2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jun 19, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 .DISCUSSION...UPPR TROF CURRENTLY OVR THE GRTLKS XPCTD TO SWING SEWD THRU THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVEN. AFTER THAT...RDGG WL BLD THRU THE TN VLY...LEAVING AREA ALONG THE SRN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES AND PRONE TO PERIODIC TSTM COMPLEXES. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT OVERALL. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS. IN THE NR TERM...OTHER THAN TSTM CLUSTER OVR THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE CWA...NOT MUCH GOING ON ELSEWHERE YET. TSTMS STILL APPEAR ELEVATED SO FAR...BUT CONVECTIVE TEMPS SOUTH OF PRESENT ACTVTY JUST ABOUT REACHED...SO ADDITIONAL SFC DVLPMNT LIKELY SOON. BASED ON VARIOUS PARAMETERS...APPEARS BEST THREAT OF SVR SHOULD BE ALONG/SOUTH OF CURRENT ACTVTY AS DEWPTS ARE FALLING OFF OVR THE NWRN CWA. ADDITIONAL ACTVTY PSBL ALONG UPPR TROF AXIS CURRENTLY DROPPING SEWD THRU SRN WI/NW IL AS WELL. ALL IN ALL...UPPR TROF PUSHES SEWD OF THE AREA BY ABOUT 200300Z OR SO...SO PCPN THREAT SHOULD END BY THAT TIME. WS510 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CWA TIL 200000Z. IN THE LTR PDS...SFC FNT SETTLES SWD INTO THE AREA ON TUES...AND MEANDERS AROUND IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. INSTABILITY PROGGED TO BE QUITE HIGH BY TUES AFT...ESPECIALLY OVR THE SW ZONES...ALONG WITH STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES ABV. WL BRING IN CHC POPS BY THE AFT HRS ALL AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS SW. WL BROADBRUSH CHC POPS ALL AREAS INTO WED AS WELL AS OVERALL PTN POINTS TO POTENTIAL TSTM COMPLEXES NEARBY FM TIME TO TIME. LO LVL THICKNESSES AND TRAJECTORIES SUGGEST THE NGM MOS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE TOO COOL...ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGHS IN THR LTR PDS. WL BUMP UP THE NUMBERS IN THOSE PDS. && .AVIATION...FOR 191800Z TAFS...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS OVER INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR WITH ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 00Z. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KTS AND 3/4 INCH HAIL. MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN AFTER FROPA AND WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN LIMITING FOG FORMATION TO MVFR LEVELS AROUND SUNRISE. .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...HAINES PUBLIC...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 ...CORRECT TYPO IN SPOTTER STATEMENT... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200845- 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-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 345 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 /445 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 4 PM EDT (3 PM CDT) THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY THREATS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A VERY ACTIVE PATTERN FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EVERY DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO KNOW MANY DETAILS ON THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WEDNESDAY APPEARS TO BE THE DAY THAT STORMS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM EDT (3 PM CDT) THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) LJ/PG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
255 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0241 PM HAIL 9 NW SPENCER 39.38N 86.89W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH OWEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
EST. WIND GUST 50MPH
&&
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
256 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM HAIL 9 N SPENCER 39.42N 86.77W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH OWEN IN PUBLIC
&&
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
304 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 PM HAIL 3 W GOSPORT 39.35N 86.72W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH OWEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0257 PM HAIL 10 SW CLOVERDALE 39.42N 86.93W
06/19/2006 E2.00 INCH OWEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
EST. WIND GUST 65 MPH
&&
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
317 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL GOSPORT 39.35N 86.67W
06/19/2006 E1.75 INCH OWEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0309 PM HAIL MARTINSVILLE 39.42N 86.42W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0312 PM HAIL MARTINSVILLE 39.42N 86.42W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0311 PM HAIL 6 N SPENCER 39.37N 86.77W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH OWEN IN CO-OP OBSERVER
0200 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NW SHELBYVILLE 39.63N 85.91W
06/19/2006 SHELBY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN
&&
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL ELLETTSVILLE 39.23N 86.62W
06/19/2006 E1.25 INCH MONROE IN AMATEUR RADIO
0313 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 WSW SHELBYVILLE 39.47N 85.93W
06/19/2006 SHELBY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN MANILLA AND HOMER
0313 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 S SHELBYVILLE 39.41N 85.78W
06/19/2006 SHELBY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN MILROY
&&
SMITHThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house was heavily damaged by a lightning strike-induced fire.
A house was heavily damaged by fire caused by a lightning strike.
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, June 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: 5514268, 5514267.