A widespread area of showers and thunderstorms pushed northeast into Southwest and Central Indiana during the early morning hours of June the 3rd. A couple observations of flash flooding and wind damage were noted mainly on the western half of Central Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A widespread area of showers and thunderstorms pushed northeast into Southwest and Central Indiana during the early morning hours of June the 3rd. A couple observations of flash flooding and wind damage were noted mainly on the western half of Central Indiana. The storms decreased in intensity as they moved across the eastern half of Central Indiana.
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 3, 1:34 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 234 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 .UPDATE... THE NEAR TERM AND SHORT TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...FAIRLY FAST WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER INDIANA. THIS WILL CAUSE A SERIES OF WEAK LOWS AND WEAK HIGHS TO CROSS THE STATE...WHICH WILL CAUSE INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS SEPARATED BY DRY PERIODS OF A DAY OR SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... FORECAST FOCUS TODAY IS PRECIP CHANCES...ESPECIALLY FOR HEAVY RAIN. ANALYSIS AS OF 230 AM DEPICTS A STALLED BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTH- CENTRAL PORTION OF INDIANA. MEANWHILE A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ACROSS SECTIONS OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD. SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALLOWING THIS FEATURE TO MOVE E/NE ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY THROUGH THIS MORNING. WHAT THIS MEANS IS INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...MAINLY SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AND MARION COUNTY...THOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD MAKE IT THIS FAR NORTH. IN TERMS OF WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THESE STORMS THE MAIN THREAT(S) INCLUDE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH PWATS AROUND 1.5" AND SLOW STORM MOTION...WE COULD GET SOME TRAINING CELLS WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA WILL THEREFORE REMAIN INTACT THIS FORECAST ISSUANCE. AS THIS COMPLEX MOVES EASTWARD INTO INDIANA THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD REMAIN FAVORABLE TO CONTINUE MOSTLY SUB-SEVERE STORMS...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT REMAINS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT MLCAPES TO INCREASE TO AROUND 1500 J/KG AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LI'S AROUND -4. SHEAR IS NOT IMPRESSIVE AND LAPSE RATES REMAIN MODERATE. THIS SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE E THIS MORNING...REACHING THE OH VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE LEFT IN CHANCES ACROSS N TO LIKELY S...CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY. SINCE GUIDANCE IS VERY SIMILAR WITH RESPECT TO TEMPS, USED A MATCH MOS BLEND TO YIELD HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... SHORT TERM PERIOD REMAINS VERY CHALLENGING AS NO MODEL REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD GRASP ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE BOUNDARY. CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE HAVE IT LINGER OVER THE STATE UNTIL SATURDAY...WHEN NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. THINK CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH SOME LOW POP CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND THEN 30-40% CHANCE EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY WHERE WE FIND THE BOUNDARY MATERIALIZE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. AGREE WITH PREVIOUS STATEMENT THAT THE JUNE SUNSHINE COUPLED WITH THIS BOUNDARY WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF THE SHOWER CHANCES. HAVE LEFT EXPIRATION TIME FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT 23Z THU. SINCE WE ARE NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT ON HOW MUCH MORE PRECIP THE AREA WILL GET..AND THE COVERAGE WILL BE SCATTERED, THIS WATCH CAN PROBABLY BE EXPIRED BEFORE TONIGHT...POSSIBLY EARLIER. TEMPERATURES REMAIN FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH THE SHORT TERM BUT WILL VARY DEPENDING ON WHO GETS RAIN. USED A MATCH MOS BLEND ONCE AGAIN. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON CHANCES FOR RAIN. THIS WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO PIN DOWN IN ZONAL FLOW IN ALL MODELS AND STRONG JUNE HEATING. HPC FORECAST OF PERSISTENT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE LOOKS REASONABLE. FOR TEMPS...GFS SYSTEM HAS HAD A STRONG COOL BIAS LATELY IN LATER PERIODS. PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE THEN...AND ECM 850 TEMPERATURES MUCH WARMER THAN GFS. WILL GO WITH WARM END MEN ENSEMBLE MOS FOR NOW. && .AVIATION.../030600Z TAF ISSUANCE/... