Severe thunderstorms moved across central Indiana on the evening of April 26, 2007. The main damage was caused my damaging thunderstorm winds.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved across central Indiana on the evening of April 26, 2007. The main damage was caused my damaging thunderstorm winds.
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 Apr 26, 2:16 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 .SHORT TERM... LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING SHORT WAVE ROUNDING BASE OF UPPER TROUGH AND MOVING UP THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ATTM. KILX RADAR SHOWING SCT TSRA INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE PAST HOUR OR TWO. AS CURRENT LINE OF SH/TSRA MOVES UP THROUGH NE CWA EXPECT ADDNL CONVECTION TO DEVELOP/MOVE IN OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING SO WILL ADJUST GRIDS TO SCT WORDING AND BUMP POPS UP TO 50. SFC AND UPPER LOW TO MOVE UP INTO MICHIGAN BY FRIDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY DRIFT OVER EASTERN GREAT LAKES DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. MODELS SHOWING AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE WRAPPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM KEEPING CLOUDS IN THE AREA...BUT LACK OF ANY APPRECIABLE FORCING WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES TO A MINIMUM...SMALL CHANCE IN THE NORTH TO DRY FCST IN SOUTHWEST. 850MB COLD POOL SETTLES INTO THE AREA AND ALONG WITH LOW CLOUDS SHOULD KEEP TEMPS COOL TOMORROW...STRUGGLING TO REACH 60F. && .LONG TERM... AFTER FRIDAY...SFC AND UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM SOUTHWEST KEEPING DRY FCST IN TACK THROUGH TUESDAY. FRONT THEN DROPS DOWN INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND REMAINS IN THE AREA THROUGH DAY 7 WHICH WARRANTS KEEPING CHANCE POPS IN THE FCST. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE FORECAST FOCUS IN THE SHORT TERM IS ON TSRA. WARM FRONT WAS NORTH OF ALL TAF SITES AND TSRA WERE FORMING IN THE WARM SECTOR. SOME CLEARING NEAR THE IL/IN BORDER COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH HEATING FOR ADDITIONAL TSRA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME WITH NO MAIN FEATURE TO FOCUS ON WILL TIME IN CURRENT TSRA AND USE VCTS AND CB TO COVER LATER IN THE EVENING. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW SATURATION IN THE LOWER LEVELS AND ALL MODEL GUIDENCE HAS CIGS BELOW 1000FT LATER TONIGHT. SINCE ALL GUIDENCE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS WILL TAKE CIGS DOWN GENERALLY AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME. CIGS WILL TAKE A WHILE TO BREAK OUT AND WILL PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE TAF PD. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY NOTED IN THE WIND FIELDS AND SHOULD REMAIN AROUND 10KTS OR LESS OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREAS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...SALLY SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...JAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 531 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-270945- 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- 531 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007 /431 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MORNING...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE WARM FRONT WILL ACT AS THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ANY STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. BRIEF TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH ANY STORMS THAT FORM THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 12 PM EDT TODAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CO
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A house sustained minor damage due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
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