yes, although it is only at the Optum testing sites and it is free even though they are a private company. There are 83 Optum sites throughout the state. However, the other 116 hospital-run sites still have stipulations such as health-care worker, symptomatic, etc. From the ISDH website, "Anyone who lives or works in Indiana can be tested at an Optum site."

Testing being open for anyone who wants it beginning last week is probably the reason for the high number of tests. My wife got one Wednesday and got the results back on Friday (negative).

I was planning on posting about this when I got home tonight, but you beat me to it. I look at the Army Corp of Engineers Louisville District lake reports daily. These are the lakes formed by the dams that protect the Ohio River basin in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Normally, somewhere in the basin at this time of year, some of the flood control reservoirs are above summer pool due to spring rains. Right now all 20 lakes are at or below summer pool. This is an indication of abnormally dry conditions. It is unusual to have them all that that level this early in the summer. The last time I remember it occurring this early was 2012.

I finally got the answer for Allen Co. Indiana's spike. There is a large Burmese presence and it it is spreading rapidly among that population.

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I attended a NOAA webinar a couple of weeks ago about the proposed changes. They are just going to put out statements such as, "2-4 inches of snow is expected overnight." I had to laugh because then Elliot Jacks of NOAA then said, "But we don't want to call them statements either. We don't want to put a name on them." What the hell are they if they aren't statements? I know that you can say they are just a forecast, but they are stating what's expected, so what's wrong with calling it a statement? BTW, I don't mind advisories, but the public is sometimes easily confused by NWS products and if it can slow the confusion, go for it.

My reports. It was a bad day in Huntington County. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 429 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW MOUNT ETNA 40.80N 85.58W 06/10/2020 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR POWER LINES SPARKED IN HIGH WINDS SETTING HOME ON FIRE WHICH WAS DESTROYED. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 416 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0216 PM TSTM WND DMG GOBLESVILLE 40.99N 85.52W 06/10/2020 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR *** 2 INJ *** 2 GOLFERS INJURED AT CLEAR CREEK GOLF COURSE WHEN HUT THEY WERE SHELTERED UNDER WAS DESTROYED.

I can't answer that. Having many friends there and living only 20 miles away, I try to keep up on what's happening, but can offer no explanation, although I'll do some research. BTW, I have another friend who has contracted it that is (was) a healthy female in her 40's, although she manages a busy doctor's office in Fort Wayne. She is hospitalized and very ill.

I finally got to check in. It looks like there was widespread wind damage. This ol' boy's tired from helping the town of Andrews clean up from 70+ MPH winds (was storm spotting there when it hit), then spent the evening helping fight a house fire. Pics later. Good night.

Yep.QLCS is looking likely. The storms near Bunker HIll and Russiaville in IN are already starting to spin. I may not be back on here for awhile. Getting ready to head out.

Down in our area, the NAM insists on a linear threat, while several runs of the HRRR wants to spit out some discrete cells forming around FWA and moving into Northwest Ohio before going linear around TOL. It will be interesting to see what verifies.

Storm that hit earlier didn't have a warning on it, but had damaging winds. The second round storm was warned, but had no punch. It did produce some cool cloud structure though. (Including requisite crappy cell phone pic)

I know that the run of the mill showers that moved through here a couple of hours ago brought down some strong winds that NWS didn't even have a SPS on until I reported damage. The first tree I saw come down because it's my neighbor's. I also felt sorry for the guy whose new truck bed got crunched. Will have to keep an eye on the next set of showers getting ready to roll through.

Pretty impressive, but I think it's bogus. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 505 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2020 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT FORT WAYNE... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE TODAY AT 418 PM EDT. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 93 SET IN 1914.

FWA slightly overperformed at 91° with a predicted high 88°. There was no way of coming close to 1934's 99°.

It must have packed a little punch. I just saw this LSR; SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND TRAILER OVERTURNED NEAR INTERSECTION OF MAYFLOWER ROAD AND SAMPLE STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

I know four people who have/had it. One friend died (underlying health issues). Two others had extensive stays in icu. Both families were prepared for the worst, and both nearly didn’t make it. One is a female in her 50’s and healthy, although is/was a smoker. Covid cured her. The other is a male in his early 40’s and had no health issues. The fourth is an otherwise healthy male in his late 40’s. He simply isolated at home, and is just now back to 100% after several weeks.

The Mayor's office just sent this out. A pretty good representation of what's happened and what will happen, IF people behave.

Back in the middle of the craptastic winter we just experienced, several members here proclaimed that we would also have a craptastic spring. Easy call.

Thanks for letting us know. I'll be tuning in.

Might as well go for double digits and Alek won't have any clean clothes to wear until June.

Danny Neal posted 3 funnel photos on LOT's NWS Chat. Not going to post them here without permission.

It may have been mentioned before, but all of this rain in the GL region is not going to be welcome to those with Lake Michigan lakeside properties, especially with the seemingly persistent strong winds we've been experiencing this spring. I read somewhere that the mean lake level has gone up 5 1/2 feet since early 2013.