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY STILL EXIST NEAR THE FRONTAL ZONE. CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT AS SUBTLE WAVE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA...BUT NOT SURE HOW EXTENSIVE IT WILL BE AS 850MB FLOW INTO THE FRONT NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG. APPEARS THERE IS AT LEAST A LOW CONVECTIVE THREAT MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS THROUGH ABOUT 031100Z WHEN WAVE PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS APPEARS TO BE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS AS WELL AS IT WILL BE MOVING INTO PROGRESSIVELY MORE UNSTABLE AIR DURING THE NIGHT. GIVEN THE WEAK GRADIENT AND HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...SHOULD SEE MVFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES DEVELOP TOWARDS DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR INZ060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...KWIATKOWSKI/RYAN NEAR TERM...SMF SHORT TERM...SMF LONG TERM....KWIATKOWSKI AVIATION...JAS/DT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 243 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-040645- 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- 243 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS A HAZARD IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AND OFF THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO KEEP TRACK OF LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>065-067>072-040645- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 243 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. LIGHTNING IS A HAZARD IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AND OFF THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO KEEP TRACK OF LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMFLECHT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 224 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ060-067-030700- KNOX-SULLIVAN- 224 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROBINSON ILLINOIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VINCENNES AROUND 240 AM EDT... OAKTOWN AND TURTLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 240 AM EDT... CARLISLE AROUND 245 AM EDT... PAXTON AND SULLIVAN AROUND 250 AM EDT... SHELBURN AND EDWARDSPORT AROUND 255 AM EDT... DUGGER AROUND 300 AM EDT... HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DRT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 252 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ067-030715- KNOX- 252 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 AT 244 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRUCEVILLE AND MONROE CITY AROUND 305 AM EDT... BICKNELL AND WHEATLAND AROUND 310 AM EDT... HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DRT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ060-061-067>070-030830- DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-SULLIVAN- 325 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 AT 322 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW HEBRON TO WASHINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WASHINGTON AND BICKNELL AROUND 330 AM EDT... OAKTOWN AND ALFORDSVILLE AROUND 335 AM EDT... MONTGOMERY AND EDWARDSPORT AROUND 340 AM EDT... FREELANDVILLE AND CARLISLE AROUND 345 AM EDT... PAXTON AND PLAINVILLE AROUND 350 AM EDT... WEST BOGGS LAKE AND LACY AROUND 355 AM EDT... PLEASANTVILLE AND SHOALS AROUND 400 AM EDT... VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. SMF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
INZ061-067>069-030845-
DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-MARTIN-
342 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHERN
MARTIN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 445
AM EDT...
AT 341 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLAINVILLE AROUND 350 AM EDT...
ELNORA AROUND 355 AM EDT...
ODON AROUND 405 AM EDT...
BURNS CITY AND CRANE AROUND 410 AM EDT...
INDIAN SPRINGS AROUND 420 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 3867 8732 3884 8738 3898 8675 3881 8669
3877 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 254DEG 34KT 3878 8724
SMFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 406 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ060>062-067>070-031015- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 406 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 ...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING... AT 404 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. SMF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
424 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
INZ068-069-030900-
DAVIESS-MARTIN-
424 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN
MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EDT...
AT 420 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEA SIZE HAIL
IS ALSO EXPECTED.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LOOGOOTEE AROUND 435 AM EDT...
SHOALS AROUND 440 AM EDT...
LACY AROUND 445 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 3852 8710 3853 8711 3852 8714 3853 8717
3868 8719 3877 8671 3852 8669 3852 8684
3850 8686 3850 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 255DEG 34KT 3858 8701
DRTThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The town of Alfordsville was inaccessible for a brief period of time due to high water. As of 630 AM EDT, only one road was passible in and out of Alfordsville.
Power lines were downed and power outages were reported across the county.
US Highway 231 was flooded for a brief period of time near the town of Whitfield.
Lightning struck a barn northwest of Greencastle near the intersection of County Road 300 W and 25 N. Damage to the barn was reportedly minor. The owner fought the fire and put it out using a garden hose. The time this event occurred was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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