A few upper disturbances moved across central Indiana, interacting with a hot and unstable atmosphere to produce numerous thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe and produced damaging winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A few upper disturbances moved across central Indiana, interacting with a hot and unstable atmosphere to produce numerous thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe and produced damaging winds and large hail.
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 Jul 13, 12:17 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 117 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 .UPDATE... The AVIATION Section has been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 309 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2016 Upper level disturbances will bring chances for rain today and tonight, then a frontal system will keep rain chances around through much of the next week. Warm temperatures mid week will cool to below average to end the week, before returning to seasonable values next week. && .NEAR TERM.../Today/ Issued at 309 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2016 A couple of upper disturbances will impact the area today. Each of these will provide enough forcing to interact with an unstable atmosphere to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms. However, there are uncertainties in timing and effect of cloud cover on the instability that make pinning down hourly PoPs challenging. First upper disturbance should generate some scattered convection in the mid morning into early afternoon time frame. As this is moving across our area, a second disturbance well to the west should be generating convection in the midwest moving into the Mississippi Valley. This convection will approach/move into the western forecast area late in the afternoon/early evening (approaching 00Z). Thus tried to time a period of higher PoPs around 18Z or so with a lowering around 21Z before rising again west. Again there is plenty of uncertainty with these timings. The uncertainty also precludes going any higher than chance PoPs today. Depending on cloud cover, good instability should be able to build today. Also, the storms that form to the west today could develop into an MCS that has severe potential as it becomes organized (see Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Discussion). Thus agree with the Storm Prediction Center's slight risk for most of the area today. Stayed close to blend of models for high temperatures. && .SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Friday night/ Issued at 309 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2016 Focus remains on rain chances through the period. A cold front will approach the area tonight. This, another upper disturbance, and the potential of an MCS moving in leads to likely PoPs across much of the northwest third to half of the area this evening. Otherwise generally went high end chance PoPs across the area tonight. The cold front will move into the area on Thursday. Went chance PoPs most areas. Models then begin to differ on how fast the front moves through and how any potential upper disturbances interact with it. NAM wants to keep rain around longer while GFS dries things out pretty quickly. GFS looks to be overdoing the punch of cooler air though so it can't be trusted. Latest ECMWF is leaning toward the drier side though. With the uncertainty and not wanting to start a flip-flop trend with the forecast, decided to stay close to continuity with the previous forecast for Thursday night into Friday night. This means low PoPs far south Thursday night, gradually spreading north to all areas by Friday night. Went a little cooler than MOS for lows tonight given expected coverage of rain. Stayed with a blend Thursday. Went closer to the warmer MET for temperatures Friday since GFS is overdoing influx of cooler air. && .LONG TERM (Saturday through Tuesday)... Issued at 309 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2016 Most of the weekend will be dry and a little cooler as high pressure builds into the great lakes Saturday and then moves to southern New England by late Sunday. A stalled frontal system near the Tennessee Kentucky border Saturday will move towards central Indiana Sunday and then then remain quasi- stationary across our region through Tuesday. Most models begin rain chances late Sunday or Sunday night. Anyways we can expect a chance of showers and thunderstorms after the weekend as a couple of upper disturbances move our way along this stalled frontal system. Temperatures will be slightly cooler than normal over the weekend and near to slightly above early next week. Stayed close to model initialized temperatures. && .AVIATION /Discussion for 131800z TAFs/... Issued at 104 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2016 Expect VFR conditions and winds around 10kt except during thunderstorms. Isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon becoming scattered this evening. A strong storm was currently tracking just southwest of KLAF tied to a weak pressure trough aloft. A capping inversion aloft has limited storms from developing elsewhere in central Indiana thus far and should keep the number of storms isolated for several hours more. By 132200z expect capping influence to diminish allowing thunderstorms to become somewhat more numerous...especially near and north of I70. Meanwhile current Missouri convection will have lots of instability to feed on and expect those storms to begin entering Indiana by 140000z-01z and march across TAF sites through 03z-04z. A lull in convection should follow through around 141200z when cold front approaches the area and renews storm threat again. && .IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....JH AVIATION...TUCEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 447 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-140900- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 447 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. WARM AND HUMID. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...HEAT INDEX VALUES IN MID 90S TO NEAR 100. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE BY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: A FEW UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OR PARTS OF THE AREA EVERY DAY BUT SATURDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS PROVIDING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1229 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
INZ028-035-043-131700-
FOUNTAIN IN-WARREN IN-VERMILLION IN-
1229 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FOUNTAIN...CENTRAL WARREN AND
NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...
