A weak EF-0 tornado spawned from a line of thunderstorms as the north-south line passed overhead. This occurred south of Daleville.
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A weak EF-0 tornado spawned from a line of thunderstorms as the north-south line passed overhead. This occurred south of Daleville.
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 4, 3:37 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 437 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 .UPDATE... The AVIATION Section has been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 237 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Rain and thunderstorms will continue through this evening as a cold front tracks through the area. More chances for scattered storms are expected through Tuesday as waves aloft pass through the lower Great Lakes. High pressure will bring a return to drier and warmer weather for the second half of the work week. Another threat for storms will arrive for next weekend as a frontal boundary swings south into the area. && .NEAR TERM /Tonight/... Issued at 237 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Most widespread convection has remained over western counties so far this afternoon...but showing signs of expansion and eastward movement as 850mb jetlet moving into the region ahead of a frontal boundary. Convection becoming a bit more organized as well...with a line of heavier rain roughly aligned along the Wabash River at 18Z. Temps at 18Z were generally from the mid 60s in the west where rain had fallen much of the day to the lower 70s over eastern counties. Main focus for the near term is on the rain and storms as low pressure and a frontal boundary track through the region into the evening. Expect a continued increase in rain and convective coverage through the remainder of the afternoon with warranted categorical pops. Instability has really been limited by the widespread cloud cover and current mesoanalysis indicating bulk of the instability will stay to the southeast of the forecast area where better heating has taken place so far today. Will maintain a thunder mention into the early evening but overall threat for strong to locally severe storms will be further east over northern Kentucky and Ohio. The primary threat for the afternoon continues to be locally torrential downpours with precip water values maxing at around 1.8 inches and low level convergence at nose of the jet transitioning through the region. Frontal boundary will press across the forecast area this evening with deeper moisture shifting east along with it. Will maintain chance pops through the evening...eventually dropping back to isolated at best after midnight as drier air advects into the Ohio Valley with upper trough arriving. Could see patchy fog develop late tonight through daybreak Sunday with moist ground from the rain and light winds. Temps...MOS blend looked reasonable for lows as arrival of drier air and some partial clearing towards daybreak will enable temps to drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s most areas. && .SHORT TERM /Sunday through Tuesday/... Issued at 237 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Forecast challenges focus on daily precip chances as multiple waves rotate around the amplifying parent upper low over Ontario. An upper low will drop south out of the Canadian prairies Sunday... eventually carving out a deep trough by June standards over much of the eastern part of the country for early week. Several waves will rotate around the base of the upper low through the short term...each triggering isolated to scattered convective potential as they pass through the region. First of these waves poised to drop through the region Sunday afternoon. Instability is limited and deeper forcing aloft will remain displaced to our north...but steepening lapse rates in the low levels and presence of cooler/drier air aloft support low chance pops for scattered convection. Highest pops will come during the afternoon during peak heating...focused over the northeast half of the forecast area. All convection should be east of the forecast area by Sunday evening as weak surface ridging builds in. Second and strongest wave aloft will swing into the region Monday afternoon and evening aligned with a secondary cold front. These features will promote more robust convective development over the area by late afternoon...and think a low end severe weather risk is in play as vigorous waves aloft in NW flow interacting with an unstable airmass this time of year always seems to overperform with convection from a coverage and intensity standpoint. Strong heating ahead of the boundary should support a healthy amount of instability over the forecast area by late day with model soundings indicating steeper lapse rates potentially up through 700mb. 40kt 850mb low level jet will swing into the region by early evening with mid and upper level diffluence enhancing convective potential. Solid levels of boundary layer shear present further support more organized convection developing right across the forecast area then expanding south through the evening. Have bumped up pops across the board...focusing highest pops central and southern portions of the forecast area Monday evening. Thermodynamic profiles are supportive of potential for damaging winds and large hail within stronger cells. Will highlight potential for severe in the HWO. Yet another wave aloft will track through the region in the cyclonic flow aloft on Tuesday. Forcing aloft is much weaker and moisture is more limited however...and have only carried a low chance pop for Tuesday afternoon. Temps...have generally trended towards the cooler MAVMOS guidance through much of the short term as the NAM appears to be a bit overaggressive with warming both Sunday and Monday. Expect highs generally from the upper 70s to lower 80s both days...with cooler temps Tuesday in the lower to mid 70s. Lows will range from the mid 50s to lower 60s throughout the short term. && .LONG TERM /Wednesday night through Saturday/... Issued at 146 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2016 ECMWF continues to suggest the ongoing northwest flow pattern on Wednesday as strong ridging remain in place across the Rockies while toughing is in place across the Appalachians. Meanwhile at the surface...very large high pressure remains in place across the plains states into the Mississippi Valley. This should result in the continue dry weather but with below normal temps. By Thursday night the surface high begins to drift east for Indiana across the deep south. ECMWF then depicts warm air advection arriving across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as the surface ridge begins to flatten...allowing westerly flow. Superblend depicts pops here given the warm air advection...but little support appears aloft...furthermore...no gulf moisture will be available. However...will not twiddle the these grids for now and wait to see how things progress. By next Friday and Saturday...Strong ridging once again build across the center of the United States and into Indiana. Again...with the ridge axis in place across Indiana...precip could be difficult to come by. Again...superblend keeps pops low chc pops in the forecast. Diurnally this cannot be ruled out...but confidence for synoptic driven organized precip is low. Temps should return toward seasonal normals next week as nw flow ceases and Pacific flow and warm air advection becomes predominate. && .AVIATION /Update to 041800z KIND TAF/... Issued at 430 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Narrow line of thunderstorms exiting KIND area shortly along with its very heavy rain so should see a steady return from IFR to MVFR vsby in rain through 2100z. MVFR decks around 2500 ft continue most of the period. && .IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM....PUMA AVIATION...TUCEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 321 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051000- 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 321 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS PRIMARY THREATS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS THROUGH TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL THREATS FOR STORMS WILL COME WITH A COLD FRONT AT THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
424 PM EDT SAT JUN 04 2016
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0315 PM RAIN TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
06/04/2016 VIGO IN PUBLIC
BETWEEN 3.25 AND 3.49 INCHES IN GREATER THAN 6 HOURS
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
425 PM EDT SAT JUN 04 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0424 PM HEAVY RAIN TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
06/04/2016 M3.30 INCH VIGO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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DRTThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree branches were downed due to an EF0 tornado that touched down quickly and lifted again. Minimal damage to the homestead. The owners saw the tornado.
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