High winds knocked down parts of walls at a Pottery Barn as well as at a restaurant in a fashion mall on the far north side of Indianapolis. A man and woman were injured inside the restaurant as a result.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
High winds knocked down parts of walls at a Pottery Barn as well as at a restaurant in a fashion mall on the far north side of Indianapolis. A man and woman were injured inside the restaurant as a result. Also, 50,000 residents in Marion county and 5,300 in Howard county were without power for a time. The winds were not associated with thunderstorms. a 58 mph gust was recorded at the Indianapolis International Airport, while a 61 mph gust was recorded in Kokomo.
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 Nov 12, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS TODAY WILL BE ON WIND AND CHANCES OF TSRA EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 19Z TSRA ON 88D IN SOUTHER 1/3 OF CWA. DEWPOINT FRONT EVER SO SLIGHTLY CREEPING INTO WESTERN INDIANA. COLD AIR WITH MAIN PORTION OF CDFNT REMAINS BACK IN IOWA. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT TODAY AND WILL USE A BLEND. AS THUNDERSHOWERS ARE ONGOING WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE IN FOR SOUTH FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING. FROPA IS EXPECTED TO BE CLEAR OF THE CWA BY 00Z-02Z. DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER MN IS MOVING EAST. AS THIS LOW CONTINUES EAST TIGHT GRADIENT ALONG WITH H85 50KT JET AND 100+ KTS AT H5 AND ABOVE WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WIND TONIGHT. KLAF ALREADY GUSTING INTO THE MID 20S SO WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE CWA. AFTER FROPA SKIES WILL CLEAR ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP INTO THE 30S. STRONG COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40S. MOS REFLECTS THIS TREND WELL AND WILL GO WITH THAT. AFTER TONIGHT DRY FORECAST EXPECTED UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT IND CWA. && SALLY
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. EXPECT WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE UNTIL 530 PM.
INZ041-042-049-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 456 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 TORNADO WATCH #944 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR...DELAWARE...RANDOLPH AND HENRY COUNTIES... HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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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: 5335572, 5335573.