A large thunderstorm complex impacted much of the northern part of central Indiana during the late evening and early morning of the 12th and 13th ahead of a strong cold front. The storms predominantly produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A large thunderstorm complex impacted much of the northern part of central Indiana during the late evening and early morning of the 12th and 13th ahead of a strong cold front. The storms predominantly produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall. There were a few reports of large hail as well.
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 12, 9:25 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1025 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. RAIN WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A COUPLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN AROUND FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO NEXT TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL ON THURSDAY BUT RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE AND REMAIN THERE FROM THE WEEKEND ON. && .NEAR TERM /OVERNIGHT/... ISSUED AT 926 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 GIVEN THE RECENT RADAR TRENDS...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION REMAINS NORTH OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE EASTWARD. A FEW CELLS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. MAIN THREAT FROM THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE WITH THE CLUSTER OF STORMS NEAR KIRKSVILLE ILLINOIS...AND IT/S PROPAGATION TO THE EAST OR THE SOUTHEAST. THUS HAVE KEPT POPS HIGHER IN THE LAF...OKK...MUNCIE AND ANDERSON AREAS...WHILE TRIMMING POPS DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ONGOING TEMPERATURE FORECAST APPEARS ON THE MARK GIVEN RECENT TRENDS HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND CAN BE USED. SOME LINGERING FORCING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY MORNING AS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. WENT LIKELY POPS EXTREME EAST TO LOW CHANCE POPS WEST. ENDED CHANCES FOR RAIN BY AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM PULLS EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. UPPER WAVES RIDING AROUND AN UPPER RIDGE COULD TRIGGER SOME CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH IN THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WAVES. THEREFORE ONLY WENT CHANCE POPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA CLOSER TO THE FORCING. FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WENT WITH A BLEND MOST PERIODS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 227 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 MODELS AND WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER SUGGEST A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON MONDAY FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER WAVE ON TUESDAY. MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHEAST OFF THE GULF AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH LOWER CHANCES AHEAD OF THE UPPER FEATURE. REGIONAL INITIALIZATION TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S LOOK REASONABLE AND WITH THE SYSTEM TONIGHT TAKING PLENTY OF FOCUS...WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 130300Z KIND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 1025 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 VORTICITY TAIL FROM COMPLEX ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO WESTERN INDIANA. SOME CONVECTION HAS BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS TAIL...BUT THIS EVENING/S UPPER AIR SUGGESTS AIR MASS IS STILL CAPPED TO SOME EXTENT. THIS FEATURE EXPECTED TO PASS OVER KIND AROUND 130400Z...SO WILL FINE TUNE THE HIGHEST CONVECTIVE THREAT BETWEEN 130400Z-130600Z. LARGE COMPLEX DROPPING SOUTHEAST MAY GET CLOSE TO KIND AS WELL AFTER 130400Z. IF THIS COMPLEX REACHES KIND...GUSTY VARIABLE WINDS TO AROUND 40 KTS POSSIBLE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. HIGH CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE TAF SITES LATER THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER IMPULSE CURRENTLY ENTERING NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MOVES INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY 130600Z. AIR MASS STILL CAPPED OFF...BUT VERY UNSTABLE. CONVECTION SHOULD RESULT IN EITHER COMPLEX OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS TURNING SOUTHEAST...OR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TRAILING VORT TAIL. SHORT TERM MODEL DATA SUGGEST HIGHEST CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL 130100Z-130500Z. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS...AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEAVIER CELLS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION POSSIBLE IN THE WAKE OF THIS WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. AT THIS POINT...THINK THE FIRST WAVE WILL SWEEP OUT MOST OF THE INSTABILITY...BUT IF THIS DOESN/T HAPPEN...CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL BE HIGHER WITH THE FRONT. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...EXPECTING MVFR CEILINGS TO DEVELOP TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY IN THE POST FRONTAL ZONE. WILL ALSO KEEP SOME SURFACE WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS FROM 210-230 DEGREES WELL INTO THE NIGHT. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...PUMA SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...JAS 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...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 834 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-131000- 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-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 834 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HOT AND HUMID TODAY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: HEAT AND LIGHTNING TODAY. TONIGHT...DAMAGING WIND...LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. TIMING: EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT DISCUSSION: THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RISK FORSEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND QUICKLY MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE LINE. STRONG WIND SHEAR ALONG WITH HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL FEED THE STORMS AS A SURFACE AND UPPER TROUGH HELP MAINTAIN ORGANIZATION. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN MANY AREAS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY BUT SOMEWHAT LESS OF A THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY INTO MONDAY WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OCCURRING SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE BUT LIGHTNING IS A HAZARD IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS. DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. THIS SHOULD HELP TRIGGER MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH/TUCEK
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A tree was downed near the Buck Creek Volunteer Fire Department due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree damage was also reported in Colburn, nearby Buck Creek.
Trees were downed across Highway 421 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Some trees were six inches in diameter. This report came in via twitter.
Tree limbs were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Tree limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Two feet of water was reported under the Madison Street Overpass due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Other street flooding was noted around the area.
This report was received via Twitter.
A tree was downed near the intersection of County Roads 150 West and 900 South due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2013
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: 464024, 464049, 464051, 464053, 464063, 464065, 464083, 464084, 464088, 464092.