From the National Weather Service:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
342 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
…STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY…
SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS.
List of highest winds in the area in the last 24 hours:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 609 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...HIGHEST WINDS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS... ...LOCATION... ...TIME... ...WIND... 1 SSW GRISSOM AFB (MIAMI IN) (AWOS) 603 PM FEB 18 62 MPH 4 SSW HUNTINGTON (HUNTINGTON IN) 202 AM FEB 19 55 MPH 1 ENE VAN WERT (VAN WERT OH) 249 AM FEB 19 48 MPH 1 SSE JAMES LAKE (KOSCIUSKO IN) 653 PM FEB 18 48 MPH LEIPSIC (PUTNAM OH) (239 FT)(APRSWXNET) 326 AM FEB 19 46 MPH 2 NW OAKWOOD (PAULDING OH) (APRSWXNET) 336 AM FEB 19 46 MPH LIMA ALLEN COUNTY AIRPORT (ALLEN OH) 407 AM FEB 19 45 MPH 3 NW UPLAND (GRANT IN) (890 FT)(INDOT) 652 PM FEB 18 45 MPH 3 NNW CONVOY (VAN WERT OH) (OHDOT) 305 AM FEB 19 45 MPH MUNICIPAL APT (GRANT IN) (860 FT)(AWOS) 1135 PM FEB 18 44 MPH GOSHEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ELKHART IN) 136 AM FEB 19 43 MPH FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1125 PM FEB 18 43 MPH 1 N BELMORE (HENRY OH) (719 FT)(OHDOT) 420 AM FEB 19 42 MPH COLDWATER (BRANCH MI) (958 FT)(AWOS) 254 AM FEB 19 41 MPH 4 NNW UNIONDALE (WELLS IN) (APRSWXNET) 1230 AM FEB 19 41 MPH 4 SW LIBERTY CENTER (HENRY OH) (OHDOT) 1200 AM FEB 19 41 MPH 3 SW CHARLOE (PAULDING OH) (APRSWXNET) 248 AM FEB 19 41 MPH 2 ESE BREMS (STARKE IN) (685 FT)(AWOS) 655 PM FEB 18 41 MPH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN REGIONAL AP 443 AM FEB 19 40 MPH 2 E TRAIL CREEK (LA PORTE IN) (AWOS) 1015 PM FEB 18 40 MPH 3 S WALLEN (ALLEN IN) (797 FT)(INDOT) 131 AM FEB 19 40 MPH 3 E EVANSPORT (DEFIANCE OH) (OHDOT) 340 AM FEB 19 40 MPH 1 S ASSUMPTION (FULTON OH) (OHDOT) 430 AM FEB 19 40 MPH 1 W MICHIGAN CITY (LA PORTE IN) 851 PM FEB 18 40 MPH DEFIANCE MEMORIAL AIRPORT (DEFIANCE OH) 1138 PM FEB 18 40 MPH THREE RIVERS MUNICIPAL DR HAINES AIRPOR 214 AM FEB 19 40 MPH LA PORTE (LA PORTE IN) (807 FT)(AWOS) 815 PM FEB 18 39 MPH 2 ESE KINGSLAND (WELLS IN) (APRSWXNET) 1250 AM FEB 19 39 MPH 2 WSW ANTWERP (PAULDING OH) (OHDOT) 304 AM FEB 19 39 MPH 2 W NEY (DEFIANCE OH) (719 FT)(OHDOT) 1202 AM FEB 19 39 MPH 3 SE NEW BAVARIA (HENRY OH) (OHDOT) 410 AM FEB 19 39 MPH STURGIS (ST. JOSEPH MI) (924 FT)(AWOS) 1234 AM FEB 19 39 MPH SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT 113 AM FEB 19 38 MPH WARSAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KOSCIUSKO IN) 155 AM FEB 19 38 MPH 3 SSE ARTIC (WILLIAMS OH) (OHDOT) 140 AM FEB 19 38 MPH ST JOSEPH (BERRIEN MI) (600 FT)(GLOS) 400 AM FEB 19 38 MPH BREMEN (MARSHALL IN) (APRSWXNET) 1128 PM FEB 18 37 MPH FORT SHAWNEE (ALLEN OH) (877 FT)(OHDOT) 212 AM FEB 19 37 MPH 2 SSW ELIDA (ALLEN OH) (APRSWXNET) 250 AM FEB 19 37 MPH FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT (FULTON IN) 1255 AM FEB 19 36 MPH HILLSDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 454 AM FEB 19 36 MPH 2 WNW CONVOY (VAN WERT OH) (APRSWXNET) 528 AM FEB 19 36 MPH 3 NW ARGOS (MARSHALL IN) (INDOT) 934 PM FEB 18 36 MPH 3 NE OSCEOLA (ELKHART IN) (APRSWXNET) 1220 AM FEB 19 35 MPH 2 ESE SOMERSET (WABASH IN) (APRSWXNET) 531 AM FEB 19 35 MPH 1 W ELMIRA (FULTON OH) (713 FT)(OHDOT) 350 AM FEB 19 35 MPH 1 E COLUMBIA (WILLIAMS OH) (OHDOT) 1110 PM FEB 18 35 MPH 2 SE WALTON (CASS IN) (775 FT)(INDOT) 554 PM FEB 18 35 MPH 3 E SAINT JOHNS (DE KALB IN) (AWOS) 235 AM FEB 19 35 MPH PLYMOUTH (MARSHALL IN) (APRSWXNET) 1140 PM FEB 18 34 MPH 3 SSW MORENCI (FULTON OH) (OHDOT) 400 AM FEB 19 34 MPH 3 SSW PIONEER (WILLIAMS OH) (OHDOT) 410 AM FEB 19 34 MPH 1 NNW MIDDLETOWN (ALLEN IN) (APRSWXNET) 1257 AM FEB 19 34 MPH 1 E BIG LAKE (NOBLE IN) (APRSWXNET) 1117 PM FEB 18 33 MPH BERRIEN SPRINGS (BERRIEN MI) 645 PM FEB 18 33 MPH LITCHFIELD (HILLSDALE MI) (APRSWXNET) 318 AM FEB 19 33 MPH 4 NE MAJENICA (HUNTINGTON IN) 445 AM FEB 19 32 MPH 2 W PAULDING (PAULDING OH) (APRSWXNET) 524 AM FEB 19 31 MPH 2 WSW SYRACUSE (KOSCIUSKO IN) 730 PM FEB 18 31 MPH 2 SW WAUSEON (FULTON OH) (APRSWXNET) 240 AM FEB 19 31 MPH 2 NE CHAIN-O-LAKES (ST. JOSEPH IN) 531 AM FEB 19 31 MPH 2 SSE ROANN (WABASH IN) (APRSWXNET) 621 PM FEB 18 31 MPH 2 W MENTONE (MARSHALL IN) (APRSWXNET) 1110 PM FEB 18 30 MPH 4 NW HUNTINGTON (HUNTINGTON IN) 427 AM FEB 19 30 MPH 3 NNE FORT JENNINGS (PUTNAM OH) (OHDOT) 727 PM FEB 18 30 MPH OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.