Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- June 4, 8:13 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County, 4 mi NE of Lafayette
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -86.817
A squall line moved across west central and central Indiana knocking down numerous trees. In addition, 2 semi's were overturned 8 miles north of Lafayette, 2 cars were overturned 4 miles northeast of Lafayette, a semi was overturned 5 miles west of Tipton, 2 barns were blown down at North Salem in Hendricks county and a 92 mph gust was measured 3 miles northeast of Pyrmont in southwest Carroll…
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A squall line moved across west central and central Indiana knocking down numerous trees. In addition, 2 semi's were overturned 8 miles north of Lafayette, 2 cars were overturned 4 miles northeast of Lafayette, a semi was overturned 5 miles west of Tipton, 2 barns were blown down at North Salem in Hendricks county and a 92 mph gust was measured 3 miles northeast of Pyrmont in southwest Carroll county.
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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EST TUE JUN 4 2002 LOW PRES OVR ERM IA WITH WM FRONT STRETCHING ACRS S WI TO SRN MI. CENTRAL INDIANA CONTINUES TO BE UNDER VRY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AS DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LW 70S ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA. LASTEST VIS PIX SHOW GOOD CU DEVELOPMENT WITH SCT -RWS ACRS IWX/S CWA. MAIN FCST CHALLNEGE TDY WL BE POPS TONIGHT. NGM A BIT TOO FAST WITH PROGRESSING CD FRONT EASTERD AS IT HAS THE FRONT SURGEING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA BY THE 12Z WED. CONSIDERING THE FRONT CURRENT POSITION...OVR SRN IA TO EASTERN KS FEEL THE ETA HAS A BIT BETTER HANDLE ON THE SLOWER FRONTAL SPEED AND WL HOLD OFF ON FROPA AT IND UNTIL AFTER 12Z. ALSO SWRLY UPPER FLOW LEADED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE SLOWER FROPA LOOKS BETTER. INFLUENCE FROM UPPER TFOF WL ENHANCE TSRA DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...BUT EXPECT MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT NE THE FRONT AS BEST CONVERGENE WL BE LOCATED THERE. TIME SECTIONS ALSO DISPLAY BEST RH/S AFTER 12Z WITH GOOD VV THEN. DO FEEL THAT CURRENT LIKELY POPS ARE WARRENTED ACRS THE NW CWA AND WL CONTINUE THERE BUT WL CUT BACK LIKELY POPS ACRS THE IND AREA. WED LOOKS TO BE A CLDY RAIN DAY AS UPPER TROF LINGERS IN THE VICINITY...CAA IS ON AND CD FRONT SLOWLY MAKES IT/S WAY ACRS THE STATE. WL GO OCNL RWS/TSRA ENDING DURG THE EVE ESP SE. MAY TAPER OFF EARLIER ACRS THE NW AS FRONT SHUD BE WELL SE OF THE AREA BY THEN. EXPECT CLRING ON WED NIGHT AS HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. TIME SECTIONS HERE HINT AT MUCH LOWER RH AND SUBSIDENCE. THURS SHUD BE COOLER AND MORE PLEASANT DAY WITH COOLER TEMPS IN NRLY SFC FLOW. MAV TEMPS LOOK OK EXPECT WL LEAN SLIGHTLY COOLER ACRS THE CENTRAL AREA AS INCREASING CLDS AND EXPECTED RAIN SHUD PREVENT MUCH HEATING. .IND...NONE. PUMA
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:15 UTC.
17 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2002
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