A line of showers and thunderstorms were pushing southeast across southern portions of central Indiana during the mid-morning hours of July the 6th. This line of storms produced wind damage across Greene and Knox Counties.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A line of showers and thunderstorms were pushing southeast across southern portions of central Indiana during the mid-morning hours of July the 6th. This line of storms produced wind damage across Greene and Knox Counties.
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 6, 8:42 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 942 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 .UPDATE... The NEAR TERM Section has been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 328 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2016 Presence of a frontal boundary across the region interacting with numerous waves aloft will bring multiple opportunities for storms to central Indiana through Friday. The front will shift south of the region Friday night with high pressure providing drier and less humid weather for the weekend. Chances for storms will return early next week as a frontal boundary moves into the Ohio Valley. && .NEAR TERM (Today and Tonight)... Issued at 943 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2016 While the earlier forecast was essentially on track it is possible to update a lot of things based on the latest short term models now that the expected MCS is. Heavy rain is the most important issue over the next few hours. Rest of this was taken from the aarlier AFD. The wild card is where the outflow boundaries from the morning MCS end up later today. Think its quite plausible that these boundaries push into the southwest half of the forecast area or conceivably even further south closer to the Ohio River...with convection breaking out this evening along the outflow and diving southeast through parts of the forecast area into the overnight. With the outflow sitting on the edge of the EML plume and aided by the return of the nocturnal low level jet nosing into the mid Mississippi valley...potential is there for convection to grow up into yet another MCS with damaging wind and heavy rainfall as the main threats. It should be noted that there are multiple analogs in the CIPS guidance this morning that support MCS development for the region as well. Will carry highest pops tonight over the southwest half of the forecast area to encapsulate the above thinking...but the high level of uncertainty warrants maintaining at least some form of pops everywhere overnight. && .SHORT TERM /Thursday through Friday Night/... Issued at 328 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2016 Forecast challenges focus on continued convective chances through much of the short term as a complex pattern highlighted by the potential for multiple storm clusters persists for the Ohio Valley. More of the same expected through Friday as the region remains within the belt of westerlies residing north of the flattened upper ridge. While the mesoscale details are difficult to resolve at this point...the general idea of a series of convective clusters riding from the northern Plains and upper Midwest southeast into the mid Mississippi and Ohio Valleys remains until a cold front can pass through the area late Friday. Weak ridging will move into the region Thursday morning in the wake of any overnight convection. The frontal boundary will return north into the area in response to low pressure developing over the central Plains. Additional waves rippling through the westerlies will serve as the spark for convective development Thursday afternoon and evening with a strongly unstable airmass present over the region. The low level jet is likely to once again strengthen Thursday evening over the region as low pressure tracks into the lower Great Lakes...potentially setting the stage for yet another convective cluster tracking from the upper Midwest southeast through parts of central Indiana overnight Thursday. Forecast even more uncertain for Friday as the low and associated cold front will be pressing east through the region during the day. Have held onto chance pops for much of Fri6day although the primary focus for scattered convection may end up being earlier in the day...with drier weather for the late afternoon and evening as the cold front shifts east and deeper subsidence advects into the area. With the presence of a very moist and unstable airmass...any of the thunderstorm clusters discussed will have the potential to produce severe weather with damaging winds as the primary threat along with heavy rainfall and localized flooding. Temps...very muggy airmass remains over the area through much of the short term. Generally utilized a model blend for highs through the period as any convective impacts or subtle adjustments in timing of storms will have the potential to significantly impact afternoon highs. Low level thermals are supportive of upper 80s to around 90 both Thursday and Friday. Dewpoints in the lower to mid 70s will support heat indices near 100 in some areas during peak heating. && .LONG TERM /Saturday through next Tuesday/... Issued at 228 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2016 Ensembles in good agreement on the main weather details during this period. A rather strong short wave trough will be in the process of passing through the eastern Great Lakes and New England on Saturday. This trough should help suppress the instability to the south of the local area for a couple of days. Will go with a dry forecast for Saturday and Sunday. By early next week, ensembles bring another rather strong upper system through the Rockies and northern Plains. Warm advection pattern ahead of this system may spark convection by early next week. Will go with chance PoPs for next Monday and Tuesday. && .AVIATION /Discussion for the 061200Z TAFS/... Issued at 633 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2016 Large convective cluster continues to drop southeast through Illinois and northwest Indiana. Cluster has been slowly weakening with time, and this should continue after sunrise. However, profilers are showing 25 kts of flow in the 925-850mb layer, and short term model soundings suggests quite a bit of elevated instability over the area, so it is doubtful this cluster will weaken sufficiently before impacting the terminals through about 061600Z. Brief IFR visibility restrictions and gusty shifting winds in and near heavier cells. CB bases around 040, with locally lower ceilings in and near cells. Additional convective development is possible later this afternoon, but this is highly dependent on how much air mass gets worked over this morning. Outside of convection, ceilings above 050 expected today. Low confidence in wind forecast this morning due to approaching convection, but overall expecting surface winds generally 190-210 degrees at 7-12 kts today. && .IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN NEAR TERM...RYAN/JK SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM....JAS AVIATION...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-071000- 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 350 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING...WITH REDEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE GREATEST RISKS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: ANYTIME BUT MOST LIKELY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION: A LARGE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL DIVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TOWARDS DAYBREAK AND ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STORMS WILL HAVE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH A GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: PERIODIC THREATS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THE MAIN THREATS. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A THREAT UNTIL A COLD FRONT CAN MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATE FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
621 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-061115-
HOWARD IN-FOUNTAIN IN-CLINTON IN-MONTGOMERY IN-TIPTON IN-WARREN IN-
TIPPECANOE IN-CARROLL IN-
621 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARROLL...FOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN
TIPTON...CLINTON...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...TIPPECANOE...WARREN AND
HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM EDT...
AT 620 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROCHESTER TO NEAR MONTICELLO TO NEAR
RANKIN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...MONTICELLO...WEST LAFAYETTE...
DELPHI...COVINGTON...VEEDERSBURG...WILLIAMSPORT...ATTICA...
GREENTOWN...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...SHADELAND...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND...
MULBERRY...RUSSIAVILLE...WAYNETOWN AND LINDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4074 8653 4069 8652 4069 8637 4056 8637
4056 8586 4051 8587 4035 8609 4002 8728
4010 8741 4013 8741 4016 8753 4048 8752
4048 8709 4056 8709 4056 8677 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 303DEG 36KT 4107 8628 4071 8683 4041 8784
RYANThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed and a barn sustained damage due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at above 60 mph.
A tree was downed on Davis Road due to damaging thunderstorm gusts.
A tree was downed on power lines on Parkinson Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A tree was downed on power lines 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: 654014, 654019, 654027, 654025.