A northeast to southwest oriented line of thunderstorms moved east-southeast from west-central Indiana into central Indiana during the morning hours of June 25th. These storms produced a singular wind damage and small hail report.
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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.
A northeast to southwest oriented line of thunderstorms moved east-southeast from west-central Indiana into central Indiana during the morning hours of June 25th. These storms produced a singular wind damage and small hail report. North of these thunderstorms was a large shield of rain caused some flash flooding across northern portions of 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 Jun 25, 3:24 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 350 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY. THIS WILL PULL A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION BY THIS EVENING. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE AN STRONG SURFACE LOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY CAUSING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL MOVE ON TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT A STRONG UPPER TROUGH ACROSS OUR REGION WILL PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY COON CONDITIONS. IN THE LONG TERM WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER BY SUNDAY. BUT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFTER THE WEEKEND AS A COUPLE OF UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE OUR WAY. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF THE NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 350 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OUR REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT WIDESPREAD HEAVY AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED AND WILL NOT ISSUE ANY FLOOD WATCHES AT THIS TIME. HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY MID DAY WITH SOME REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. WILL GO WITH DEFINITE POPS NORTH AND CENTRAL THROUGH MID MORNING AND THEN LIKELY POPS THERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH ONLY CHANCE POPS FAR SOUTH. SPC HAS MOST AREAS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. CLOUDS WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS TODAY...WHILE FAR SOUTHWEST SECTIONS APPROACH 90 WITH MORE SUNSHINE THERE. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 350 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION THIS EVENING AND MODELS INDICATE A LULL IN RAIN CHANCES LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN DEFINITE POPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MODELS DEVELOP STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. SOME MODELS INDICATE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY...BUT A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS OUR REGION WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON INTO SATURDAY. LATEST MODELS HAVE TRENDED IN KEEPING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS OUR EAST AND NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL FROM FRIDAY ON AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES DROP TO AS LOW AS +10 CELSIUS ACROSS OUR NORTH. MODELS INDICATE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST BY SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 350 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 ENSEMBLES INDICATE MEAN UPPER TROUGHING WILL HOLD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. APPEARS A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA DURING THIS PERIOD. ONE DISTURBANCE LOOKS TO DROP INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE ANOTHER MAY PUSH EAST OUT OF THE PLAINS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS FROM MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY TO COVER THESE POTENTIAL DISTURBANCES. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 250900Z KIND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 424 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 LARGE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER MOVING INTO WESTERN INDIANA AT THIS TIME. EXTRAPOLATION OF THE LEADING EDGE SUGGESTS CONVECTION SHOULD START IMPACTING THE KIND TERMINAL CLOSE TO 251000Z. WIND PROFILERS INDICATE A 45 KT LOW LEVEL JET FLOWING INTO THE SYSTEM...SO CONVECTIVE THREAT AT KIND SHOULD REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE LATE MORNINGS HOURS. BRIEF IFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND GUSTY/SHIFTING WINDS AROUND 25 KTS EXPECTED WITH THE CONVECTION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. QUIET CONDITIONS TO START AT THE TAF SITES TONIGHT WITH SOME MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS. CONVECTION OVER IOWA/NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO TAF SITES AFTER AROUND 10Z AT KLAF AND 11-13Z AT THE REST OF THE SITES AND MOVING OUT OF ALL SITES BY 15Z. THERE IS A CHANCE THE STORMS OUTFLOW COULD PUSH WARM FRONT BACK SOUTH AND THEN ALLOW THE STORM COMPLEX TO DIVE MORE SOUTH THAN EAST...THEREBY AVOIDING THE TAF SITES ALTOGETHER OR JUST GIVING THEM SOME STRATIFORM RAIN NORTH OF THE STORMS...BUT ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF IMPACTING THE SITES TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE TEMPO THUNDER AT THIS POINT. MORE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INDICATED THIS WITH A VCTS UNTIL TIMING/LOCATION CAN BE BETTER DETERMINED. OUTSIDE OF STORMS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MAINLY VFR BUT EXPECT MVFR TO IFR OR BRIEFLY LOWER IN STORMS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...JH LONG TERM...JAS AVIATION...CP/JAS 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 504 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-062>065-261000- 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-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 504 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TIMING: ALL AREAS THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN SOUTH HALF LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH SOME OF THESE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOME AREAS SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE. DISCUSSION: STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY...HOWEVER A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT OUR WEATHER AFTER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE TODAY AND ALONG AND MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 EARLY TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>072-261000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 504 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. TIMING: MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH SOME OF THESE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AGAIN FRIDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOME AREAS SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION: STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY...HOWEVER A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT OUR WEATHER AFTER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE TODAY...EARLY TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:32 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
WTHR reports that a lightning strike around 5:30 AM EDT Thursday is believed to be the cause of a house fire in the 5700 block of North Peppereel Way in McCordsville.
The roof of a barn was tossed across a roadway and multiple trees were down near the intersection of Owens Farm Road and County Road 60 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Water was over County Road 100 West, south of State Road 32, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
Water was over County Road 275 East near Little Raccoon Creek due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
Water was reported to be over the roadway near County Roads 200 West and 450 North from nearby Falls Branch Creek. This event occurred due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
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
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: 591967, 585723, 585724, 589725, 589743, 589752.