Lightning struck homes in the Brownsburg and Fishers area as thunderstorms moved through the area during the early hours of November 11, 2007.
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Lightning struck homes in the Brownsburg and Fishers area as thunderstorms moved through the area during the early hours of November 11, 2007.
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 Nov 11, 3:05 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2007 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE HAS MOVED EAST OF THE STATE AND A SWITCH TO A RAINY PATTERN IS UNDER WAY. FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON PRECIP CHANCES TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE NAM/GFS ARE STILL IN AGREEMENT AND WILL USE A BLEND. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO INDIANA FROM IL THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS FORMED ALONG A THETA E RIDGE BACK IN IL AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY IN THE STRONG WARM ADVECTION PATTERN. HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY NORTH OF I-70 AS SHOWERS WILL BE ONGOING AT ISSUANCE TIME. WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND RAIN TEMPS WILL WARM INTO THE MID 50S TODAY. MONDAY...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE WARM ADVECTION PATTERN AS PWATS INCREASE TO JUST OVER ONE INCH. SHOWERS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES NORTHEAST FROM TX INTO INDIANA. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE TO LIKELY ON MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENISIS STRENGHTHENS AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. AS H85 TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL GO ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID 60S. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY MOVES FROM TX TO THE LP OF MICH BY WED. DURING THIS TIME INDIANA WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTION AND A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WED EVENING WHEN THE FRONT FINALLY PASSES THROUGH. MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST DAY OR SO IN PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH QUICKLY AS IT WILL BE AIDED BY A 150KT JET. TEMPS ON TUES/WED WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 60S. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL SEE COOLER AIR RETURN TO CENTRAL INDIANA. TEMPS WILL GO BACK BELOW NORMAL AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE STATE. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS MID/HIGH CLOUDS CURRENTLY ACROSS OUR AREA AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK. A S/W WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND NAM AND GFS MODELS INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOPING AS GULF MOISTURE WORKS NORTH INTO THIS S/W. MEANWHILE NAM SHOWS ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS. EITHER CASE THERE SHOULD BE INCREASING CLOUDS AROUND 4-5 THOUSAND FEET BY LATE MORNING. ALL MODEL SOUNDINGS KEEP LOWEST LAYERS DRY ENOUGH TO REMAIN VFR DESPITE SOME SHOWERS. CLOUDS MAY BEOME MORE SCT-BKN BY EVENING AS THIS S/W CONTINUES EAST OF OUR REGION. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...SALLY AVIATION...JH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 327 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-120830- 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- 327 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. LIGHTNING WILL BE A HAZARD WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM MONDAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY. AS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS...LIGHTNING WILL ALWAYS BE A HAZARD. .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)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:31 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in Fishers during the morning hours and started a fire. The fire burned part of the chimney. The fire caused by the lightning also damaged some of the electrical components inside the home.
Lightning struck a house in Brownsburg during the early morning hours. The lightning strike set the house on fire and blew out lighting figures and outlets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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