Officials believe a lightning strike is to blame for a fire which did an estimated $50,000 damage to a south-side Kokomo residence.
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Officials believe a lightning strike is to blame for a fire which did an estimated $50,000 damage to a south-side Kokomo residence.
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 Jun 28, 6:15 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR THE 12Z TAFS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA TODAY. EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH DRIER AIR WILL BE FEEDING INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL LIMIT TSTMS DEVELOPMENT. ANY TSTMS WILL BE ISOLATED SO ONLY WENT FOR CB IN TAFS. OUTSIDE OF THE TSTMS CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR. SOME BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR WITH THE TSTMS. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THE TSTMS WILL DISSIPATE ARND SS. && .DISCUSSION... PROBLEM OF DAY IS WHETHER RAIN WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATER TODAY. PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURED DURING EVENING IS EAST OF CWA...BUT DESPITE RELATIVELY MODEST FWC AND MET POPS...I AM NOT SURE EVERYTHING IS OVER. FOR STARTS...FRONT NOW TO OUR WEST DOESNOT HAVE MUCH PRECIP WITH IT...BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY...ALL HAVE STRONG COLD ADVECTION ALOFT DEVELOPING BY LATE IN DAY...WITH RESULTING BIG INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. IF WE CAN GET ANY SUN AT ALL IN DRY SLOT I FELL THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE WE WILL DESTABILIZE AND GET PRETTY GOOD SHRA/TRSA DEVOLPMENT LATE IN DAY. AGREED WITH IWX ON THIS. AFTER TODAY...NOT MATTER WHICH MODEL YOU LOOK AT...UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD POOL HANDS AROUND. TEMPS AT 500 MB BELOW MINUS 20 AT TIME. THIS IS RARE. MOS MAY BE UNDERPLAYING ITS IMPACT. FOR NOW BASICALLY STAYED IN CHANCE CATEGORY WITH MAV THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE MONDAY. HOPEFULLY MONDAY WILL SEE THE LAST OF THE PCPN FOR A WHILE. NOT CONFIDENT ABOUT TEMPS TODAY. DETAILS OF SKY COVER AND FRONT PASSAGE COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. MODEL CONSENSUS OFTEN GOOD WITH HIGH UNCERTAINTY. AFTER TODAY I WENT WITH THE MAV. IT SEEMS TO REFLECT THE UNUSUALLY COLD NATURE OF THIS SITUATION BETTER. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...KWIATKOWSKI AVIATION...SH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 523 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 INZ021-028>031-035-036-043-290930- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION- 523 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHTNING IS THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND AGAIN FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ037>042-044>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-290930- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-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- 523 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND AGAIN FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2PM AND 10PM TODAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JK
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:34 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Officials believe a lightning strike is to blame for a fire which did an estimated $50,000 damage to a south-side Kokomo residence on Springmill Drive. The resident stated lightning hit his attic and when he checked it it was full of smoke. Crews stayed on scene for almost three hours. The house was left in uninhabitable condition.
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