During the morning and afternoon of the 21st, a large thunderstorm complex moved from the upper Mississippi Valley southeast into the southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois area, producing severe weather and flooding. The complex gradually weakened as it tracked into the northern Wabash Valley during the evening, producing gusty winds to the northwest of Indianapolis before it diminished.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
During the morning and afternoon of the 21st, a large thunderstorm complex moved from the upper Mississippi Valley southeast into the southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois area, producing severe weather and flooding. The complex gradually weakened as it tracked into the northern Wabash Valley during the evening, producing gusty winds to the northwest of Indianapolis before it diminished. This would be the start of an active period for central Indiana, with rain and thunderstorms impacting portions of the area for the rest of the month. The region remained on the fringe of a strong ridge aloft centered over the central Plains with scattered thunderstorms developing as upper level waves tracked along the periphery of the ridge and across the Ohio Valley. The development of an upper low across the region by the end of the month continued the daily threat for rain and thunderstorms. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms impacted central Indiana each afternoon and evening from the 22nd through the 27th. Some of the storms moved across the same areas on the 25th and 26th, producing 2 day rainfall totals over 7 inches.
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 22, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 240 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 .UPDATE... THE LONG TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 134 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 A WARM BUT ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. INDIANA WILL BE CAUGHT BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AND HUMID GULF AIR TO FILL INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCES PASS ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 134 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TONIGHT WILL BE POPS. RADAR TRENDS SHOW TSRA COMPLEX OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH. SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS PLENTY OF CAPE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...NEAR 2000-3000 J/KG. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE THE VIRGINIAS AND WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. GFS AND NAM SUGGEST WEAK UPPER WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLEX TO SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. RAPID REFRESH CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THE COMPLEX SHOULD DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE ALSO. GIVEN THE FAVORABLE...WARM...HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WILL KEEP OR RAISE POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AREAS. WILL STICK WITH PERSISTENCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT GIVEN THE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AIR MASS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 134 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 GFS AND NAM SUGGEST LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ALOFT...A PROGRESSIVE JET CONTINUES TO STREAM FROM THE SWRN UNITED STATES TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES...BRINGING SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL TOWARD INDIANA AND THE OHIO VALLEY. BELOW ALL OF THAT...LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT PATTERN REMAINS. HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO REMAIN PARKED OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST ALLOWING FOR WARM AND MOIST GULF AIR TO CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS REVEAL GOOD LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE THROUGH THE PERIOD AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WITH FAVORABLE CAPE AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES EACH DAY. THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH DAILY CHANCES FOR TSRA THROUGH TUESDAY...FOCUSING TIMING MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHICH IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THE SUPPORT ANY DYNAMICAL SUPPORT OF ANY PASSING FEATURES ALOFT. AS FOR TEMPS...AS LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE AIR MASS WILL STICK WITH PERSISTENCE WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 239 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ENSEMBLES INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE DURING THIS PERIOD...AS AN UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY GETS PUSHED BACK INTO THE ROCKIES AND A RATHER DEEP TROUGH DEVELOPS BY NEXT WEEKEND OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. MAJORITY OF THE ENSEMBLES SUGGEST NEARLY DAILY CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AS THE PATTERN REALIGNS ITSELF...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES FROM ABOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SURFACE FRONT. GIVEN THE EXPECTED INTENSITY OF THE UPPER TROUGH BY NEXT SATURDAY...INSTABILITY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 221800Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 1245 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 APPEARS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TIED TO AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY SAGGING SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS/NORTHWEST INDIANA. THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE. MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SUGGESTS THIS COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE SAGGING SOUTH...WITH A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO BUILD EAST. BASED ON THIS...APPEARS KLAF/KHUF WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH A LESSER THREAT AT KIND/KBMG. BRIEF IFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND GUSTY VARIABLE WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY CONVECTION. CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASES 030-035. OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION...SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY AT OR BELOW 12 KTS WITH NO VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH 230600Z. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PUMA NEAR TERM...PUMA SHORT TERM...PUMA LONG TERM....JAS 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 339 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INZ051-060-230745- VIGO-SULLIVAN- 339 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: FLOODING OF SOME LOCAL ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...AND RIVER PARKS NEAR THE WABASH RIVER. LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH ANY STORMS. TIMING: FLOODING ONGOING. THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AFTER NOON UNTIL 8 PM. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COULD BRING A FEW STORMS TO PARTS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH RIVER COULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION: UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEMS COULD BRING STORMS TO PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .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) INZ021-028>031-035>049-052>057-061>065-067>072-230745- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 339 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. TIMING: MAINLY AFTER NOON THROUGH 8 PM. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COULD BRING SOME STORMS TO THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEMS COULD BRING STORMS TO PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .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) SMF
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed from 1st to 3rd Streets due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Also, some corn crops were flattened and shredded in the western part of the county. One tree fell on several cars in Rushville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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