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 24, 4:46 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 546 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 OCCASIONAL UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCES MAY AFFECT THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF WEEK. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK...AROUND THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY NEXT WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA AS INSTABILITY HAS BEEN HELD IN CHECK BY CLOUD COVER. APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN/SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE A WEAK VORTICITY AXIS IS DRIFTING EAST. OTHERWISE...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH IOWA/NORTHERN MISSOURI. MOST LIKELY PATH BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE 850MB JET WOULD BE GENERALLY TOWARDS NORTHERN ILLINOIS/NORTHWEST INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER A TURN TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE INSTABILITY AXIS CAN/T BE RULED OUT. WILL GO WITH SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NORTHWEST. THE GFS MOS LOWS TONIGHT LOOK REASONABLE BASED ON PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 MODEL DATA SUGGEST THE LOCAL AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER RIDGE THAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS WILL GRADUALLY VEER THE UPPER FLOW TO A MORE NORTHWEST DIRECTION WITH TIME. STEEPER LAPSE RATES ARE PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BEGINNING ON TUESDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR POTENTIAL MCS ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE PERIOD. MODEL DATA SEEM TO SUGGEST THE BEST THREAT FOR CONVECTION WILL BE AROUND WEDNESDAY...AS THERE APPEARS TO BE A STRONGER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH AT THAT TIME. CONFIDENCE IN LOCATION AND TIMING OF ANY POTENTIAL SYSTEMS AT THIS POINT IS LOW. WILL CONTINUE TO BROADBRUSH CHANCE POPS ALL PERIODS FOR NOW...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE LAPSE RATES STEEPEN...THINK THE THREAT FOR STRONGER STORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH TIME. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY...AS MODELS SHOW ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR BY THAT TIME COUPLED WITH THE STEEP LAPSE RATES. BASED ON PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES...THE GFS MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD...SO WILL NOT STRAY TOO MUCH FROM THEM. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A BROAD TROUGH ALOFT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THIS PERIOD. SEVERAL UPPER SHORT WAVES LOOK TO PASS INTO THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. FURTHERMORE THE MODELS DEPICT A TROUGH AXIS PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AMID BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW AT THE SURFACE. THIS IS A LARGE CONTRAST TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME WHEN HIGH PRESSURE WAS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN. THUS HAVE INCLUDED LOW CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS AND PRECIP...HAVE TRENDED DAILY HIGHS COOLER AND LOWS WARMER. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 250000Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 546 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTANT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND OCCASIONAL WAVES WITHIN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO YIELD A THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE NEAR LAF AND POSSIBLY HUF FROM 02Z-03Z THIS EVENING PER RADAR TRENDS OF THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WILL THROW IN TEMPO THUNDERSTORM GROUP THEN AT LAF AND DECIDE LATER WHETHER TO POST ONE FOR HUF. OTHERWISE...NEXT BEST CHANCE IS AFTER 16Z TOMORROW AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE THEN IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN VCTS...HOWEVER. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP TO AROUND 5 KNOTS AFTER 01Z AND INCREASE TO NEAR 15 KNOTS TOMORROW AFTER 16Z. COULD SEE SOME FOG AFTER 08Z TONIGHT...BUT CONVECTIVE DEBRIS SHOULD LIMIT IT TO MVFR. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAS NEAR TERM...JAS SHORT TERM...JAS LONG TERM....PUMA AVIATION...MK 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 726 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 INZ039>042-045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-252330- HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 726 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. TIMING: MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: SOME STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES AT TIMES THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION: A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING AS A RESULT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PHENOMENA OBSERVED WITH THE STORMS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>038-043-044-252330- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE- 726 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TIMING: MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: SOME STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES AT TIMES THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION: A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING AS A RESULT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PHENOMENA OBSERVED WITH THE STORMS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A tree was reported down on a power line at the 200 block of Jewett Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A large tree was downed in the Point West mobile home community 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: 465335, 465348, 465364.