2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 1, 3:03 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 255 AM EST FRI AUG 1 2003 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE WHERE THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. HAD TROUBLE EVEN GETTING CU TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MSTR AND UNSTABLE. SOME STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN THE NRN PART OF THE CWA. PVA MOVG TWD AREA TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE THE CHC POPS OVER THE CENTRAL AND N WITH SCT IN THE WATCH AREA. INCREASING MSTR OVER AREA ON SATURDAY. SVRL S/W MOV THROUGH. WILL GO WITH THE ETA LKLY POPS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKLY POPS INTO THE EVENING SAT THEN CHC. THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH SCT TSTMS DUE TO THAT. LOWERS TEMPS SOME DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND RAIN. .IND...NONE. HAINES
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 AM EST FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE SEVERE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY AND ONCE AGAIN THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. BUT THOSE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. DRY AND QUIET WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. JEH
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Distinct right moving supercell produced a weak tornado near Albany. The tornado continued northeast into Jay county in the Northern Indiana CWA. A barn was destroyed and a couple of homes recieved minor damage, otherwise there was only damage to trees.
Second tornado was formed from parent supercell. This one was again an F0 and touched down 9 miles west of Ridgeville in northwest Randolph county. The tornado traveled 1 mile and damaged only trees and power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 2003Warnings in Indiana, August 2003
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: 5378311, 5378312.