A small line of air mass thunderstorms developed just north of Indianapolis up through Clinton County during the afternoon of the 27th of June. One of these storms caused some wind damage in the Kirklin area.
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A small line of air mass thunderstorms developed just north of Indianapolis up through Clinton County during the afternoon of the 27th of June. One of these storms caused some wind damage in the Kirklin 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 Jun 27, 3:27 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 427 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 352 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 IN KEEPING WITH THE RECENT PATTERN...DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE AREA REMAINS STUCK BETWEEN QUASISTATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AND THE PREVAILING STORM TRACK IN ZONAL OR WEAKLY CYCLONIC FLOW TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST. WARM MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND THUS CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT STORMS IN ANY PERIOD THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHER CHANCES OWING TO SUBTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVING THROUGH THE GENERAL FLOW. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 352 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS HAVE FORMED AS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BUT ARE STRUGGLING WITH A LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS NOTED UPSTREAM OVER THE MID/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND SHOULD SEE A BIT OF AN UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THIS SUPPORT ARRIVES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST STORMS REMAIN SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT...BUT WITH THIS WAVE MEANDERING THROUGH THE AREA WILL HAVE TO HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE POP. ON TEMPS...EXPECT TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE LAST NIGHT PER LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES. SHOULD SEE MOST AREAS BOTTOM OUT NEAR 70 DEGREES. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 352 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS DURING THE DAYTIME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH LOWER POPS OVERNIGHTS AND ON MONDAY...AGAIN OWING TO A LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. WITH FLOW OVER THE AREA GENERALLY WEAK...HYDRO CONCERNS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE WEEKEND WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY PRODUCE RAINFALL IN A VERY WARM AIRMASS WITH FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 13-15KFT. WILL HAVE TO LIMIT POPS TO CHANCE FOR NOW UNTIL WE SEE SOME MORE CONSISTENCY OR DEFINITION TO THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THAT COULD JUSTIFY LIKELIES. ON TEMPS...THICKNESSES SUGGEST TEMPS GETTING WARMER EACH DAY...BUT WITH PRECIP COVERAGE AND CLOUD COVER LIKELY TO BE A BIGGER ISSUE SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY...THIS WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM MAXING OUT. WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. THICKNESSES AND DEWPOINTS SUGGEST LOWS REMAINING NEAR PERSISTENCE EACH DAY...AROUND 70. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 CHANGES APPEAR ON THE HORIZON FROM THE STAGNANT WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WE HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO THIS EARLY SUMMER. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AND RESULT IN AN UNSETTLED PERIOD. THIS FRONT AND A REINFORCING FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD RESULT IN COOLER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES PER THE REGIONAL ALLBLEND. NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY NOT EVEN SEE 80 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY. MODELS DO SUGGEST A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR WITH THE SECOND FRONT. HOWEVER...WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN...WILL KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW AFTER TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 272100Z KIND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 427 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 WEAK UPPER WAVE NOTED EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER THE KIND VICINITY LATER THIS EVENING. APPEARS THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONVECTIVE THREAT IN THE VICINITY OF KIND UNTIL ABOUT 280200Z OR SO. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE AT THIS TIME. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. WILL STICK WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS TO MVFR OR WORSE AT TIMES. ONE WAVE WILL BE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND A STRONGER ONE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS AFTER 12Z SATURDAY. SO...TRIED TO TIE VCTS AND CB GROUPS TO THE THOSE WAVES WITH A DRY PERIOD FROM 02Z-15Z. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH LESS THAN 10 KNOTS EXCEPT INCREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT IND. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NIELD NEAR TERM...NIELD SHORT TERM...NIELD LONG TERM...MK AVIATION...MK/JAS 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 452 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-282100- 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- 452 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO CENTRAL INDIANA... BRINGING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH DRIER WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. .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) SMF
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed along with some utility lines due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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