Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 26, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST SAT MAY 26 2001

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH INTO
THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

WEAK...COMPLEX SURFACE LOW PRESSURE REMAINED OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW WAS OVER WISCONSIN. A STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE WAS OVER NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. RAIN HAD MOVED NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH PART...AND MORE STORMS WERE
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.

STORMS MAY BE STRONG THIS EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAD PUSHED
NEAR OR INTO THE 70S OVER THE SOUTH PART OF THE AREA. SURFACE BASED
LIFTED INDEXES WERE AROUND -4. APPROACHING UPPER SHORT WAVE SHOULD
PRODUCE GOOD LIFT. SHORT WAVE SHOULD BE OVER THE AREA BY LATE
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE DONE.

MODELS IN NEAR AGREEMENT AGAIN. THE UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE
SHORT WAVE AND SWINGS NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW.
SHOULD BE A DRY DAY...BUT WILL HOLD ON TO A SMALL CHANCE OF SOME
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOMORROW AFTERNOON WHEN LIFTED INDEXES ARE
FORECAST NEAR ZERO. DRY TOMORROW NIGHT.

MEMORIAL DAY THERE IS A BIT OF DIFFERENCE. ETA HAS A FINAL UPPER
SHORT WAVE MOVING TOWARD THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NGM AND AVN
SHOW A WEAKER SHORT WAVE. WILL KEEP A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FOR THE AFTERNOON.

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK PRETTY GOOD. A BIT COOLER AIR MOVING IN
FOR TOMORROW BEHIND THIS EVENINGS UPPER SHORT WAVE.

.IND...NONE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
225 PM EST SAT MAY 26 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS? OVER WARREN COUNTY...JUST NORTHWEST OF
WILLIAMSPORT...AT 220 PM EST. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AND
WILL PASS NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE BY 300 PM. THIS STORM WILL HAVE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL IS LIKELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
303 PM EST SAT MAY 26 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE
INTO VERMILLION...WARREN...PARKE AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BY 400 PM EST. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MILES AN HOUR
AND SMALL HAIL MAY FALL.