Storms, some containing heavy rain, moved across central Indiana on the evening of June 27th. The main damage was caused by thunderstorm winds and flooding.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Storms, some containing heavy rain, moved across central Indiana on the evening of June 27th. The main damage was caused by thunderstorm winds and flooding.
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 27, 1:56 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 256 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 .SHORT TERM...A CD FRONT WAS FM SRN WI TO NRN MO AND GENERATING TSRA. WSR88D SHOWS DIURNAL TSRA DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT NEAR KLAF. DEW POINTS ARE QUITE MOIST ACRS THE ARE LINGERING AROUND 70. A LIGHT SWERLY FLOW IS FOUND ACRS THE FA. EXPECT DIURNAL CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST. UNTIL THE SCT TSRA WL LINGER AS LI/S WL REMAIN NEAR -5 AND CAPES ARE AROUND 2K J/KG. AFTER THE DIURNAL TSRA END TONIGHT A S/W WL APPROACH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RVR VALLEY. DECENT SFC CONVERGENCE AS SEEN IN THE THE LWR LVL Q VECTORS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AS A CD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. TSRA WILL BE GENERATED ALONG THE FRONT. TIME SECTIONS SHOW A SATURATED COLUMN ALL NIGHT WITH STRONG OMEGA MOVING INTO THE AREA AROUND 12Z. THUS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED BEST POPS ACRS THE NW WHERE THE FRONT IS MOST LIKELY TO INTERACT FIRST. BETTER CHCS FOR RAIN WL BE AFTER 12Z THU AT MOST CENTRAL INDIANA LOCATIONS. AS FOR TEMPS PERSISTENCE LOOKS THE WAY TO GO AS DEWPOINTS AND EXPECTED INCREASING CLOUD COVER WL NOT ALLOW MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAD COOLING. USED A MAVMOS/METMOS BLEND...EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR TWEAKS IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN CWA THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. PWATS ARE CLOSE TO 2 INCHES AND FREEZING LEVELS ARE 15K PLUS SO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT VERY STRONG SO STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING WHICH COULD CREATE SHORT TERM URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS. WITH CLOUD COVER EXPECTED AND COOLER H85 TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT WENT WITH COOLER MOS TEMPS FOR HIGHS. THURSDAY NIGHT MOISTURE WILL LINGER KEEPING CLOUDS OVER THE CWA. WITH A CLOUDY SKY WENT WITH WARMER MOS NUMBERS. FRIDAY...AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE CWA IT APPEARS TO STALL OUT OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WITH THAT POSSIBILITY HAVE KEPT IN A LOW CHANCE IN THE FAR SOUTH INTO FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUED H85 COOL ADVECTION WILL PREVENT TEMPS FROM RISING TOO MUCH AND WILL LEAN MORE TOWARD A MOS AVERAGE. SOME SUN MAY BE SEEN IN THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY BUT WILL EVENTUALLY FILL IN WITH CU. BY FRIDAY EVENING THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL BE SOUTH OF THE CWA. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A BLOCKING TYPE PATTERN SETS UP OVER THE CONUS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE GFS SHOWS A MORE AMPLIFIED RIDGE KEEPING INDIANA IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND EVENTUALLY BRINGS A CLOSED SFC LOW AND FRONT THROUGH THE STATE ON TUES NIGHT/WED. THE ECMWF...WHICH HAS RECENTLY SHOWN MORE CONSISTENCY THAN THE GFS...SHOWS LESS AMPLIFICATION AND DOES NOT SHOW THE FRONTAL FEATURE THAT THE GFS DOES. THROW THE ENSEMBLES INTO THE MIX AND THE GFS IS STILL AN OUTLIER. THEREFORE AT THIS TIME WILL NOT INCLUDE A CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE EXTENDED AND WILL USE MORE OF THE ENSEMBLES/ECMWF FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. TEMPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WILL START OUT IN THE LOW 80S THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S. THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKWEEK WILL START A GRADUAL WARM UP WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 90S BY MID WEEK. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS SOME REMNANT AC FROM THIS MORNING AND DEVELOPING DIURNAL CU THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP VSBYS IN THE VFR RANGE. TEMPS ACRS THE FA ARE REACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE...SO SOME ISOLATED VSBYS IN THE MVFR RANGE MAY OCCUR IN TRWS. CURRENTLY...KIND-88D WAS STILL CLEAR ACRS THE FA. A S/W MOVING ALONG THE SRN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES WL MOVE THRU OUR FA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SUFFICIENT LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEWRD MOVING S/W AND CD FRT ALONG WITH FORECAST SB CAPES WELL IN EXCESS OF 1500 J/KG...WL LEAVE VCTS FOR TOMORROW MORNING ACRS THE TERMINALS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING THE TSRA EVENTS WL USE VCTS IN THE TAFS FOR NOW AND UPDATE AS STORMS BECOME IMMINENT. WITH A WEAK SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT...WL LEAVE LIGHT WINDS ACRS THE FA FOR TNGT AND TOMORROW. IN SUMMARY...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAFS EXCEPT DURING OUR CHCS FOR TSRA...WHEN MVFR CONDITIONS WL BE POSSIBLE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...BF/JP LONG TERM...SALLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 452 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>062-280900- 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- 452 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...HOWEVER...THESE 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) INZ063>065-067>072-280900- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- 452 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 /352 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER...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) CP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 INZ030-037>039-272000- BOONE-CLINTON-HAMILTON-TIPTON- 325 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CLINTON AND NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL... WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO TIPTON AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES AROUND 400 PM.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Madison County Emergency Management Agency reported damage to a church steeple, windows out of a building, a power pole down, a tree on a car, and a tree onto a house.
Law enforcement reported a roof of a house was damaged at 625 W and U.S. 40. Also, trees were blown down onto a house near Raysville.
Trees were reported down on Pottersville Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
Lightning struck the Greenfield Police Department and damaged computers, a recorder, and the 911 system.
Lightning struck the Greater Greenfield Chamber of Commerce building during a brief thunderstorm on the evening of June 27th. They experienced phone line problems along with other malfunctioning equipment.
Rainfall of 2.23 inches fell in 1 hour causing streets, including West Morgan Street and Vandalia Avenue, to flood in Spencer. Flooding also caused water damage to two businesses.
Law enforcement reported trees down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
A few trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
Several large limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down at scattered locations across the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2007
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: 33485, 33469, 33471, 35203, 35206, 33473, 33474, 33475, 33477, 33478.