Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over central Illinois during the early afternoon hours of July the 14th. These storms developed in advance of a cold front that swept across the area.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over central Illinois during the early afternoon hours of July the 14th. These storms developed in advance of a cold front that swept across the area. As this line of storms pushed across central Indiana, a few damaging wind reports were received from affected area.
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 Jul 14, 1:30 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...AND SHORT TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COME UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR. THE COOL AIR WILL SLOWLY MODERATE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING DRY CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THEM COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LATEST TIMING OF THESE STORMS PUT MOST OF THEM THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z. HOWEVER...REGIONAL RADAR STILL SHOWS ADDITIONAL RAIN IN MISSOURI BEHIND THE MAIN LINE. MODELS STILL INDICATING THREAT FOR RAIN AFTER 00Z AS WELL. GIVEN THESE WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH ALL POPS ENDING BY 06Z. SKIES WILL THEN BE PARTLY CLOUDY. MAV MOS LOOKS GOOD FOR LOW TEMPERATURES WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 FOCUS IS ON TEMPERATURES FIRST THEN ON ANY CHANCES FOR RAIN. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND WAS USED. CORE OF COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE IN ON TUESDAY AND ALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS TO QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. THESE WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL...BUT STILL FEEL THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SUNSHINE TO GET TEMPERATURES TO NEAR A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS. THESE HIGHS WILL BE CLOSE TO RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE. CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP INTO THE 50S...CLOSE TO A MODEL BLEND. ON WEDNESDAY THE CORE OF THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE MOVED OFF...AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO GET A LITTLE WARMER /BUT STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE/. THINK MOS MAY BE WARMING UP THINGS TOO FAST SO STUCK CLOSER TO A RAW MODEL BLEND. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE MORE ON THURSDAY AND SHOULD REACH THE MID 70S. AS FOR CHANCES OF RAIN...EVEN THOUGH COLD CORE MOVES OVER ON TUESDAY INSTABILITY IS LOW ENOUGH THAT CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LOW ENOUGH NOT TO MENTION. MODELS SHOW MORE INSTABILITY ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH PERHAPS SOME UPPER FORCING...ESPECIALLY NORTH. HOWEVER STILL FEEL THAT ODDS OF SHOWERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION YET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THURSDAY DRY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 143 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ECMWF AND GFS BOTH DEPICT A CONTINUATION OF THE DRY AND COOLER THAN NORMAL WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS THE HIGH SLOWLY PROGRESSES EASTWARD...WARMER...RETURN FLOW WILL BRING HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES EACH DAY BACK TOWARD CENTRAL INDIANA. BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME WILL BE MONDAY AS THE ECMWF SHOWS A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH INDIANA...HOWEVER THE GFS FAILS TO SHOW THIS FEATURE. THUS CONFIDENCE IS LOW AND WILL USE JUST A SLIGHT CHC OF POPS FOR NOW AS AT LEAST WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR SHOULD BE IN PLACE. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 141800Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 1233 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE TO MVFR OR WORSE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT OVER ILLINOIS PUSHES A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...A RETURN TO VFR IS EXPECTED AS SUBSIDENCE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A DRY COLUMN LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS REVEAL CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60S THAT WILL EASILY BE REACHED AND BKN VFR SC CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....PUMA AVIATION...JP 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 301 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-151915- 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- 301 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WILL BE BEFORE 900 PM. DISCUSSION: A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND DROP SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION: UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS INTO EARLY EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
Scattered trees were downed around Putnam County, including Greencastle, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The largest tree was one foot in diameter and half rotted. A wind gust of 48 mph was measured.
Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at between 55 and 65 mph, blew a stop sign down in this location.
An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was observed in this location, along with large trees that swayed and almost snapped off. This event occurred off of 104th Street.
A tree, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2014
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: 536876, 536879, 536887, 536890, 536906, 536909, 536908.