A line of severe storms produced damaging winds across South Central Indiana. In addition to straight line-winds, three small tornadoes were produced by a bowing segment of the squall line as it moved at speeds up to 45 mph.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A line of severe storms produced damaging winds across South Central Indiana. In addition to straight line-winds, three small tornadoes were produced by a bowing segment of the squall line as it moved at speeds up to 45 mph.
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 Jun 27, 6:35 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 735 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 .UPDATE... UPDATED EVERYTHING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW WATCH. LOUISVILLE WRF INITIALIZED VERY NICELY WITH THE LINE OF STORMS OVER ILLINOIS. THE WRF AND TIMING THE STORMS ON RADAR SUGGEST STORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR NORTHWEST AREA...SUCH AS DUBOIS COUNTY...AROUND 01Z-02Z. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT EAST OF THE CURRENT WATCH AREA. .SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOWER LEVELS WARM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY TOWARD MORNING AND SATURDAY AS AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND UPPER OHIO VALLEY. THIS FEATURE CURRENTLY SHOWS UP WELL ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP COMING OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA. THIS UNUSUALLY DEEP TROUGH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A COOL FRONT DROPPING INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE SATURDAY. LOW LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE WITH THIS FRONT BUT WE WILL BE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF AN UPPER JET ENTRANCE REGION SO SOME STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP IF THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE ENOUGH. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE 80S WITH THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. 50H TROF CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTH OVER EASTERN U.S. DURING 2ND HALF OF THE WEEKEND WITH PRECIP CHANCES DROPPING IN WAKE OF LINE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SAT NIGHT WITH JUST 20 POPS FOR SUNDAY. DRY WEATHER TO FOLLOW FOR NEARLY THE REMAINDER OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD AFTER THE LONG WAVE TROF PASSES OFF THE EAST COAST AND OH/TN VALLEYS BECOME DOMINATED BY ANTICYCLONIC FLOW UP TO INDEPENDENCE DAY WHEN THE NEXT HUDSON BAY LOW STARTS TO DIG SOUTHWARD. TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO BELOW NORMAL IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UPPER TROF. 80S AND EVEN A FEW 70S FOR MAX TEMPS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN GRADUAL WARM-UP BEGINS INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MID TO UPPER 60S SUNDAY MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MID TO UPPER 50S BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH 60S RETURNING BY 2ND HALF OF WEEK. && .AVIATION (00Z TAFS)... WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. AT 23Z THE GREATEST BAND OF INSTABILITY LAY FROM SOUTHWEST INDIANA INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AHEAD OF A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE SUPPORTED BY A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. PRESENT MOVEMENT FROM RADAR AND COMPUTER MODELS BRINGS THE STORMS TO SDF AROUND 03Z AND LEX JUST BEFORE 05Z. THE SOUTHRN END OF THE LINE WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF BWG. STORMS WILL THEN BECOME MORE SCATTERED UNTIL REDEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OCCURS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL STAY VFR BETWEEN THUNDERSTORMS BUT COULD BRIEFLY DROP TO IFR CONDITIONS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && UPDATE.......13 SHORT TERM...JA LONG TERM....JBS AVIATION.....MBS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 639 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ024-025-027>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-282245- WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE 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- 639 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 /539 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARD. ALSO EXPECT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL... AND HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. INZ076-083-084-089-KYZ023-026-282245- ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-OHIO KY- 639 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 /539 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF STORMS OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING AND WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER 9PM EDT...8PM CDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARD. ALSO EXPECT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL... AND HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. 13
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak squall-line tornado briefly touched down along Indiana Highway 135, doing minor damage to several residences and downing several trees.
A weak tornado touched down along Hancock Chapel Road NE uprooting several trees in a cyclonic fashion.
A weak tornado hit the south side of a farm on Gettlefinger Road collapsing a milk barn and tearing several panels off of a large metal outbuilding in addition to snapping trees in wooded areas on either side of the farm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 2008Warnings in Indiana, June 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: 121623, 119368, 119380.