Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- July 4, 10:18 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County, Americus
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.533, -86.750
Trees down.
Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 4, 2003
1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:20 PM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:20 PM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA. THEY COULD BE SEVERE STORMS AND COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. A COLD FRONT WAS FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WERE IN THE WESTERLY UPPER FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. AN MCS WAS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA...BUT MORE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTH ILLINOIS. THE AIR WAS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE OVER NORTH INDIANA...CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEXES BELOW -10 C. SEVERE STORMS MAY CLIP THE NORTH PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER WAS NEARLY 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WET BULB ZEROS WERE ALSO HIGH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA TONIGHT. PREFER THE ETA MODEL. STRONGER WESTERLIES REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...SO DO NOT SEE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GETTING AS FAR SOUTH AS GFS FORECASTS. THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTINUING. BOUNDARY MAY HAVE SAGGED FAR ENOUGH FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO GET INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE AREA. BOUNDARY STILL IN THE AREA SUNDAY...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE. HAVE PUSHED HIGHS UP A BIT ON SUNDAY WITH FORECAST OF BOUNDARY STILL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. .IND...NONE DS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:01 PM EST, 7 hours 17 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 301 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTH HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA ON SATURDAY. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 DEGREES AND DEW POINTS OF 70 TO 75 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEXES OF AROUND 100 SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:07 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0707 PM EST FRI JUL 04 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM ELWOOD IN WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 MADISON METAL ROOF PEELED OFF
BARN.
XXXLocal storm report, Jul 4, 7:08 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0708 PM EST FRI JUL 04 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM CARMEL IN WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 HAMILTON TREE DOWN 12 INCH
DIAMETER.
XXXLocal storm report, Jul 4, 7:09 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0709 PM EST FRI JUL 04 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 5 S LEBANON IL FUNNEL CLOUD
07/04/03 ST. CLAIR AT INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE
ROAD 334.
XXXLocal storm report, Jul 4, 7:10 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0710 PM EST FRI JUL 04 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0709 PM INDIANAPOLIS IN 0.75 IN HAIL
07/04/03 MARION
CETSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 8:11 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>042-050125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 811 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003 SEVERE THUNDER WATCH NUMBER 636 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FEW ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT THE SEVERE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. KOCH
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:13 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ043-044-046>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 913 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #638 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR...VERMILLION... HENRY...PARKE...HANCOCK...MARION...HENDRICKS...RUSH...SHELBY... JOHNSON...MORGAN...VIGO...CLAY...OWEN...DECATUR...BARTHOLOMEW... BROWN...MONROE...SULLIVAN...JENNINGS...GREENE...JACKSON...LAWRENCE... KNOX...MARTIN AND DAVIESS COUNTIES... HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KOCH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 4 to 9, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Ohio, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 4, 2003
- Heat in Missouri, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Rip Currents in California, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2003
- Heat in California, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 2003
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2003
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: 5372845.