Lightning struck a home in Brownsburg during the morning hours of November 2nd.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Lightning struck a home in Brownsburg during the morning hours of November 2nd.
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 2, 5:45 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 645 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2007 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. VFR CONDITIONS WL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PD AS A STRONG AND LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRES OVR THE EASTERN UNITED STATES REMAINS IN CONTROL OF INDIANA/S WX. LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE ONGOING FORECAST. HAVE RAISED AND LOWERED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE TAF FORECASTS WITH TYPICAL DIURNAL PATTERNS. A WEAK FRONT WL APPROACH FROM THE NW NEAR 06Z...BUT LITTLE MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE AND CIGS NOT EXPECTED. ANY CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE SCT IN NATURE AND HIGH ENOUGH TO NOT CAUSE ANY RESTRICTIONS. HENCE WL LEAVE THIS NON-FACTOR CLOUD OUT FOR NOW. && .DISCUSSION... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON TEMPS THRU THE SHORT TERM THEN CHANCES FOR RAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT 06Z SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA /FA/ WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. A COLD FRONT WAS ACROSS MN INTO SD. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THIS RUN. GFS/ECMWF STILL HAVE TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH FRONT MOVING THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ECMWF SLOWER. ATTM DIFFERENCES DO NOT RESULT IN A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR POPS ACROSS FA...SO WILL PRETTY MUCH LEAVE CURRENT FORECAST INTACT. OTHERWISE WENT WITH A BLEND. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WILL BE ACROSS THE FA TODAY WITH COLD FRONT STILL OUT TO THE W. WINDS WILL HAVE AN EASTERLY COMPONENT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...SO DO NOT SEE MUCH WARM AIR ADVECTION AT THE LOWER LEVELS. THUS NOT EXPECTING A LARGE WARM UP OVER THURSDAY/S HIGHS. WILL GO CLOSER TO COOLER MOS NUMBERS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FA TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE DRY SO EXPECT NOTHING MORE THAN SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. MOS NUMBERS REFLECT THIS SCENARIO PRETTY WELL SO WENT WITH A BLEND OF MET/MAV. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY EXIT THE FA ON SATURDAY AS FRONT MOVES OFF. AIR WILL BE COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT. MAV NUMBERS LOOK TOO WARM GIVEN SOME COLD ADVECTION SO WENT CLOSER TO COOLER MET NUMBERS. AS NOTED ABOVE A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THRU THE AREA IN THE MON-TUE TIME FRAME...AND MODELS STILL HAVING TIMING ISSUES. EITHER WAY CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK OK MON AND MON NIGHT WITH DRY ON TUE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...JP PUBLIC...CS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 322 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-031000- 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- 322 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house in Brownsburg and started a fire in the house as storms moved through the area. Large parts of the ceiling fell down and the roof will have to be replaced. Clothes, bedding, and other items in the house were also damaged.
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