A persistent upper low remained across the Ohio Valley in early July, with isolated strong thunderstorms on both the 1st and 2nd. An isolated storm on the evening of the 2nd knocked down several trees in Carmel.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A persistent upper low remained across the Ohio Valley in early July, with isolated strong thunderstorms on both the 1st and 2nd. An isolated storm on the evening of the 2nd knocked down several trees in Carmel.
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 Jul 2, 6:10 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 .UPDATE... AVIATION SECTIONS HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 AN UPPER LOW JUST WEST OF INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST THIS WEEK. MEANWHILE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP JUST TO OUR EAST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA INTO NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF CENTRAL INDIANA CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...SO WILL ONLY GO CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WILL DECREASE POPS OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF INSTABILITY. IN FACT WILL GO DRY BY SUNRISE ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY FOR A WHILE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA AS CONVECTIVE CLOUDS DISSIPATE. HOWEVER EXPECT STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG TO FORM ONCE AGAIN AS PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS. WILL ADD PATCHY FOG TO THE FORECAST. A BLEND OF MODEL TEMPERATURES LOOKS BEST FOR LOWS AGAIN TONIGHT GIVEN EXPECTED CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND CAN BE USED FOR MOST ITEMS. THE UPPER LOW WILL BE FAR ENOUGH WEST THAT ONLY CHANCE POPS LOOK BEST ACROSS THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE EAST...DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AWAY FROM THE UPPER LOW. THUS CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD ACROSS THERE AS WELL. CENTRAL PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA LOOK TO BE IN BETWEEN THE FORCING...SO ONLY WENT SLIGHT CHANCE THERE. WITH LOSS OF HEATING WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEEL ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS ARE NEEDED...WITH HIGHEST POPS EAST CLOSER TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE. ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...AN UPPER JET SHIFTS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA AND PUTS OUR AREA IN A LITTLE BETTER FORCING...ESPECIALLY EAST. UPPER IMPULSES IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO AID IN THE FORCING...AGAIN ESPECIALLY EAST. WHILE THE NAM LOOKS OVERDONE WITH RAINFALL...OTHER MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING TOWARD THE NAM. THUS STICKING WITH A BLEND LOOKS BEST...RESULTING IN CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND HIGHEST ACROSS THE EAST. A SIMILAR SETUP CONTINUES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...SO CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS DURING THE PERIOD WITH HIGHEST IN THE EAST. HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO PIN DOWN TIMING BETTER AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PERIOD. FOR TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY STUCK CLOSER TO THE MAV NUMBERS FOR HIGHS SINCE THE NAM OVERDOES RAINFALL LATER IN THE PERIOD. A BLEND WORKS WELL FOR LOWS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 248 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE THAT THE PERSISTENT UPPER LOW ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME ABSORBED BY THE NORTHERN STREAM FLOW...ACROSS CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES...EARLY THIS WEEKEND. AFTER THAT...THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL ADVANCE WESTWARD TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WHICH WILL ALLOW A MOIST RETURN FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. FINALLY...THE GFS IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE 00Z ECMWF AND THE ENSEMBLES REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF A CUTOFF LOW THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN OPENING UP THE LOW INTO A TROUGH AND KEEPING IT TO THE WEST OF THE OHIO THROUGH TUESDAY. THE 06Z GFS WAS FASTER SLIDING THE TROUGH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY BUT HAS NOW SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY ALA THE MORE CONSISTENT EURO AND ENSEMBLES. IMPULSES EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LOW AND LATER TROUGH...COMBINED WITH THE MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF WILL RESULT IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED. REGIONAL INITIALIZATION HANDLES THIS WELL. FINALLY...THE MODEST SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BECOME NEAR NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S PER ALLBLEND. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 030000Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 710 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL START MOST AREAS WITH VCTS FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS. SHOWERS MAY IMPACT KIND IN A HOUR OR TWO. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR SHOWERS TO DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING LATER THIS EVENING. A MOIST AIRMASS IS ACROSS THE REGION AND WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS AND FOG WERE THE RULE LATE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A REPEAT POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING SO WILL DROP TAFS TO IFR CEILINGS AND FOG 08Z-09Z AND REMAIN THAT WAY TO AS LATE AS 15Z. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR MVFR CEILINGS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND MOSTLY VFR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. BUT WITH THE UPPER LOW DRIFTING TO THE WEST AND WEAKENING A LITTLE COVERAGE WILL BE LESS THAN TODAY. CHANCES AND TIMING ARE TOO IFFY AND WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION IN TAFS FOR NOW ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND BECOME SOUTHWEST UP TO 11 KNOTS WEDNESDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...JH VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 333 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-069>072-030745- 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-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 333 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING. TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS POINT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. A HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK RESULTING IN MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ067-068-030745- KNOX-DAVIESS- 333 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: FLOODING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: RIVER FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING....GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. TIMING: ONGOING FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING CONTINUES IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVERS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS POINT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVERS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY IN THE WEEK. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY THIS WEEK. A HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK RESULTING IN MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) PUMA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
658 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
INZ040-041-022330-
DELAWARE-MADISON-
658 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
FAIRMOUNT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SUMMITVILLE...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4020 8566 4031 8585 4038 8579 4039 8565
4038 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 216DEG 16KT 4033 8569
JHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
759 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
INZ037-039-040-047-048-030045-
BOONE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MADISON-MARION-
759 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...HAMILTON...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 755 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ZIONSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CARMEL...
LAWRENCE...
FISHERS...
NOBLESVILLE...
MERIDIAN HILLS...
BROAD RIPPLE...
WILLIAMS CREEK...
CASTLETON...
WESTFIELD...
GEIST RESERVOIR...
MORSE RESERVOIR...
MCCORDSVILLE...
FORTVILLE...
LAPEL...
INGALLS...
CICERO...
ARCADIA...
ATLANTA...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4022 8579 3991 8578 3979 8624 3996 8634
4022 8614 4022 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 245DEG 14KT 3991 8619
TDUDThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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