A tornado-warned storm pushed southeast across Patricksburg and near Freedom in Owen County on the evening of the 21st of June. Reports of large tree limbs being down came in as this storm moved across Owen County.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A tornado-warned storm pushed southeast across Patricksburg and near Freedom in Owen County on the evening of the 21st of June. Reports of large tree limbs being down came in as this storm moved across Owen County.
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 21, 6:25 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 725 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP DAILY CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS WEEK WILL GIVE WAY TO BELOW AVERAGE READINGS BY NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM.../REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/ ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 A BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHT/S CONVECTION HAS PUSHED OUT OF INDIANA AND LEFT LOWER DEWPOINTS IN ITS WAKE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. A WEAK FRONT IS SINKING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AT THE MOMENT AND SOME HIGHER DEWPOINTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE FORECAST AREA IS DRY AT THE MOMENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST OUT OF THE ST. LOUIS AREA. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE STORMS MOVE EAST AND SOUTH IN THE UPPER FLOW. SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THIS WILL EVOLVE WITH THE BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA AND THE VARYING AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE. SHORT TERM MODELS SHOW THIS UNCERTAINTY WITH CHANGING SOLUTIONS RUN-TO-RUN. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS SOUTHWEST AND DRY FAR NORTHEAST AS BEST PARAMETERS FOR CONVECTION TO SURVIVE WILL END UP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...FRONT WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE NORTHEAST AS LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZES IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NOT A LOT OF SUPPORT WITH THIS FRONT SO WILL JUST GO WITH LOW CHANCE POPS SPREADING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WITH THE FRONT DURING THE NIGHT. WITH THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND FRONT RETURNING WENT WITH A BLEND OF MOS/RAW MODEL DATA FOR LOW TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 FOCUS IS ON TIMING OF CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND WAS USED. FRONT WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE MORNING. CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS EARLY. AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS WILL QUICKLY MOVE IN. THIS SHOULD CAP THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY AFTERNOON. WILL GO DRY ALL AREAS BY MID AFTERNOON. STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL TRY TO PUSH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 90 MONDAY...BUT FEEL THAT THE WET GROUND WILL WIN OUT MOST AREAS AND KEEP READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S. WENT A LITTLE COOLER THAN MOS. FRONT WILL RETURN SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL BRING POPS BACK IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT. WITH GOOD INSTABILITY AND DECENT WIND FIELDS...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS WITH BEST POPS IN THE MORNING...AND SOME DRY HOURS NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT RETURNS NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY KEEPING THE THREAT FOR RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. GENERALLY STUCK WITH A BLEND OF MODELS FOR TEMPERATURES. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 215 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 A FAIRLY ZONAL PATTERN BY MIDWEEK WILL BREAK DOWN NEXT WEEKEND AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. LIKE A BROKEN RECORD THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN AS OF LATE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM REMAINS ACROSS INDIANA AND A SERIES OF SYSTEMS TRACK EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION WITH THE STRONGER OF THE SYSTEM SET TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. ENSEMBLES ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE SUPERBLEND INITIALIZATION REFLECTED THIS UNSETTLED PATTERN WELL. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS MOST PERIODS WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS OUR NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MOST AREAS FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL VALUES EARLY ON...BUT WILL BECOME COOLER TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 22/00Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 725 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 MAINLY VFR AT THE SITES OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS EARLY...AND POTENTIAL FOR SOME FOG NEAR DAYBREAK MONDAY. CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAVE IMPACTED HUF AND WILL BE IN THE VICINITY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...AND LOOK TO AT LEAST BE IN THE VICINITY OF IND/BMG. WILL CARRY VCTS MENTION AT THOSE THREE SITES EARLY IN THE PERIOD. ESPECIALLY AT SITES THAT GET RAIN THIS EVENING...SOME FOG APPEARS LIKELY. WILL TAKE HUF DOWN TO 2SM OWING TO THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN...AND AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING WHICH APPEARS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 10KT OR LESS OVERNIGHT AND LIKELY LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT THE OUTLYING SITES. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TOMORROW...AS HIGH AS THE LOW 20KT RANGE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM...SMF AVIATION...NIELD 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 445 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-222045- 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- 445 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND FLOODING. RIVER FLOODING AFFECTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS...ROADS...AND AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR RIVERS AND CREEKS. TIMING: BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS FROM ABOUT 500 PM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RIVER FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE FRONTAL ZONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH THE GREATER THREAT ON TUESDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER NEARBY FOR MOST OF THIS UPCOMING WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE ZIONSVILLE 40.03N 86.25W
06/21/2015 M70 MPH BOONE IN AWOS
MEASURED BY AWOS
&&
CORRECTED LOCATION...REMARKS...SOURCE
LEEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
542 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1258 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE ATTICA 40.33N 87.22W
06/21/2015 WARREN IN EMERGENCY MNGR
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOME
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE ATTICA 40.34N 87.18W
06/21/2015 WARREN IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED... TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG LAFAYETTE 40.41N 86.87W
06/21/2015 TIPPECANOE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED.
