Storms containing numerous lightning strikes moved across central Indiana on the afternoon and evening of June 28th. Lightning struck a barn causing it to catch fire.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Storms containing numerous lightning strikes moved across central Indiana on the afternoon and evening of June 28th. Lightning struck a barn causing it to catch fire.
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 28, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUAL ENDING OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. IN EXTENDED MAIN CONCERNS ARE POSSIBLE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS 4TH OF JULY. RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM OKLAHOMA ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN INDIANA LAST SEVERAL HOURS. MODELS AND SATELLITE SHOW A MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT WAYNE TO NORTHERN MISSOURI. WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SOME TRAINING WILL BE OCCURRING WILL MENTION POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING SOUTH OF I 70. WILL HOLD OFF ON FLOOD HEADLINES AS 3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES. MODELS MOVE COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION AND SOMEWHAT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THUS WILL GO HIGHER POPS CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS EVENING. NAM GRADUALLY ENDS PRECIPITATION CENTRAL AND NORTH LATE TONIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WELL SOUTH OF OUR REGION NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO GREAT LAKES. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE WILL USE A MOS BLEND TONIGHT. HOWEVER WILL GO ON THE LOWER END ON FRIDAY AS TIME HEIGHT KEEPS SOME CLOUDINESS NORTH OF FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA. IN EXTENDED HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK. GFS BRINGS A COLD FRONT INTO OUR REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EWCF IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER. WILL MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOST AREAS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS ON THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 281800Z TAF ISSUANCE. DESPITE THE CLD COVER...AMS AHEAD OF RAIN AREA ACRS IL IS RATHER UNSTABLE WITH LI/S IN THE -5 TO -7 RANGE. THEREFORE...THINK THERE WL BE FARILY GOOD COVERAGE OF EMBEDDED CB THIS AFT...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF HRS OF THE ONSET OF PCPN...WHERE INSTABILITY WL BE THE HIGHEST. HIGH P-WAT VALUES/SFC DEWPTS ARND 70 SUGGEST IFR CONDS PROBABLE IN THE HEAVIER SHWRS. AMS SHOULD STABILIZE ENOUGH BY 282200Z OR SO TO EFFECTIVELY DIMINISH THE THUNDER THREAT SOMEWHAT... HOWEVER SHWR ACTVTY WL PROB EXTEND INTO THE LT EVEN HRS...ALONG WITH A LOW THREAT FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION BASED ON SHOWALTER INDICES. LT WNDS COUPLED WITH A NEARLY SATURATED AMS SUGGESTS MORE WIDESPREAD IFR CONDS DVLPG AFT 290600Z. .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...JH AVIATION...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 455 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060-290900- 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- 455 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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) INZ061>065-067>072-290900- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 455 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 /355 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1053 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG SE KNIGHTSTOWN 39.80N 85.53W
06/27/2007 HENRY IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
A FEW TREES DOWN IN RAYSVILLE.
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSHVILLE 39.61N 85.45W
06/27/2007 RUSH IN COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
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JKWIATKOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1155 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 ENE GREENFIELD 39.85N 85.58W
06/27/2007 HENRY IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
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JKWIATKOSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 INZ056-057-282025- RUSH-SHELBY- 345 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM EAST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY ACROSS CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT. THE STORM SHOULD REACH THE RUSHVILLE AREA BY 415 PM EDT. WINDS OVER 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and destroyed a large barn that contained $14,000 worth of hay and farm equipment. The barn was located near County Road 300 East and County Road 400 South.
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