Thunderstorms developed in a high CAPE/low shear atmosphere on the afternoon of September 10th, as a boundary laid west to east across central Indiana. An isolated severe storm brought trees and power lines down in Rushville on September 10th.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in a high CAPE/low shear atmosphere on the afternoon of September 10th, as a boundary laid west to east across central Indiana. An isolated severe storm brought trees and power lines down in Rushville on September 10th.
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 Sep 10, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM AND SHORT TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 329 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 HIGH PRESSURE LEADING TO HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY BUT FINALLY BREAK DOWN THEREAFTER ALLOWING COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 329 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA WITH SCATTERED STORMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES NEAR SEYMOUR. THESE DIURNALLY FORCED STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS BUT SHOULD DIE OFF WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO OF SUNSET WITH NOTHING TO SUSTAIN THEM. AFTER THAT THE WEATHER SHOULD BE DRY THROUGH THE NIGHT UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. FOR LOW TEMPERATURES WENT WITH WARMER RAW CONSENSUS NUMBERS TO BE CLOSER TO LAST NIGHTS LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 329 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND WILL GENERALLY USE A CONSENSUS APPROACH. MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH IT NOT ARRIVING NOW UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES AND WORKING IT/S WAY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL SERVE AS THE MAIN FORCING MECHANISM WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF UPPER SUPPORT EXCEPT THURSDAY MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN THE UPPER JET DIPS INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. MOISTURE IN TIME HEIGHTS LOOKS DEEP ENOUGH FOR SOME PRECIPITATION AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LOOK AROUND 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT AREA IS VERY DRY AND STORM MOTION LOOKS AT LEAST 20 MPH SO DON/T EXPECT TO HAVE ANY WATER PROBLEMS...EVEN LOCALIZED ONES. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL BE AROUND FOR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SHEAR IS WEAK AND THUS NO EXPECTATION FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE. BY THURSDAY NIGHT IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA...SO SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO DRY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FRIDAY ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. FOR TEMPERATURES GENERALLY USED A MODEL AND GUIDANCE CONSENSUS. WEDNESDAY HIGHS SHOULD BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY WITH A BIT OF COOLER AT 850 MB RESULTING IN LOW TO MIDDLE 90S. 80S CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS SOME WARMING OCCURS BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 MAIN FOCUS WILL BE IF AND WHEN TO ADD POPS ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE STARTS OFF ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AND A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THE 00Z ECMWF IS MORE AMPLIFIED AND SLOWER THAN THE 12Z GFS AND GEFS AND BRINGS A SHARP UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON SUNDAY NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN WHICH ONE IS THE BETTER SOLUTION...BUT EITHER WAY LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT. EVEN...SO...CHANCES ARE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE...SO WILL ONLY GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCES SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER DOSE OF COOL DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THUS...BELOW NORMAL REGIONAL ALLBLEND TEMPERATURES MOSTLY TOPPING OUT IN THE 70S LOOK GOOD. ALSO...REGIONAL ALLBLEND OVERNIGHT LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 40S ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOSTLY IN THE 50S FROM SATURDAY NIGHT AND ON LOOK REASONABLE. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 101800Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 1240 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 SHOULD ONLY SEE SCATTERED VFR DIURNAL CU THIS AFTERNOON. EXCEPT FOR AT LAF...WOULD NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO FROM THE HEATING OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...CHANCES ARE TOO LOW TO PUT IN THE TAFS. TONIGHT...COULD BE SOME MID CLOUDS AROUND...ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH THAT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. WOULD NOT RULE OUT SOME BRIEF MVFR FOG...AS WAS THE CASE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ANY FOG SHOULD BE VERY BRIEF AND TOO FAR OUT TO PUT IN THE TAFS. SHOULD SEE SOME DIURNAL CU AT IND AND BMG TOMORROW. COLD FRONT WILL STILL BE WELL NORTHWEST OF THE TERMINALS AT THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD...THEREFORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...3 TO 7 KNOTS TONIGHT AND BACK UP NEAR 10 KNOTS AFTER 15Z TOMORROW. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CP NEAR TERM...CP SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM....MK 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 949 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-065-111400- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- DECATUR- 949 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. HAZARDS: HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO 100 DEGREES. TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THIS LATE SEASON HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE...OR AFTER ONLY SHORT EXPOSURE TO THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ILLNESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...BRINGING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. .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) INZ051>053-060>064-067>072-111400- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 949 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDS: HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO 100 DEGREES. LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON FOR BOTH. DISCUSSION: HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THIS LATE SEASON HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE...OR AFTER ONLY SHORT EXPOSURE TO THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ILLNESS. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD ALLOW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...BRINGING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. .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) CP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
325 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013
INZ064-071-072-102015-
BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
325 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BARTHOLOMEW...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SEYMOUR...
NORTH VERNON...
VERNON...
HAYDEN...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES...
SCIPIO...
JONESVILLE...
AZALIA...
ELIZABETHTOWN...
GRAMMER...
BUTLERVILLE...
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 3899 8610 3921 8570 3920 8568 3913 8568
3913 8560 3901 8545 3879 8584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 217DEG 7KT 3891 8586
JHThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree fell on a house in Rushville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Several other trees were uprooted in the area, along with damage to two homes and one apartment complex. Numerous power outages were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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