1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 .DISCUSSION...LOW PRES CENTERED OVR SW LWR MI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH CD FRONT EXTENDING S ACRS OKK...JUST EAST OF IND TO NR BGM. RADAR MOSAICS SHOW THINK LINE OF -TSRA PUSHING ACRS EASTERN CENTRAL INDIANA JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IR PIX SHOW PLENTY OF CLDS ACRS IL AND IA PUSHING INTO THE STATE...HOWEVER THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS QUICKLY MOVING TO THE NE AND CLEARING IS FOUND ACRS SRN MO AND ARKANSAS. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WL BE TEMPS. DRY WX LOOKS IN STORE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 36 HRS. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT PULLING THE LOW PRES SYS QUICKLY NE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRES OVER THE SRN PLAINS STS BUILD ACRS OUR RGN. EXPECT CLOUDS TO EXIT DURG THE EVENING HOURS AS LOW PRES PULLS FARTHER NE AND CLEARING LINE APPROACHES. WINDS SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AS LOW PRES SYS PULLS NE. TIME SECTIONS DRY OUT CONSIDERABLY THROUGH WED WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE. NICE H7 RIDGE OVER US ALSO. BECOMING CLR TONIGHT AND PTCLDY ON WED APPEAR THE WAY TO GO. ON WED NIGHT THE HIGH PRES SYS MOVES OFF EAST AND A MID LVL TROF TAKES SHAPE ACRS THE PLAINS STS. A FEW S/W SPIN UP AHEAD OF THE TROF ACRS THE LWR MISSISSIPPI RVR VALLEY AND ACRS TN AND KY. SOME GOOD VV THERE ON WED NIGHT AND THURS. ATTM THE BEST DYNAMICS SEEM TO BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT ONLY VERY SMALL OR NO POPS WL BE NEEDED. FURTHERMORE THE AVN APPEARS A BIT QUESTIONABLE WITH IT/S HANDLING OF SEVERAL VORT MAXES EJECTING FROM THE TROF. WE MAY NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER RUN TO GAIN A BIT MORE CONFIDENCE. CAA ENDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT STILL DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 30S ACRS IA AND MO ARE ADVECTING TO OUR AREA...BUT WINDS STAYING UP MUCH OF THE NIGHT WL LEAN TO THE WARMER SIDE OF THE MAV. GIVEN H8 TEMPS AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUN ON WED MAV HIGHS LOOK MUCH BETTER THAN FWC. EXPECT INCREASING CLDS AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH ON WED NIGHT AND THURS AND THIS ALONG WITH WINDS STAYING UP AND WARMER H8 TEMPS SHUD LEAD TO LOW HIGHER THAN THE MAV. WL LEAN WARMER HERE. HIGHS ON THURS APPEAR REASONABLE ATTM GIVEN THE EXPECTED WAA. WL STICK CLOSE HERE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUMA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 526 AM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-081100- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DAVIESS-DECATUR- DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD- JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 526 AM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS EAST OF A DELPHI TO NORTH VERNON LINE. WESTERLY WINDS MAY GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH OR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WINDS LATER TODAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND JAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and poles were blown down by strong gradient winds along State Road 227 south of U.S. 36.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, December 2004
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: 5432162.