Several clusters of thunderstorms during the day on the 27th of July produced a singular large hail and several wind damage reports from across the region. One complex of thunderstorms moved almost over the exact same area early on the morning of the 27th as it did on the 26th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Several clusters of thunderstorms during the day on the 27th of July produced a singular large hail and several wind damage reports from across the region. One complex of thunderstorms moved almost over the exact same area early on the morning of the 27th as it did on the 26th. Finally, a broken line of storms formed along a cold front during the late afternoon of the 27th. The strongest of the storms along the line produced pockets of wind damage as the line pushed through central Indiana.
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 27, 3:14 AM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 414 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 1235 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TODAY MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. MEANWHILE...MUCH COOLER AIR WILL EXPAND INTO THE REGION FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /OVERNIGHT/... ISSUED AT 1235 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 WILL PULL THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA AND LOWER POPS A BIT AS ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN WORKED OVER PRETTY GOOD AND RADAR WAS NIL. RAPID REFRESH REFLECTIVITY PROGS...ALTHOUGH THEY DEVELOP MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...DO NOT SHOW ENOUGH ACROSS THE AREA TO JUSTIFY KEEPING THE WATCH GOING...AND 24 HOUR STORM TOTALS WERE LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS ALL BUT VERY LOCALIZED SPOTS. SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME STRATUS AND FOG OVERNIGHT WITH OBSERVATIONS ALREADY SHOWING SATURATION IS OCCURING OR CLOSE TO OCCURING AND LIGHT WINDS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 404 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 FORECAST CHALLENGES FOCUS ON PRECIP AND SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY TEMPS MONDAY/TUESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION. CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION REMAINS UNCERTAIN FOR SUNDAY AND LARGELY DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH DESTABILIZATION CAN TAKE PLACE BEHIND OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. WHILE DRIER AIR IS PRESENT AND BETTER FORCING LIKELY TO BE OFF TO THE EAST IN OHIO...PRESENCE OF MODEST INSTABILITY AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES IN THE AFTERNOON REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF SCATTERED CONVECTION... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND LIKELY WILL DEPEND ON HOW UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CAN GET IN THE AFTERNOON. REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM WILL SEE A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO A DEEP UPPER TROUGH SETTLING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN U S. THIS WILL TRANSITION TO A MUCH COOLER PATTERN FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. PASSAGE OF THE UPPER WAVE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA MONDAY WILL BRING A FEW SHOWERS INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. BEYOND THAT...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPS...GENERALLY TRENDED TOWARDS MAVMOS GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. WILL REMAIN WARM AND HUMID SUNDAY BEFORE TEMPS FALL EARLY IN THE WEEK. HIGHS BY TUESDAY LIKELY TO BE A GOOD 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. TOOK A MOS BLEND ON LOWS. MAY SEE SOME UPPER 40S IN OUTLYING AREAS MONDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 340 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 A VERY BROAD UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE HUDSON BAY WILL EXTEND INTO THE EASTERN U.S. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS SEVERAL SHORT WAVES RIDE ALONG THAT UPPER LOW. LATEST INITIALIZATION IS HIGHLIGHTING BEST PRECIP CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD IN ASSOCIATION WITH PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. MODELS CLOSE OFF AN UPPER LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY AND INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES AS A RESULT. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S/LOW 60S. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 27/0900Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 411 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 UPDATE... CEILINGS ARE FLUCTUATING FROM IFR TO VFR CATEGORY AT KIND...BUT FOG HAS BEEN SLOW TO FORM. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TEMPORARILY MOVED SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER SEVERAL MODELS INDICATE THERE MAY BE SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT. WILL MENTION VCTS AT KBMG LATER TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...MAIN CONCERN OVERNIGHT WILL BE AREAS OF STRATUS AND FOG. AREA HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND MODELS INDICATE A GOOD CHANCE OF IFR CEILINGS AND FOG AT KLAF AND MVFR FOG AND CEILINGS POSSIBLE AT OTHER TAF SITES LATER TONIGHT. THE FOG AND STRATUS WILL BREAK UP AFTER SUNRISE. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS SOME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY EVENING WITH MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS. SOME MVFR CEILINGS AND FOG MAY OCCUR AGAIN AFTER 06Z MONDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN/MK NEAR TERM...MK SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM....TDUD AVIATION...JH/TDUD VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-281000- 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- 440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: TODAY. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MID TO LATE WEEK. DISCUSSION: MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN TO START THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 446 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 INZ043-044-051-052-270930- CLAY-PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO- 446 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND NORTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EDT... AT 444 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHRISMAN...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CLINTON... ROCKVILLE... DANA... BLANFORD... MONTEZUMA... UNIVERSAL... FAIRVIEW PARK... SHEPARDSVILLE... MECCA... BLOOMINGDALE... NORTH TERRE HAUTE... ROSEDALE... JUDSON... FONTANET... SEELYVILLE... BRIDGETON... STAUNTON... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3987 8754 3981 8702 3943 8719 3958 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 292DEG 30KT 3971 8756 TDUD
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
The hail observed in this location was up to quarter size.
The Fountain County dispatch reported a tree down on a power line, near State Road 63 north of the Warren County line, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed in Mooresville 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: 536924, 536926, 536927, 536931, 536933.