Two lines of thunderstorms moved through south central Indiana beginning the afternoon of July 8th and again during the late evening. Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and small hail were reported with these storms.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Two lines of thunderstorms moved through south central Indiana beginning the afternoon of July 8th and again during the late evening. Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and small hail were reported with these storms.
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 254 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DIP SOUTHWARD ACROSS IL/IN TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. PW VALUES BASED ON MODEL SOUNDS ARE NEARLY TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT SO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS AS ECHOES WILL LIKELY BE TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS BEGINNING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAIN JET ENERGY STAYS TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA SO EXPECT THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE SOME RAINFALL AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD. ONE CONCERN FOR THIS EVENT IS THE APPARENT DRY PERIOD IN THE NAM DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. LINE OF PRECIPITATION FROM MO/IL TO OH/PA IS BROKEN ACROSS IN/KY. SEE NO REASON THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THIS LINE WITH SUCH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND THE FRONT ACTING AS A FORCING MECHANISM SO WILL LEAVE THE ENTIRE PERIOD WET. EVEN IF THERE IS A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE BRIEF. BESIDES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...THE FRONT WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE SOUTH FOR A DRY AND WARM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION SHOULD CARRY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKS INTO THE CWA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS KENTUCKY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ENTIRE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY DOES STILL LOOK TO BE LIMITED ACCORDING TO THE MODELS SO WILL LEAVE POPS IN THE ISOLATED CATEGORY FOR NOW...BUT IF MOISTURE ADVECTION IS STRONGER THAN THE MODELS INDICATE THESE POPS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED IN FUTURE FORECASTS. BOUNDARY MOVES OFF MONDAY WITH MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOKING DRY AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EAST OF LEX BUT COULD BACKBUILD AND AFFECT THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. BWG AND SDF ARE CURRENTLY VFR...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE HIT AND MISS SO AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. THE MAIN THREAT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LS LONG TERM....MACZKO AVIATION.....LS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 317 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-091930- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 317 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 /217 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SLIPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME AREAS MAY SEE MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL BY TOMORROW NIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INTENSE RAINFALL...FLOODING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ084-089-082045- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...TELL CITY 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 /232 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/ ...THUNDERSTORM TO BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS... A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 408 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ090-091-082100- FLOYD-HARRISON- 408 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA THROUGH 445 PM CDT... AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF CORYDON...OR 29 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CRANDALL BY 415 PM EDT. NEAR LANESVILLE BY 420 PM EDT. NEAR GEORGETOWN BY 425 PM EDT. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 416 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 KYZ024-025-082100- BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE- 316 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BRECKINRIDGE AND MEADE COUNTIES... AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF BRANDENBURG TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARDINSBURG. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR PAYNEVILLE BY 425 PM EDT. NEAR SIROCCO BY 430 PM EDT. NEAR ROFF BY 335 PM CDT. NEAR BRANDENBURG BY 445 PM EDT. NEAR CUSTER BY 350 PM CDT. NEAR HUDSON BY 355 PM CDT. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 433 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ091-092-KYZ030-082100- CLARK-FLOYD-JEFFERSON- 433 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS FLOYD...CRAWFORD...AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY... AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ALBANY TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORYDON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 16 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR NEW ALBANY BY 445 PM EDT. NEAR SHIVELY BY 450 PM EDT. NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE BY 455 PM EDT. NEAR ST. MATTHEWS BY 456 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down in the Georgetown area, resulting in downed utility lines and several power transformers blown.
Over 50 trees were reported down one half mile west of Interstate 265 with a large tree on a house.
A tree fell on a mobile home.
Numerous trees were reported down.
Trees were reported down across the county.
Several trees were reported down, with some across power lines.
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: 112744, 112745, 112746, 112749, 112747, 112748.