A warm front moved across central Indiana during the evening of June 22 and morning hours of June 23. Hot and humid air behind the front provided fuel for the storms.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A warm front moved across central Indiana during the evening of June 22 and morning hours of June 23. Hot and humid air behind the front provided fuel for the storms. An upper level wave helped to generate the storms.
Thunderstorms developed across central Indiana as the warm front moved into the area. Some of the storms produced wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph along with heavy rain. The storms damaged structures and brought down many trees and power lines.
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 22, 9:19 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1019 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 .UPDATE... The AVIATION section has been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 150 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2016 A complex frontal system over Indiana will move to the southeast of our state by late Thursday. By Friday high pressure is forecast to cover most of the northern and eastern United States, including Indiana. Over the weekend the high pressure should shift to the east coast, opening the way for a cold front to cross the Hoosier state Monday. High pressure should be back over the northern and eastern United States, including Indiana, for midweek. && .NEAR TERM (Rest of Tonight and Thursday)... Issued at 1000 pm PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2016 Radar indicates area of strong thunderstorms near the Indiana Michigan border west through the Chicago area and across northern Illinois. Main focus will be how far south these storms will come. Expect these storms to move east southeast and spread into far northern parts of our forecast area towards midnight and then spread east southeast across the northern and east central areas overnight. This matches well with the rapid refresh model and given the strength of these storms....a tornado watch will likely be issued for part of our area shortly. Will continue mention heavy rain over northern and east central sections. Lowered temperatures a few degrees over north and east central sections due to expected rainfall overnight. portion of previous near term discussion follows... There will be a chance of storms mainly south Thursday morning. This should end as drier air overspreads our region. Thursday 700 millibar temperatures will be warm enough for a convective cap, but that will be offset by being under the right rear quadrant of a jet streak. With some instability remaining chance POPs under partly cloud skies are in order. Confidence in the temperature forecast is limited. Much depends on precipitation distribution and any cloud breaks. However the various guidance is close enough so a blend should be good to within 2 or 3 degrees. && .SHORT TERM (Thursday night through Saturday)... Issued at 150 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2016 The weather will be much quieter than that expected through tomorrow. Guidance agrees surface high pressure, limited moisture, and warm air aloft should result in mostly clear skies. A blend can be used with high confidence for temperatures. There is good agreement between various forecasting methods. && .LONG TERM /Saturday night through Wednesday/... Issued at 214 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2016 Models take mid/upper level low eastward across south central Canada/northern Plains during the period. This will result in a breakdown of mid level ridge over our area over the weekend and bring back WNWly flow aloft as a trough moves over the area by Monday. A warm front will ease northeast across central Indiana Saturday before a cold front and associated rain and thunderstorms comes through Sunday night and early Monday. Gradually warmer temperatures are expected during the early part of the week ahead of the next warm front that arrives at mid week. Looks like average temperatures during this period with the warmest days being Sunday and Monday where much of the area will be in the lower 90s and lows in the lower 70s. && .AVIATION (Discussion for the 230000Z TAF Issuance)... Issued at 1019 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2016 Delayed start of thunderstorms at KIND by a couple of hours based on latest trends and hi-res short term model data. Otherwise no changes. Previous discussion follows... Outside of convection, generally VFR conditions expected. At the moment believe 03-08Z is the most likely time for convection. Thunderstorms are expected to develop soon well northwest of the sites and then merge into a convective complex that should move across the sites mainly in the 03-08Z time frame. Still some uncertainty on where the strongest storms will go, but they will likely be closest to KIND/KLAF. IFR or lower conditions possible in convection with wind gusts over 40kt possible. A few unorganized storms may continue after the main complex passes so continued VCTS mention for most of the remainder of the period before 12Z. Additional isolated convection may develop during the day Thursday as a cold front moves through, but odds are too low to mention. Some MVFR ceilings may work their way into KLAF late tonight into Thursday morning. Winds will become west/northwest during the day Thursday with the front. && .IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JK NEAR TERM...JK/JH SHORT TERM...JK LONG TERM....DWM AVIATION...50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1046 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231500- 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 1046 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE NORTH AND EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE SOUTH AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALSO HAVE A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...BUT IT IS NOT AS HIGH. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE VERY HIGH WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE, BUT HAVE A LOWER CHANCE OF OCCURRING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. HAZARDS: VERY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...LARGE HAIL...AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER 7 PM. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ANYTIME. DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT IN COMBINATION WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORMS AR NOT EXPECTED TO SEVERE...BUT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND EXITING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. SPOTTERS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE 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
840 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016
INZ063-064-230115-
BARTHOLOMEW IN-BROWN IN-
840 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BROWN AND BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 839 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NASHVILLE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...NASHVILLE...EDINBURGH...ELIZABETHTOWN...CLIFFORD...
STONE HEAD...GNAW BONE AND TAYLORSVILLE.
LAT...LON 3928 8624 3935 8601 3935 8582 3913 8576
3910 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 257DEG 20KT 3921 8612
50The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:11 UTC.
20 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
A 100 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
A two inch diameter tree was downed near this location by strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
An 87 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
A tree was blown down onto a house in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
An estimated 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Trees and power lines were downed, along with dime sized hail.
A 6-inch diameter tree was blown down on State Road 29 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location. This report was relayed by the media.
A tree was blown down onto a car in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Two hog barns collapsed and a house was damaged near this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
An 82 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
A barn wall was blown out with several trees snapped and down on the property due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Fifteen utility poles were downed across the road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
Utility lines were blown down at the intersection of 1100 West and Division Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Tree limbs, 18 to 24 inches in diameter, were downed in the Maple Wood Cemetery area due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was observed in this location.
Water was estimated at 6 inches deep. The location of this event is unknown.
Five large trees were uprooted along Carrollton Avenue due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. All the trees were laying to the southeast.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was measured in this location.
Metal panels were blown off the southwest section of the Avery Dennison building due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Semi trailers were also moved.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 646863, 646864, 646869, 646870, 646871, 646873, 646876, 646881, 646882, 646894, 646906, 647107, 647108, 647109, 647110, 647112, 647113, 647121, 647114, 647116, 647118.