0115 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 40.41N 86.87W
06/21/2015 M60 MPH TIPPECANOE IN AMATEUR RADIO
MEASURED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE
0127 AM TSTM WND DMG 12 SE LAFAYETTE 40.29N 86.71W
06/21/2015 TIPPECANOE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE. TIME ESTIMATED.
0138 AM HAIL 3 E CRAWFORDSVILLE 40.04N 86.84W
06/21/2015 E0.88 INCH MONTGOMERY IN BROADCAST MEDIA
0200 AM TSTM WND DMG AMO 39.69N 86.61W
06/21/2015 HENDRICKS IN PUBLIC
POWER LINES DOWN. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
0205 AM TSTM WND DMG KEMPTON 40.29N 86.23W
06/21/2015 TIPTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE THROUGHOUT COUNTY. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0215 AM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE ZIONSVILLE 40.03N 86.25W
06/21/2015 M70 MPH BOONE IN AWOS
MEASURED BY AWOS
0215 AM HAIL MOORESVILLE 39.62N 86.37W
06/21/2015 E0.25 INCH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0215 AM TSTM WND DMG CICERO 40.12N 86.02W
06/21/2015 HAMILTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN IN NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON CO.
FROM CICERO TO ATLANTA AND EAST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0230 AM TSTM WND DMG PARAGON 39.39N 86.56W
06/21/2015 MORGAN IN PUBLIC
CORN AND TREE DAMAGE ON PARAGON RD ALONG WHITE RIVER.
0240 AM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSON 40.09N 85.69W
06/21/2015 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN. TIME ESITMATED FROM RADAR.
0246 AM TSTM WND DMG DALEVILLE 40.12N 85.56W
06/21/2015 DELAWARE IN PUBLIC
TREES DOWN. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
&&
LEEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
544 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SW REELSVILLE 39.50N 87.00W
06/21/2015 E1.25 INCH PUTNAM IN CO-OP OBSERVER
1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 50 MINUTES AND STILL RAINING.
&&
LEEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
633 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SW REELSVILLE 39.50N 87.00W
06/21/2015 M1.60 INCH PUTNAM IN CO-OP OBSERVER
1.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. STILL
RAINING.
&&
LEESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
652 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
INZ051-052-212330-
CLAY-VIGO-
652 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CLAY AND EASTERN VIGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CORY AROUND 700 PM EDT...
SALINE CITY AROUND 705 PM EDT...
CENTER POINT AROUND 710 PM EDT...
CLAY CITY AROUND 715 PM EDT...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
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 3945 8694 3934 8706 3924 8706 3942 8738
3952 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 294DEG 26KT 3942 8725
NIELDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SW REELSVILLE 39.50N 87.00W
06/21/2015 M2.39 INCH PUTNAM IN CO-OP OBSERVER
2.39 INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS. STILL RAINING.
&&
LEEThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were down over county roads near and around Patricksburg and locations northwest of Spencer due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Tree limbs were downed on a few county roads between Freedom and Spencer due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2015
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