An east to west line of storms pushed across Knox county producing a couple wind reports during the evening of the 17th.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
An east to west line of storms pushed across Knox county producing a couple wind reports during the evening of the 17th.
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 17, 3:28 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 428 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 255 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY SURFACE RIDGING BUILDING IN FROM CANADA. THUS AFTER SOME LOW CHANCES FOR STORMS IN THE MODERATELY HUMID AIRMASS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BUILD IN FOR MIDWEEK. ANOTHER LARGE TROUGH DUMPING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL HELP BUILD THE UPPER RIDGE INTO THE PLAINS BY MIDWEEK AND AS THE PATTERN PROGRESSES...RIDGING WILL BUILD BACK INTO OUR REGION BY LATE WEEK. COOL DRY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE SOUTH LATE WEEK RESULTING IN TEMPERATURE CLIMB FROM LOW/MID 80S WEDNESDAY TOWARD 90 BY WEEKS END. WEEK WAVES IN THE UPPER FLOW AND INCREASED HUMIDITY BRINGS A RETURN OF CHANCES FOR STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 255 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 CONCERN THIS PERIOD IS HOW MUCH CONVECTION WILL OCCUR AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. NAM MOS TOO DRY TONIGHT WHILE MAV MOS MORE ON TARGET AND REALLY EXPECTING DIURNAL TREND EXCEPT FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE AND INFLUENCE OF CIRRUS OUTFLOW ON SURFACE HEATING IS HELPING TO SET UP BOUNDARIES FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ON IN CENTRAL INDIANA. WEAK LOW PRESSURE ACROSS UPPER GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTHWEST THROUGH BOOTHEEL MISSOURI AND BEYOND HAS PROVIDED BETTER FOCUS FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION. WEAK STEERING WINDS RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AS REMNANTS OF OKLAHOMA MCS AND SURFACE INDUCED CONVECTION IN THE BOOTHEEL MOVE ENE...OUR HIGHEST THREATS FOR RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. ALL AREAS HOWEVER WILL SEE MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION GRADUALLY DIMINISH. CURRENT LOW TEMP FORECASTS APPEAR ON TARGET AND HAVE MADE MINIMAL ADJUSTMENTS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 255 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 CONCERN THIS PERIOD IS WHETHER CONVECTION WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AIR BUILDS IN. WILL LEAN TOWARD HIGHER POPS IN NAM MODEL. ALL MODELS SHOW UPPER SHORT WAVE OVER NORTH DAKOTA TO TRACK SOUTHEAST AND INTO INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALL MODELS SHOW A PRETTY DECENT TROUGH WITH THIS FEATURE BUT QPF VARIES. DESPITE SURFACE SHOWING MINIMAL CONVERGENCE DO EXPECT SURFACE DEWPOINT BOUNDARY ACTING WITH MODERATE WARMTH AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH COMING IN DURING PEAK HEATING TO AID IN SCATTERED STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH NAM AND CANADIAN MODEL...WILL KEEP THESE POPS HIGHEST IN THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. AS TROUGH PUSHES EAST AND HEATING DIMINISHES TUESDAY EVENING...RAIN THREAT WILL EXIT EAST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY LATE EVENING. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPPING DEWPOINTS INTO THE 50S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL PROVIDE A DRY SPELL THAT WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND. GOING TEMPERATURE FORECASTS WERE PRETTY GOOD AND HAVE BLENDED THOSE WITH COMBINATION OF MOS GUIDANCES. HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPS COOLER BY A FEW DEGREES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 159 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 AN UPPER RIDGE WILL TRY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE PERIODS WHERE IT WILL WEAKEN AND BREAK DOWN AS A FEW SHORT WAVES CROSS THROUGH THE REGION AND BRING SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FROM SAT NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALLBLEND HANDLED THE PATTERN WELL SO DID NOT DEVIATE EXCEPT FOR QUALITY CONTROL. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 17/21Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 428 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 CHANGED WINDS TO VARIABLE AT IND TO MATCH OBS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. ISSUED AT 1224 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT PROBABILITIES ARE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. EXPECT TO SEE SOME SCT TO BKN CU CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE SHOWING MFVR VISIBILITIES TUESDAY MORNING...THEN FOG MIXING OUT AROUND 14Z TUESDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TUCEK NEAR TERM...TUCEK SHORT TERM...TUCEK LONG TERM....SMF AVIATION...SMF/NIELD 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 355 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-067>072-182000- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 355 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. PATCHY FOG IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL HELP PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS MOMENT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY AND WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE...WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY THE WEEKEND BRINGING THE NEXT THREAT FOR RAIN. .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) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-182000- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN- 355 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. PATCHY FOG IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WABASH RIVER FLOODING. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY THIS EVENING. WABASH RIVER FLOODING WILL BE ONGOING. DISCUSSION: WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL HELP PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS MOMENT. LOW LAND FLOODING MAY PERSIST ON PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER INTO SATURDAY. LISTEN TO LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAIL. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY AND WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE...WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY THE WEEKEND BRINGING THE NEXT THREAT FOR RAIN. .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) TUCEK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
619 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
INZ067-068-172315-
DAVIESS-KNOX-
619 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR DAVIESS AND NORTHERN KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VINCENNES TO 9 MILES
EAST OF WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
ODON...
BRUCEVILLE...
BICKNELL...
PLAINVILLE...
EDWARDSPORT...
OAKTOWN...
FREELANDVILLE...
ELNORA...
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 3867 8759 3869 8753 3871 8753 3874 8751
3877 8752 3878 8750 3881 8753 3885 8753
3886 8756 3889 8754 3887 8691 3861 8693
3863 8762 3863 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 114DEG 5KT 3875 8750 3871 8702
NIELDThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree fell on a house around the 1100 block of Sycamore Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree limbs, about ten inches in diameter and five feet long, were also reported down around the area.
A tree was reported down near 8345 East Hamlin Chapel Road 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: 464100, 464115.