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 Jul 21, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .DISCUSSION...MAY PROBLEM WILL BE THE TIMING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WAS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SHORT WAVE WAS MOVING ALONG THE FRONT. LIFTED INDEXES DROP TO BETTER THEN -6 IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE MAIN AREA OF UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH OF CENTRAL INDIANA CWA. A FEW OF THE SEVERE STORMS MAY CLIP EXTREME SOUTHWEST COUNTIES UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THESE MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A 500 MB SHORT WAVE. THIS WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA OVERNIGHT. DUE TO ALL THIS INSTABILITY HAVE RAISED POPS TO AT LEAST LIKELY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF INDIANA ON SATURDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL QUICKLY STABALIZE AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST. JUST WENT FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EAST AND SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING. DRIER AIR MOVES IN DURING THE AFTERNOON SO DECREASED CLOUD COVER SOME THEN. WITH THE DRIER AIR CONTINUING TO MOVE IN CONTINUED TO DECREASE CLOUD COVER SATURDAY NIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY ON SUNDAY. GOING FORECAST TEMPS LOOK OK. && .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ACRS SRN INDIANA AT 18Z. MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO HZ HAVE CONTINUED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE DROPPED AS DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER IL AND WL MV TWRD CWA BY 20Z AND 23Z. RAIN AND SOME POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WL DEVELOP AFTER 2Z WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT HUF AND BMG. MVFR FOG WL FORM BEHIND FRONT AROUND 8Z WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE AND DUE TO THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL. BELIEVE WINDS AROUND 10KTS WL KEEP VISIBILITIES IN THE MVFR RANGE INSTEAD OF DROPPING TO IFR CONDITIONS. AFTER 13Z EXPECT FOG TO BEGIN TO BURN OFF AS COLD FRONT WL CONTINUE TO MV TO THE SOUTH. WL STILL HAVE A LOW CLOUD DECK AROUND WITH HIGH LOW LEVEL RH VALUES IN THE 80 TO 90 PERCENT RANGE KEEPING MVFR CIGS AT TAF SITES. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST. && PUBLIC...HAINES AVIATION...AB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-070>072-221915- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN DURING THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ067>069-221915- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- 212 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) HAINES
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A home was severely damaged by a lightning-induced fire. The fire was initially contained to the roof and attic, before the roof collapsed, causing damage to the second floor. Vinyl siding was melted on a neighboring home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2006
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: 5517356.