Scattered severe storms produced wind damage across west central and south central Indiana on the afternoon and evening of the 7th. A 75 mph wind gust was recorded near Brazil in Clay County as these storms passed.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Scattered severe storms produced wind damage across west central and south central Indiana on the afternoon and evening of the 7th. A 75 mph wind gust was recorded near Brazil in Clay County as these storms passed.
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 7, 1:31 PM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 A WEAKENING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WASH OUT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WHILE A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SECOND FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 SCATTERED CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SAG THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA. ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS PEAK HEATING APPROACHES...BUT LINGERING CLOUD COVER MAY WORK AGAINST MORE WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT. SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST THIS WEAK FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE CENTRAL ZONES THIS EVENING...BEFORE WASHING OUT. CONVECTION MAY TEND TO DIMINISH AFTER DARK...BUT WITH DECENT 850MB FLOW OVER THE AREA...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AFTER DARK AS WELL. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING TONIGHT ALL AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. SEVERE PARAMETERS REMAIN MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH DEEP SHEAR WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS ON TUESDAY. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS LOWS TONIGHT LOOK REASONABLE. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 MOST OF THE MODEL DATA INDICATE AN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS THIS EVENING. THIS COMPLEX LOOKS TO REACH THE WESTERN ZONES AROUND SUNRISE ON TUESDAY...PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST BY THE MIDDAY HOURS. THIS COMPLEX WILL BE AIDED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH...SO THINK THIS COMPLEX HAS GOOD POTENTIAL TO MAINTAIN ITSELF FOR AWHILE. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS STARTING AT SUNRISE TUESDAY...TAPERING OFF TO CHANCE POPS BY AFTERNOON AS THE REMNANTS OF THE COMPLEX PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. DEEP LAYER SHEAR BECOMES STRONGER BY THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY...SO POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HIGH WINDS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COMPLEX EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SECONDARY COLD FRONT MAY STILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ZONES TUESDAY EVENING...SO WILL KEEP SOME CHANCE POPS GOING THERE DURING THE EVENING. OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MAY BE ON THE WARM SIDE. WILL NUDGE DOWN THE GUIDANCE NUMBERS A CATEGORY DURING THOSE PERIODS. THE MOS LOWS LOOK OK. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 CENTRAL INDIANA WILL END THE WORK WEEK ON A DRY NOTE. THEN THE PATTERN WILL RETURN TO AN UNSETTLED ONE BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS RETURN FLOW OF WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MOVES OVER THE AREA. THIS AIRMASS COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES MOVING ALONG A BOUNDARY WILL MEAN RENEWED AND DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD APPROACH NORMAL HIGHS IN THE 80S DURING THE WEEKEND WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 071800Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 106 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ANOTHER WAVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND RESULT IN RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HRRR IS DEPICTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAINLY AROUND AND SOUTH OF I-70. TRIED TO SHOW THIS WITH EITHER -TS OR VCTS GROUPS IN TAFS. THEN THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY AFTER SUNSET BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVES VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TIMING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHED BACK BASED ON LATEST SHORT TERM MODEL CONSENSUS. HAVE TSTMS INTRODUCED AT KLAF AROUND 10Z AND START THUNDER AT KHUF/KIND AT 12Z AND AND HOUR OR TWO LATER TO GET TO KBMG. THERE IS STILL PLENTY UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO TSTM COVERAGE BUT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS...SOME QUITE HEAVY. FOR NOW ONLY INDICATED MFVR IN TAFS EARLY TUESDAY BUT THIS FLIGHT CATEGORY COULD VERY WELL NEED TO BE LOWERED IN SUBSEQUENT TAF ISSUANCES/UPDATES. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO VFR. GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 KNOTS TODAY AND AFTER 15Z TUESDAY. TONIGHT...WINDS EXPECTED TO DROP TO 10 KNOTS OR LESS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAS NEAR TERM...JAS SHORT TERM...JAS LONG TERM....SMF AVIATION...SMF 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 601 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-081015- 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- 601 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TIMING: STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...BUT THE HIGHEST CHANCES ARE LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN. THERE COULD BE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE BRINGING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES TODAY AND TUESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) NIELD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
117 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
INZ044-071745-
PARKE-
117 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM
EDT...
AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ROCKVILLE...
JUDSON...
CECIL HARDEN LAKE...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
IN ADDITION...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.
HEAVY 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 3982 8736 3987 8701 3969 8701 3967 8701
3971 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 268DEG 21KT 3977 8725
SMFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 259 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 INZ044-045-051-052-071945- CLAY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO- 259 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN PARKE... CENTRAL PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF BRAZIL...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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... GREENCASTLE... LENA... REELSVILLE... FILLMORE... BELLE UNION... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...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. 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 3972 8670 3952 8670 3952 8731 3967 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 271DEG 22KT 3962 8706 SMF
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:21 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 75 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a WeatherBug site in this location.
Numerous trees were downed across northern Clay County due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A tree, 4 feet in diameter, was downed near the intersection of State Road 340 and County Road 550 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Reports received of trees and power lines down near Highway 46 in Brown County 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: 536837, 536845, 536848, 536852.