Indiana, 2007Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 23, 2007
June 23, 2007 · NWS IND · 2 events in 1 county or zone
Isolated severe storms moved across central Indiana on the evening of June 23rd. Large hail damaged a house with some holes also in the siding.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $16,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Isolated severe storms moved across central Indiana on the evening of June 23rd. Large hail damaged a house with some holes also in the siding. A pick-up truck also encountered dents. A barn was blown off of its foundation as well.
What forecasters said that day
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 23, 12:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
140 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007
.DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS REMAINS ON TEMPS/PRECIP CHCS.
GFS ACTUALLY HANDLED THE MCV POSITION BETTER AND THE ASSOCIATED
PRECIP SHIELD BETTER THAN THE NAM OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. ALL MOS
ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT A COOLER/MOCLDY AND WETTER FCST IS IN STORE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
SATELLITE SHOWS A DECAYING UPPER LOW NEAR THE IL/IA/MO BORDER. A
MOIST CONVEYOR BELT OF SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS
MO/IL INTO IN. ADDITIONAL LIFT IS TAKING PLACE OVER THE SFC FRONT
WHICH WAS ACROSS CENTRAL IL. THE 850MB FRONT IS ALSO PRESENT ACROSS
WESTERN INDIANA. THE LIFT COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL SUN IN THE DRY
SLOT WAS HELPING TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS IL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SVR THREAT APPEARS TEMPERED BY WEAK
MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL SHEAR VALUES. AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST
OR MARGINAL HAIL REPORT COULD OCCUR BUT DO NOT ANTICIPATE ORGANIZED
SVR TODAY OR TONIGHT.
TONIGHT...ISENTROPIC LIFT IS FCST TO PERSIST AHEAD OF THE WEAKENING
UPPER LOW. BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW MODEST FORCING WITHIN A VERY MOIST
AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. GIVEN CURRENT EVOLUTION OF
PRECIP ON REGIONAL RADARS IT IS DIFFICULT TO ARGUE WITH THE MAV/NAM
LIKELY POPS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST.
SUN...IT NOW APPEARS THAT WE WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
DECAYING UPPER SYSTEM WHICH SUGGESTS MORE CLOUDS AND AT LEAST SOME
LOWER CHCS FOR PRECIP. NAM/GFS BOTH SUGGEST 30-50 POPS AND WE WILL
STAY IN THE LOWER END OF GUIDANCE. ALL MOS TEMP GUIDANCE IS MUCH
COOLER WHICH GIVEN THE RECENT IMPACT OF CLDS ON TEMPS WE WILL STAY
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.
MON AND BEYOND...HTS WILL BUILD INTO NEXT WEEK. IT APPEARS THAT WE
WILL STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH REMNANT MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF MORE
CLOUDS AND PERHAPS LOW CHCS FOR DIURNAL STORMS MON. MAV/METMOS TEMPS
ARE COOLER AND GIVEN HIGHER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND EXPECTED
CLDS WE WILL STAY CLOSE TO THE MAV/METMOS TEMPS MONDAY.
850MB TEMPS AND RISING HTS STILL SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHS IN THE
90 TO 95F RANGE TUES WITH NEAR 90 WEDS BEFORE THE NEXT COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE AREA WEDS NIGHT AND THU.
&&
.AVIATION...
DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS.
CONTINUING IN A WEATHER PATTERN WHERE A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL SEND PERIODS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS CENTRAL INDIANA BASICALLY BEGINNING THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW LATE MORNING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH 00Z...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO POP UP. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR EXCEPT UNDER
THUNDERSTORMS WHERE MVFR WILL BRIEFLY OCCUR. AFTER 00Z...ANOTHER
NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX SHOULD DEVELOP. THE COMPUTER MODELS
VARY WIDELY ON EXACT LOCATIONS OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SO
CONTINUED A MORE GENERAL APPROACH OF VCTS AND CB TO HANDLE THIS
CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY. AFTER 12-14Z THE RAIN SHOULD END BUT IN THE
WAKE...EXPECTING MVFR CIGS AND VSBY WITH LIGHT FOG AFTER THE RAIN
ENDS.
.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
AVIATION...JOHNSON
PUBLIC...CO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 2:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
325 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007
INZ021-028>031-035>042-046>049-054>057-063>065-071-072-241930-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION-
HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
325 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
INZ043>045-051>053-060>062-067>070-241930-
VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-
325 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 /225 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT A STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
THIS EVENING...MAINLY NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. AFTER SUNSET... NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
Hail, Sullivan
- When
- June 23, 6:00 PM EST to 6:02 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, 3 mi W of Pleasantville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -87.306
Golf ball size hail damaged an individual's roof and siding. A pick-up truck also had dents in it.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- June 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, 3 mi W of Pleasantville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -87.306
Damaging thunderstorm winds moved a barn off of its foundation.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 23, 20071 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 23, 2007$63,000 · 9 events
- Wildfire in California, June 23, 2007$75,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 23, 20075 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 23, 2007$54,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 23, 2007$28,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 23, 2007$25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 23, 2007$10,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 23, 20071 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 23, 2007$2,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 23, 20071.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 23, 20071 in hail · 4 events
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: 36831, 36833.