With a weak boundary in the area, a band of showers and thunderstorms developed across central Indiana during the afternoon and evening of the 18th of June. Numerous severe wind reports were received, as well as a couple hail reports.
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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.
With a weak boundary in the area, a band of showers and thunderstorms developed across central Indiana during the afternoon and evening of the 18th of June. Numerous severe wind reports were received, as well as a couple hail reports.
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 18, 3:24 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 304 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 WARM AND HUMID PATTERN WITH SURFACE FRONT SETTLING SOUTH INTO AND THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT POSES INCREASED RISK FOR PERIODS OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS. WEEKEND BIT LESS HUMID AND COOLS SLIGHTLY WITH A BIT OF CANADIAN AIR BUT ONLY SLIGHT LOWERING OF RAIN THREATS. CERTAINLY NO WASHOUT DAYS EXPECTED BUT BEST PERIOD FOR GREATEST CHANCES AND GREATEST AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THOUGH AGAIN SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED WITH GREATER CLOUD COVER IN COMING DAYS THEN SLIGHT FILTERING OF CANADIAN AIR INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 304 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY BOWING LINE OF STORMS JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS WILL ENTER OUR NW COUNTIES BEFORE 5PM AND SLIDE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER. WILL THUS CARRY A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIKELY THERE OR GO SCATTERED IN WORDING. THE REMAINING ISOLATED STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70 WILL MAINTAIN THEMSELVES WITHIN THE HIGH DEWPOINT AND CAPE AXIS AHEAD OF THE LINE. BEST SHEAR REMAINS WELL NORTH AND BEST TRIGGER IN SURFACE TROUGH ALSO REMAINS WELL NORTH SO OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND BUOYANCY HAVE LIMITED POTENTIAL. SLIGHT CHANCE ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PUT OUT A SEVERE GUST AND HALF INCH HAIL UNTIL HEATING RECEDES AFTER SUNDOWN. SHOULD LATE NIGHT MCS OCCUR...ASSOCIATED SQUALL LINE COULD BE GUSTY BUT THOSE EARLY THIS MORNING OUT NW REMAIN BELOW SEVERE AT MOST PLACES. MODELS EITHER OFF ON TIMING OR INDICATE NEW THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WOULD DEVELOP OVER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND CARRY SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO OVERNIGHT. SW TAIL OF THIS FEATURE...WHETHER IT BE WHATS OUT THERE NOW...OR WHAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING SHOULD CATCH OUR FAR NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES WHILE SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH COUNTIES MAY MISS RAIN OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED DEVELOPING FROM TODAYS HEAT. EXPECTING LOW TEMPS NEAR CURRENT FORECAST TO RANGE FROM UPPER 60S WHERE GOOD DOWNPOURS AND DOWNDRAFTS OCCUR TO LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 304 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 SURFACE BOUNDARY SETTLES INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES AND SHOULD BE FOCUS OF ONGOING CONVECTION FROM OVERNIGHT OR REDEVELOPMENT FROM REMNANTS DURING THE DAY...MAINLY IN NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES. AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH TIED TO UPPER LOW SCOOTING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA SWEEPS IN...THIS WILL CONTINUE THREAT OF SCATTERED STORMS UNTIL SURFACE AND UPPER TROUGH PASSES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SOME DIFFERENCES IN MODELS ON HOW WELL THIS CLEARS REGION INTO SATURDAY KEEPS LOW CHANCE THREAT FOR RAIN TO CONTINUE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...EXCEPT FOR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WHICH WILL SEE A BIT MORE SUN TO SHOOT FOR 90 THURSDAY...REMAINING AREAS WILL HAVE ENOUGH CLOUD COVER AND SOME RAIN TO KEEP TEMPERATURES MORE INTO MID AND UPPER 80S FOR MAXS WHILE LOWS STILL HOVER EITHER SIDE OF 70. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 132 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 DONT BELIEVE CAN DO BETTER THAN REGIONAL INITIALIZATION. CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE FOR PRECIPITATION. MODELS DIVERGENCE STRONGLY WITH FORECASTS ALOFT OVER THE PERIOD. STATISTICAL TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE NOT VERY CLOSE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MODELS. CANT BE CONFIDENT WHICH WAY TO GO WITH THE DETERMINISTIC FIELDS SO DIFFERENT. CONFIDENCE IN PRECIPITATION FORECAST A LITTLE HIGHER. WHILE STATISTICAL GUIDANCE DOES DIFFER SOMEWHAT BETWEEN MODELS...EITHER WAY CHANCE POPS APPROPRIATE FOR MOST OF PERIOD. OFTEN IN THIS SEASON ITS ASKING TOO MUCH FOR ANY MODEL TO BE MORE PRECISE THAN CHANCE CATEGORY FOR POPS IN LONGER TERM. HOWEVER...MODEL DIFFERENCES ARE SUCH THAT IF THEY CONTINUE WE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THEIR PRECIP FORECASTS. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 182100Z IND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 424 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 WITH SMALL STORMS NEARBY KEPT VCTS IN THROUGH 00Z. OTHERWISE...ADDED WIND GUSTS TO 22 KNOTS PER LATEST OBSERVATION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... DIFFICULT FORECAST. VFR MOST OF PERIOD...BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM NORTH LATE TONIGHT. BRIEF IFR AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN IN STORMS. TIMING OF STORMS SO UNCERTAIN ONLY OPTIONS ARE TO HAVE AT LEAST VCTS ALMOST ALL THE TIME IN TAFS...OR TO AVOID MENTIONING THUNDER FOR NOW AND WAIT UNTIL ITS POSSIBLE TO BE MORE SELECTIVE. WHILE HAVE DECIDED WAIT UNTIL CAN BE MORE PRECISE. PILOTS SHOULD BE READY FOR QUICK UPDATES AS SITUATION EVOLVES. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TUCEK NEAR TERM...TUCEK SHORT TERM...TUCEK LONG TERM....JK AVIATION...JK/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 420 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-190830- 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- 420 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS MAINLY 500 PM TO 200 AM. DISCUSSION: CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH STORMS POSSIBLE ALL AREAS DURING THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE OVERNIGHT. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A viewer reported a healthy tree snapped in a yard. The winds were estimated at 50 mph.
A tree was downed on Interstate 70 West, just past the airport.
Shingles were damaged on some roofs due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. Several small tree limbs were downed as well.
Several trees and numerous limbs were downed from 131st to 146th Streets and from Hazel Dell Parkway to River Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Trees, near this location, were snapped or uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The Lynn Police/Fire Department reported a tree down on a house.
Trees and tree limbs were reported down in an area from County Roads 850 North to 1200 North and east to 200 East.
High tension lines were downed with the insulators broken off the poles due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Also, one carport was blown about 75 yards out into a farm field.
Five 4 to 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts from trees estimated to be over 100 feet tall.
Several trees were downed on county roads due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Lightning also struck a house. No information on damages was received.
Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph were observed for several minutes in this location. The power was flickering as well.
A spotter reported trees down on Tecumseh Bend Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
Ponding of water on roads was reported in Kokomo. The location of this event was estimated.
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, June 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: 530091, 530109, 530157, 530173, 530194, 530132, 530143, 530189, 530161, 530210, 527380, 530217, 527382, 530218, 527313, 527314.