Severe storms moved through central Indiana during the early morning hours of December 23rd. Winds gusted upward of 60 mph with these storms.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Severe storms moved through central Indiana during the early morning hours of December 23rd. Winds gusted upward of 60 mph with these storms.
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 Dec 23, 2:23 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 223 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 .DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS ON WINDS TODAY. EXTREMELY INTENSE ISALLOBARIC FIELD/RISE FALL COUPLET NOW MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE UPPER WAVE AND DEEPENING SFC LOW. STRONG WIND FIELDS FROM 925-600MB ARE ALSO MIXING DOWN WITHIN THE NARROW CONVECTIVE LINE THAT IS MOVING TOWARD THE CWA. WITHOUT THE CONVECTIVE LINE OBS SUGGEST THAT PRESSURE RISES ALONE ARE YIELDING WIND GUSTS TO 40KTS HOWEVER AS MENTIONED...THE CONVECTIVE LINE OF SHRA IS MIXING DOWN WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH ACROSS EASTERN IL. ASIDE THE THE PRE-DAWN SVR WIND POTENTIAL WITH RAIN SHOWERS...LOOK FOR A PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH THE PRESSURE RISES AS THE FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE CWA. THIS IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY HIGHER WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTIVE LINE...THESE WOULD BE HANDLED WITH SVR T-STORM WARNINGS. TODAY...FALLING TEMPS WITH SOME CLEARING/SUN POSSIBLE MIDDAY IN THE DRY SLOT BEFORE MORE CLDS MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OFF BUFKIT SUGGEST THAT AFTER THIS EARLY MORNING PERIOD OF HIGH WIND GUSTS...THAT MORE SYNOPTIC SCALE WINDS GUSTS WILL RANGE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT AND INTO MON AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND THE SFC LOW LINGERS TO OUR NORTH. MODEL TEMP GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE AND WILL USE A BLEND. NO CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED WITH QUIET/DRY CONDS FCST FOR CHRISTMAS WITH THE NEXT CHC FOR PRECIP WEDS INTO THU WITH A WEAK SYSTEM. TEMPS/THICKNESSES STILL SUGGEST A MIX HOWEVER AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT GIVEN WEAKNESS OF FCST UPPER SYSTEM. A STRONGER SYSTEM STILL COULD IMPACT THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK FRI/SAT. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR THE 06Z TAFS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF PERIOD WILL BE THE WINDS. VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER W CNTRL ILLINOIS WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM MI TO SE MO. THE LOW WAS MOVING NE. THIS WILL MOVE THE FRONT THROUGH INDIANA FROM 09Z-11Z. TAFS WILL START OUT MVFR IN RA. THE CIGS WILL QUICKLY BECOME IFR BY 08Z. WHEN TAFS BEGIN WINDS WILL BE GUSTG TO 25 KTS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. AFTER FROPA GUSTS TO 35 KTS ARE LIKELY. COLD UNSTABLE AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW WILL KEEP IFR CIGS IN TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH 11Z. MUCH OF THE MOISTURE WILL MOVE EAST OF INDIANA AFTER 11Z. THIS WILL ALLOW CIGS TO INCREASE TO MVFR LVLS. AFTER FROPA TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DECREASE. THE RAINSHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS. DUE TO LIMITED AVBL MOISTURE THESE WILL NOT RESTRICT VSBYS MUCH. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 00Z. AFTER 00Z THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES. IT WILL BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO ALLOW WIND GUSTS TO DECREASE TO 25 KTS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY ALL AREAS UNTIL 00Z MON FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. && AVIATION...SH PUBLIC...CO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-232245- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER 4 AM TONIGHT. A FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND 4 AM AND AFTER IT PASSES...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40-45 MPH BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AFTER 8 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY...AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AND ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-067-232245- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER 4 AM TONIGHT. A FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND 4 AM AND AFTER IT PASSES...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40-45 MPH BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AFTER 8 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY...AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AND ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JOHNSON
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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