1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 11:22 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1222 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. RN ENDING BY 08Z ACRS THE SE TERMINALS AS CD FNT ALONG THE OH RVR CONTS TO MOV SE. MVFR-VFR CIGS OVERNIGHT WITH PARTIAL CLRG FM THE NW. WINDS SHOULD STAY UP ENOUGH TO LIMIT FOG ACRS THE CNTRL IN TERMINALS DESPITE THE RECENT RAINS. ENOUGH LOW LVL MOIST FOR SCT DIURNAL CU TODAY WITH TIME SECS SUGGESTING ONLY SCT HIGH CLDS TNGT. && .PREVIOUS 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. && PUBLIC...HAINES AVIATION...KOCH
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1016 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1014 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S TERRE HAUTE 39.46N 87.38W
07/21/2006 M57 MPH VIGO IN BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE LIMBS DOWN IN YARD. GUST MEASURED BY TV
METEOROLOGIST.
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JPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1037 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1034 PM LIGHTNING TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
07/21/2006 VIGO IN AMATEUR RADIO
POWER OUT IN SEVERAL BLOCKS OF DOWNTOWN TERRE HAUTE.
SPOTTER UNSURE IF OUTAGE IS DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE OR
POWER LINES BEING BLOW DOWN.
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JPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1225 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 INZ071-220500- JACKSON- 1225 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 100 AM EDT. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were downed. Two homes were damaged by the falling trees.
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