1 lightning, 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 14, 2:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 AM EST SUN AUG 14 2005 .DISCUSSION...STATIONARY FNT EXTEND FROM NWRN OHIO SW THRU INDIANA AND INTO TX. AREAS OF TSRA ALONG FNT. HIGH PRESSURE OVR DAKOTAS. TEMPS IN UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ACROSS INDIANA. MODELS LOOK REASONABLE. WL USE BLEND. ONCE AGAIN...POPS WL BE THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE TODAY. STATIONARY FNT ACROSS CTRL INDIANA. SHRA AND TSRA GENERALLY SOUTH OF FNT. MODELS MV FNT SOUTH NR OHIO RIVER BY 18Z SUN. THEY DO CONT TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF PRECIP BEHIND THE FNT. LIS AND CAPES WOULD SUGGEST TSRA MOSTLY SOUTH OF I-70 TODAY. NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE...-SHRA WITH ISOLATED TSRA WOULD BE NORTH. WITH FNT PUSHING SOUTH...HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MV INTO NW FA. TIME SECTIONS KEEP CIRRUS CLOUDS ACROSS THIS AREA. PLAN ON KEEPING CHC -SHRA IN CWA AS S/WV IS FORECAST TO MV ACROSS CTRL INDIANA LATER TODAY. PLAN ON LOWERING POPS ACROSS CWA...ESPECIALLY NORTH. TONIGHT...FNT SHOULD REMAIN NR OHIO RIVER AS HIGH PRESSURE SINKS SOUTH. WL KEEP POPS IN CHC CAT NR RIVER BUT REMOVE THEM ACROSS NW. TIME SECTIONS SUPPORT LIFT ACROSS SOUTH WITH LITTLE NORTH. IN ADDITION...310K SPEC HUMIDITY VALUES BEGIN TO DECREASE ACROSS NW. ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE ALSO PRESENT. ACROSS SOUTH...SPEC HUMIDITY VALUES STILL AROUND 9 G/KG WITH PLENTY OF ISENTROPIC LIFT. BULK OF FA SHOULD BE DRY MON WITH FNT STILL SOUTH OF FA. WL CONT WITH CHC POPS SOUTH THROUGH CONSIDERING FNT CLOSE TO OHIO RIVER. TIME SECTIONS CONT TO KEEP CLOUDS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL FA. WL HAVE PC TO MC SKIES ACROSS BULK OF FA. MAV TEMPS LOOK A BIT COOL CONSIDERING SOME SUN EXPECTED TODAY. WL LEAN TOWARD WARMER MET/FWC. OVRNGT LOWS SHOULD NOT BE AS COOL AS MAV. CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WL HELP TEMPS REMAIN WARM. WL USE BLEND OF FWC/MET. MON HIGHS VERY SIMILAR. WL USE BLEND. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1017 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-141100- 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- 1017 PM EST SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THERE COULD BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN ANY STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT BUT NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND KOCH
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Coby A. Harmon, 30, of Muncie, was struck and killed by lightning early Saturday morning in the parking lot of a local bar. His body was discovered shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5469580.