An isolated thunderstorm pushed across southwest portions of central Indiana during the afternoon of June the 9th. This lone storm produced large hail and some wind damage in northwest Sullivan County.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm pushed across southwest portions of central Indiana during the afternoon of June the 9th. This lone storm produced large hail and some wind damage in northwest Sullivan County.
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 9, 12:41 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 141 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLIDE SOUTH TO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BEFORE STALLING THIS EVENING AND THEN LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. THEN...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FRONTS WILL INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THEN...AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEKEND...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT RETURNS NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. THE HEAT WAVE SHOULD BE ENDING BY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR NORMAL BEHIND THE SECOND COLD FRONT. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... MAIN CHALLENGE TONIGHT WILL BE POPS AS MODELS STILL HAVE AFOREMENTION COLD FRONT STALLING OUT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND LIFTING BACK NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WILL BE AROUND TONIGHT WITH MIXED LAYER MODEL CAPES FROM 500 TO 1500 J/KG. IN ADDITION...MODELS ALL HAVE A PRETTY DECENT SHORT WAVE MOVING IN OVERNIGHT ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FAST ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. ALSO...MODELS SHOWING DECENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT AND DIVERGENCE ALOFT FROM UPPER JET ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THUS...WILL GO WITH GOOD CHANCE OR BETTER POPS TONIGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE 850 MILLIBAR INFLOW AND OVERALL DEEPER MOISTURE. COULD SEE SOME EVENING SEVERE STORMS...BUT LACK OF SHEAR SHOULD KEEP THEM ISOLATED. THE WARMER NAM MOS LOOKS GOOD WITH THE LOWEST OVERNIGHT LOWS NORTH IN THE 60S BEHIND THE FRONT. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... MAIN FOCUS TO THE SHORT TERM WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON POPS AS A COLD FRONT STALLS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS FAR APART ON TIMING OF COLD FRONT. THE 12Z NAM AND 00Z ECMWF HAVE IT ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FRINGES OF OUR FORECAST AREA 12Z SATURDAY WITH THE 12Z OPERATIONAL GF...00Z GFS ENSEMBLE AND 09Z SREF DONT HAVE IT THERE UNTIL 18Z SATURDAY. THE NAM AND GFS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTANT AND SO BLEND LOOKS LIKE THE WAY TO GO REGARDING FRONTAL POSITION. MODELS WERE SHOWING PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WITH MIXED LAYER CAPES TO AROUND 200 J/KG ON FRIDAY AND REMAINING ABOVE 1000 J/KG FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY SOUTHEAST. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT NORTH CLOSEST TO THE 850 MILLIBAR INFLOW AND DEEPER MOISTURE. THEN...SATURDAY...BEST POPS WILL BE SOUTHEAST CLOSER TO THE FRONT TAPPERING TO SMALL CHANCE NORTHWEST. SHOULD SEE THE ACTIVITY END BY SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE FRONT DROPPING FURTHER SOUTHEAST AND DRIER AIR WORKING ITS WAY IN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. COULD AGAIN SEE A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT WEAK SHEAR WOULD SUGGEST THEY WOULD BE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. MODEL BLEND LOOKS BEST FOR TEMPERATURES BASED ON EXACT FRONTAL POSITION UNCERTAINTY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS STILL A WAYS APART REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE RETURN OF SATURDAY'S COLD FRONT BACK NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY. THUS...CONFIDENCE LOW ON TIMING AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK. AGREE WITH HPC THAT SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND OTHERWISE LOWEST CHANCES WOULD SEEM TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE FRONT LIKELY TO BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTHWEST...HOWEVER WITH MODELS NOT WELL IN SINK OR CONSISTANT...WILL NOT MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES AND JUST KEEP SMALL POPS IN EACH PERIOD NEXT WEEK AND FINE TUNE AS IT GETS CLOSER. ALSO...MODELS DO SHOW A FEW SHORT WAVES DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA OVERTOP A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY UPPER RIDGE...SO WOULD HATE TO CUT POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY JUST TO HAVE TO ADD THEM BACK. HPC TEMPERATURES ARE SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS...SO WILL NOT GO QUITE AS LOW. OVERALL...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD. && .AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR 091800Z TAFS/... LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST THIS PACKAGE. THAT SAID...EXPECT GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...WITH EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT IN FAVORED AREAS. MAIN COLD FRONT REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE SITES...BUT NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE SITES. WIND DIRECTIONS VARY A LOT WITHIN RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCES. WITH A PASSAGE OF A BOUNDARY WINDS SHIFT QUICKLY. THUS WINDS MAY VARY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AT THE SITES. WILL GENERALLY GO WITH PREVAILING E/SE WINDS...BUT SHIFTS TO THE NW OR NE CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY WHEN A BOUNDARY PASSES. THE SAME BOUNDARIES MAKE FORECASTING CONVECTION DIFFICULT. IN GENERAL WILL USE SIMPLE CB MENTION...BUT ONE BOUNDARY MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO KIND AT ISSUANCE TIME TO GO WITH VCTS. MORE STORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND MOVE MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE SITES...BUT AGAIN BOUNDARIES MAY WORK SOUTH INTO OUR AREA AND TRIGGER CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE CB MENTION. SIMILAR SCENARIO WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY WITH FRONT/SCATTERED CONVECTION STILL IN THE AREA. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MK NEAR TERM...MK SHORT TERM...MK LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...CS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 539 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 INZ021-028>031-035-100945- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN- 539 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS. LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK SOME OF THE STORMS FRIDAY COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY STORM. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ036>041-045>048-052>054-061-100945- MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-GREENE- 539 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ042-049-055>057-062>065-068>072-100945- RANDOLPH-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 539 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK SOME OF THE STORMS SATURDAY COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ043-044-051-060-067-100945- VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 539 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS. LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY STORM. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
953 AM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TORNADO 2 NW TERRE HAUTE 39.49N 87.41W
05/25/2011 VIGO IN NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 IN MARION HEIGHTS NW OF TERRE HAUTE. LENGTH 0.4
MILES, WIDTH 100 YDS, 920PM-921PM
0938 PM TORNADO N BRIDGETON 39.65N 87.18W
05/25/2011 PARKE IN NWS STORM SURVEY
EF0 FROM 938PM TO 939PM PATH 0.4 MILES LONG BY 30 YD WIDE
ALONG CREEK.
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DTUCEKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large, jagged hail about one to one and a half inches in diameter fell in this location. Chunks of a roof were missing as well.
Large, jagged hail about one to one and a half inches in diameter fell in this location. Chunks of a roof were missing as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2011
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: 329275, 329276.