AT 1229 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...VEEDERSBURG...ATTICA...CAYUGA...HILLSBORO...KINGMAN...
PERRYSVILLE...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT...WALLACE...FOSTER...GESSIE...
YEDDO AND LODI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 8753 4036 8710 3997 8709 3995 8730
3995 8742 3994 8743 3993 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 255DEG 48KT 4004 8751
DRTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 103 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 INZ029-035-036-131745- FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE- 103 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES... AT 102 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VEEDERSBURG...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...VEEDERSBURG...SHADELAND...DAYTON... WAYNETOWN...DARLINGTON...LINDEN...CLARKS HILL...HILLSBORO... KINGMAN...NEW RICHMOND...WINGATE...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT... WALLACE AND YEDDO. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 171. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 40. LAT...LON 4004 8671 3997 8727 4014 8737 4047 8670 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 242DEG 49KT 4011 8722 DRT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
248 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
INZ035-043-131915-
FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-
248 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN AND
VERMILLION COUNTIES...
AT 248 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GEORGETOWN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON...COVINGTON...NEWPORT...FAIRVIEW PARK...CAYUGA...DANA...
PERRYSVILLE...BLANFORD...GESSIE AND LODI.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4015 8753 4015 8749 4013 8749 4013 8741
4014 8741 4015 8743 4017 8744 4019 8738
3995 8739 3995 8742 3993 8743 3993 8741
3992 8741 3991 8739 3965 8740 3966 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 255DEG 30KT 3996 8772
DRTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
INZ035-036-044-131945-
PARKE IN-FOUNTAIN IN-MONTGOMERY IN-
314 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 313 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF ROCKVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...LADOGA...WAYNETOWN...NEW MARKET...KINGMAN...
WAVELAND...BLOOMINGDALE...MARSHALL...WALLACE...ALAMO...JUDSON...
TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...SHADES STATE PARK AND YEDDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 8683 3989 8670 3986 8684 3987 8701
3983 8701 3979 8722 3998 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 240DEG 26KT 3990 8722
LEE/TUCEKThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
30 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed near Highway 41 near the Parke-Fountain County line due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A 12 to 18 inch diameter tree limb was downed on several vehicles at the public library on 7th Street and Poplar Street.
A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location. The observation was taken via a personal weather station and relayed via Weather Underground.
Utility lines were downed on County Road 550 East, south of Highway 136, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report was relayed from the Hendricks County Dispatch.
Trees were snapped, large limbs and fences were downed, roof shingles were blown off, air conditioning units were moved and twisted, and a patio set was moved over a city block due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Event occurred at Green Willow Road and Limelight Lane.
Small tree limbs were downed due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
The majority of a moderate size tree was split off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Utility lines were blown down and a three inch diameter live tree limb was broken off and laying across the road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A small roofing or room addition attached to the side of a house collapsed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Trees were down in Muncie due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Multiple utility poles were downed across the roadways due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A couple trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
Large branches or part of the main trunk split off of a tree near Banta Road and Highway 31 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A live tree was downed at East Street and Thompson Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Also, four to five inch diameter tree limbs were down in the same location.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed on Raymond Street between Franklin and Post Road. Large limbs were downed and nickel sized hail was also observed.
A barn was destroyed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
The top of a 40 foot tree was snapped off in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. The wind was pushing trees over with small ones almost touching the ground.
A tree and utility lines were downed on a house due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A large tree was blown down across the road at State Road 150 and Bolton Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
A roof was blown off a barn due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A large tree was downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Tree limbs, six to eight inches in diameter, were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A twelve inch diameter tree was blown down onto the road near the intersection of Gardendale and Park Lanes due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A culvert was washed out on County Road 1100 North, about 0.5 miles east of State Road 59, due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
A construction trailer was blown over and utility lines were blown down near this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Numerous trees were toppled due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Several trees were downed across the southern part of the county due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2016
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: 654131, 654132, 654114, 654122, 654134, 654123, 654137, 654268, 654269, 654271, 654273, 654274, 654124, 654275, 654277, 654280, 654281, 654282, 654125, 654284, 654126, 654127, 654285, 654286, 654298, 654289, 654290, 654291, 654292, 654293, 654287, 654294, 654296, 654301, 654299, 654302, 654303, 654304.