Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 28, 2005

Name: Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 28, 2005
Start: 2005-11-28T12:10
End: 2005-11-28T13:00
Location: Indiana

November 28, 2005 · NWS LMK · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1021 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

.MORNING UPDATE...

BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CREEPING INTO THE
WESTERN CWA ATTM. CURRENT VIS SAT SHOWING WESTERN HALF OF CWA
UNDER CLOUD COVER...WHERE EASTERN HALF IS EXPERIENCING SOME BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS. SFC TEMPS ALREADY INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S SO
AM DOING A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE MAX TEMPS A DEGREE OR
TWO...ESPECIALLY IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. REST OF
FORECAST REMAINS NEARLY THE SAME...WITH PERIODS OF SHRS/STRMS AND
GUSTY WINDS.

LIGHTNING STRIKES FINALLY STARTING TO APPEAR IN THE CONVECTIVE
LINE TO THE WEST RIGHT NOW. CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO
HIGH SHEAR...LOW CAPE DAYS...WHERE STORMS WILL BE SHALLOW SO
LIGHTNING WILL NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THE STRONGER CELLS. COULD
HAVE STRONG RAIN SHOWERS WITH DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN THE EXTREME
SHEAR. THE 0-1 KM AND 0-3 KM SHEAR IS INCREDIBLE TODAY...SO IF ANY
SFC BASED SHRS/STORMS CAN DEVELOP WITH ANY LOW-LEVEL CAPE...COULD
SEE AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION...BUT MAY ADD THIS MENTION INTO THE HWO.

UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

AL

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 11:30 AM EST, 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-290930-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
1030 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 /1130 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT...AND WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
LINE IF ENOUGH HEATING CAN TAKE PLACE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE
THE BIGGEST THREAT...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

IN ADDITION...SURFACE WINDS OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH IN SOME SPOTS...SO A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK REGION. HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64...AND THE
BLUEGRASS PARKWAY WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 28, 11:53 AM EST, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1153 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

INZ089-KYZ023-024-026-027-061-062-070>072-281800-
PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY-
EDMONSON KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TELL CITY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN
1053 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG A LINE FROM PAOLI INDIANA DOWN
TO MORGANTOWN KENTUCKY WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
THROUGH 1200 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS FROM TELL CITY DOWN TO RUSSELLVILLE
WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A QUICK HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING AS PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

AL

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:11 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: November 28, 12:10 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Marengo
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.367, -86.350

Trees and power poles were downed near Goodman Ridge.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: November 28, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Washington County, Salem
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.600, -86.100

The back porch was blown off a house and deposited 400 yards away.

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

Every storm in Indiana in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, November 2005

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: 5480377, 5480378.