Indiana, 2001

Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 23, 2001

July 23, 2001 · NWS LOT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
245 PM CDT MON JUL 23 2001

SOME RELIEF FROM HEAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS RIPPING ACRS NRN IL. THIS
TEMPORARY SINCE DEWPTS STILL IN MIDDLE OR UPPER 70S TONIGHT.
SINCE HIGH DEWPTS...ERGO HIGH HEAT INDICES IN MIDDLE/UPPER 70S...ARE
PART OF HEAT WRNG/ADV...WILL CONTINUE SAID WRNG/ADV INTO TONIGHT AND
PROBABLY CANCEL IT OVERNIGHT.

A WEAKER BAND OF SHOWERS BEHIND FIRST WEAK FRONT. PASSAGE OF THIS
WEAK FRONT MAY DROP DWPTS A BIT BUT SHOULD NOT AMOUNT TO SIGNIFICANT
WARM AIR INTRUSION UNTIL SECONDARY FRONT SWEEPS IN AROUND MIDNIGHT.

ETA AND NGM MUCH WARMER TUESDAY ON HIGH TEMPS THAN AVN...WHICH HAS
BEEN VELLY GUDE TOOMEE...AND WOULD PREFER TO FOLLOW THE LATTER. FNT
DOESNT MOVE TOO FAR SOUTH...PROBABLY CENTRAL IL TO SPI. THEN SFC LOW
POISED OVER TX PANHANDLE DEEPENING TO THE NORTHEAST ACRS MO TO IL AS
S/W SWINGS ACRS CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. OVERRUNNING MSTR OVER
THIS BOUNDARY INTO COOLER AIR IN NRN IL/NWRN IN CUD RETURN CHC OF
SHOWERS FOR WED AND WED NIGHT.

CONTD NE WINDS OVER AREA THURS SHOULD KEEP COOL CONDS AROUND BUT
STARTING TO WARM BACK UP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SFC RIDGE PASSES TO
EAST AGAIN AND SELY WINDS RETURN.

ANOTHER UPPER TROF MOVES THRU SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...SO SOME
SHOWERS OR TSTMS NOT OUT OF QUESTION. WILL LV IN FOR NOW. UPR RIDGE
BLDG BACK IN MONDAY SO WILL GO DRY WITH TEMPS APPROACHING 90 ONCE
AGAIN.

.CHI...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR CHICAGO AREA
       EXCESSIVE HEAT ADV FOR REST OF CWA

BRUMER

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When
July 23, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Newton County, Brook
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.867, -87.367

Trees and power lines blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When
July 23, 7:09 PM EST
Where
Benton County, 5 mi N of Fowler
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.683, -87.317

Power lines blown down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5258125, 5258204.