Thunderstorms moved from in Illinois and across central Indiana during the evening hours of July 8th. Damaging winds were the primary threat.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved from in Illinois and across central Indiana during the evening hours of July 8th. Damaging winds were the primary threat.
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 Jul 8, 6:15 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT BEST CHANCES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MID-LATE EVENINGS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL SPREAD SE ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD BRING AN END OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE KLAF AREA BY 07Z AND MOST OTHER AREAS A FEW HOURS AFTER THAT. WILL MENTION A PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS AT KIND-KHUF LATE TONIGHT FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER AND AFTER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MODELS SHOW DRYING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY WEDNESDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. A S/W MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY MAY BRING SCT THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW WILL ONLY MENTION CB IN TAF AT KBMG. && PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FOCUS ON PRECIP CHANCES TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CURRENT SURFACE MAP SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LAKES REGION. ALOFT AT H5 THERE WAS A STRONG RIDGE COVERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND A TROUGH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. MODELS WERE VERY SIMILAR AGAIN...TEMPS AND POPS WERE CLOSE ENOUGH IN THE MOS GUIDANCE THAT A BLEND COULD BE SAFELY USED. FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE SLIGHT RISK REMAINS ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA. SUNSHINE WAS BROKEN THIS MORNING BY DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM AN MCS TO OUR WEST. THIS HAS HELD US BACK FROM CONVECTIVE TEMPS THROUGH 1 PM. BUT SUNSHINE INCREASED AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS HAVE BEEN MET. LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO CAPPING REMAINING AND SO THINGS SHOULD GET GOING SOON AS THE COLD FRONT NEARS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. VERY HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS AND MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING PWATS TO NEAR 2.25 INCHES. THE SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE PRIMARY THREATS TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS FROM WET MICROBURSTS...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. TRAINING CELLS MAY BECOME AN ISSUE WITH A SLOW MOVING FRONT AND UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS. HAIL WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE WITH A DEEP WARM LAYER AND QUITE HIGH FREEZING LEVELS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AS THE VORT MAX PASSES TO THE SOUTHEAST AND LEAVES THE FORCING MOSTLY FROM THE LOW LEVEL FRONT AS WELL AS BOUNDARIES FROM TODAYS CONVECTION. THE HIGH PWATS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. LOWS SHOULD STAY IN THE LOW 70S AGAIN. ON WEDNESDAY...THE FRONT WILL SAG TO AROUND THE OHIO RIVER. BEST FORCING WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA...SO WILL KEEP THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IDEA OF POPS TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. LIKELY RAIN EARLY IN THE SOUTH BUT DIMINISHING QUITE A BIT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE FRONT CONTINUES ITS SOUTHWARD PUSH. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE LAKES WILL BUILD IN OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND SCOUR THINGS OUT...DRY OUT THE AIR...AND SEND TEMPS WELL DOWN INTO THE LOW 60S AND EVEN SOME UPPER 50S IN THE NORTH. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL ON THURSDAY BUT ON FRIDAY WILL START TO WARM BACK UP AS THE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE PLAINS AND SENDS H8 TEMPS BACK TO NEAR +20C. THIS WILL PROVIDE A HOT AND HUMID START TO THE WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY PRECIP CHANCES AGAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY WITH NOCTURNAL CONVECTION SHOWING UP IN THE GFS...FOLLOWED BY PERHAPS COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER TO START NEXT WEEK. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...JH PUBLIC...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 303 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060-062>065-072-091915- 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-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- JENNINGS- 303 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT BUT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ061-067>071-091915- GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 303 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT BUT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING THE WHITE AND EAST FORK WHITE RIVERS. HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING MAY MAKE FLOODING WORSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD MAKE FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WORSE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) LJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 643 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ035-043-044-082315- FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION- 643 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS AROUND CAYUGA... PERRYSVILLE AND AREAS SOUTH OF VEEDERSBURG THROUGH 715 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...AND HAIL
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe street flooding was reported as a result of heavy rainfall.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees and utility lines down.
Thunderstorm winds blew down 3 trees and a utility line.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto State Route 42.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees and utility lines down. Some unspecified structural damage was reported.
Thunderstorm winds caused scattered tree and utility line damage.
Thunderstorm winds caused scattered tree and utility line damage.
Trees and utility lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
Heavy rainfall accumulated on Hanna Avenue to a depth of approximately 2 inches.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2008
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: 124368, 124354, 124355, 124356, 124357, 124358, 124359, 124360, 124361, 124362, 124363, 124367, 124364, 124365, 124366.