A few isolated thunderstorms developed across central Indiana during the afternoon of June 5th. One of these storms moved generally south-southeast into the Crothersville area causing some wind damage.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A few isolated thunderstorms developed across central Indiana during the afternoon of June 5th. One of these storms moved generally south-southeast into the Crothersville area causing some wind damage.
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 5, 3:32 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 432 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEAK FRONT SLIDES SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN WITH DRIER WEATHER LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT TRACK THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP...BUT STARTING TO SEE ACTIVITY INTO THE WABASH VALLEY ON THE EDGE OF THE GREATER INSTABILITY AXIS. 19Z TEMPS INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. INITIAL ISSUE IS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IMPACTS FOR THE NEXT 4-6 HOURS. WEAK BOUNDARY ALREADY NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. BELIEVE CONVECTIVE THREAT IS PRETTY MUCH OVER ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA AND IN THE INDY METRO AND I-70 CORRIDOR PROBABLY LOOKING AT ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO AT MOST. WILL FOCUS LOW POPS NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-70 FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES FOR A FEW HOURS INTO THE EVENING. COULD SEE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STRONGER CORES...BUT STORMS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY IN THE ABSENCE OF MUCH SHEAR OR FORCING ALOFT. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES INITIALLY BEHIND THE FRONT BUT RH PROGS INDICATING SHALLOW MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF A STRATOCU LAYER. MODEL SOUNDINGS HINT AT THIS AS WELL WITH A SHALLOW INVERSION DEVELOPING TOWARDS DAYBREAK. HAVE BUMPED UP CLOUD GRIDS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE...AND VERY WELL MAY START OUT DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPS...TOOK A MOS BLEND FOR TEMPS WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 FORECAST CHALLENGES FOCUS ON SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PRECIP CHANCES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND WILL BE DRY WITH THE REGION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BROAD HIGH PRESSURE TRAVERSING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND 925-950MB RH PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRATOCU LINGERING DURING THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THESE CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AND MIX UP INTO A CU FIELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE DAY AS PROGRESSIVELY DRIER AIR EXPANDS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH DRIFTS INTO NEW ENGLAND. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REVERT BACK TO SOUTHERLY BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE. MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY ADVECT BACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY AFTERNOON. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS GENERALLY SPED UP ARRIVAL OF THE LOW INTO THE REGION FROM PREVIOUS RUNS...SETTING UP A POTENTIALLY INTERESTING AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. 45-50KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL FEED INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH MID AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A SHARP WAVE ALOFT. WITH STRONG SURFACE HEATING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM LIKELY LEADING TO SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000J/KG OR BETTER...ANTICIPATE ROBUST CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE REGION BY MID AFTERNOON THEN MIGRATING INTO THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. ALL FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE LIKELY TO BE ON THE TABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT SIGNS POINT TO DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG A SQUALL LINE. WHILE THE STRONGER DYNAMICS WILL BE FOCUSED FURTHER NORTH...WIND THREAT COULD BE FURTHER ENHANCED SHOULD A COLD POOL BECOME ESTABLISHED AND SURGE OUT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE REGION. IN ADDITION...EXPECT STORMS TO HAVE TORRENTIAL RAIN AS IMPRESSIVE SURGE OF PRECIP WATER VALUES AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 INCHES OVER NORTHERN INDIANA BY EARLY EVENING. THE SEVERE THREAT MAY LINGER WELL INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH STORMS EVOLVING INTO SOME FORM OF AN MCS AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW SAGS SLOWLY INTO THE REGION WITH THE TAIL END OF THE LOW LEVEL JET PERSISTING. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION. STORMS WILL FOCUS MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...SHIFTING INTO FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE DAY. SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS MUCH LOWER MONDAY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT. TEMPS...DESPITE THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUDS TO LINGER THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY SATURDAY...TRENDED HIGHS TOWARDS THE WARMER METMOS AS HIGHS SHOULD RISE TO NEAR 80. SUNDAY CONTINUES TO CARRY THE BEST POTENTIAL TO OVERACHIEVE ON HIGHS WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND 850MB TEMPS SURGING TO 18-19C. WENT ABOVE GUIDANCE IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MOS BLEND LOOKED REASONABLE FOR LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 MODELS INDICATE TAIL END OF COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND THUS WILL CARRY POPS ONLY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRY PERIODS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE ATTEMPTS TO BRING SOME PRECIP CHANCES BACK INTO THE AREA MID TO ESPECIALLY LATE WEEK AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. BLENDED INITIALIZATION HANDLES THIS RELATIVELY WELL...AND ONLY TWEAKS REQUIRED. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...AND AGAIN INITIALIZATION HANDLED THIS WELL. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 052100Z KIND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 432 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE FRONTAL SYSTEM IS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING THROUGH KIND AT THIS TIME. CONVECTIVE THREAT AT THE KIND TERMINAL SHOULD BE ENDING WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. RETAINED VICINITY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AT KIND AND KHUF FOR A FEW HOURS AND STARTING AT KBMG FROM AROUND 19Z TO 00Z. DUE TO THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH KLAF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...THE VICINITY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES HAVE DIMINISHED...RESULTING IN REMOVING ANY MENTION OF IT. VFR CEILINGS...EXCEPT PERHAPS BRIEFLY MVFR IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CEILINGS AT KLAF AND KHUF BY 04Z...FOLLOWED BY KIND AND KHUF AT ABOUT 06Z. FOG AND LOWER CEILINGS WILL MOVE INTO KBMG BETWEEN 11Z-14Z REDUCING VISIBILITIES. FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THE WINDS WILL VEER FROM WESTERLY TO MORE NORTHERLY...THEN TO NORTHEASTERLY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM...NIELD AVIATION...MMB/NIELD/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 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061000- 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- 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL. TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: A WEAK FRONT SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BRING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND AGAIN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ALONG WITH A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR STORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK CHANCES FOR STORMS RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THOSE COULD BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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