A band of scattered thunderstorms pushed east across northwest portions of central Indiana during the evening of April the 7th. As one storm pushed east south-east across the Lafayette area, it produced one severe damaging wind and two small hail events.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A band of scattered thunderstorms pushed east across northwest portions of central Indiana during the evening of April the 7th. As one storm pushed east south-east across the Lafayette area, it produced one severe damaging wind and two small hail events.
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 Apr 7, 8:41 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 941 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 .UPDATE... The NEAR TERM Section has been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 328 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 A cold front will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to central Indiana tonight into Monday. A strong low pressure system will bring more rain chances to the area Wednesday through Thursday night. Yet another system will bring more rain chances for the second half of next weekend. Temperatures will stay above normal through much of the work week, then turn to below normal. && .NEAR TERM /Overnight/... Issued at 941 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 Surface analysis late this evening shows broad cyclonic flow across Indiana with Low pressure centered over Lower Michigan. A cold front stretched SW across Illinois to SW Missouri. WARM SW flow was in place across Indiana. Radar shows a few showers with isolated thunder strikes north of LAF and NW of HUF. More organized precipitation was found across Western Illinois...ahead of the cold front. HRRR continues to suggest a eastward propagation of the the cold front and associated precipitation now over Western Illinois. Time heights suggest best moisture and lift overnight as these features arrive and pass. Thus have trended short term pops (next 1-2 hours) higher in areas where current radar trends suggest propagation of ongoing storms...but best and more widespread pops will be expected overnight as better forcing arrives along and ahead of the cold front overnight. && .SHORT TERM...(Monday through Wednesday) Issued at 328 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 Models are close enough that the model blend initialization was accepted for most items. The cold front will hang around the southern forecast area on Monday, so will keep some low PoPs there into early afternoon. Otherwise dry conditions can be expected through Monday night. Another cold front will move through on Tuesday, but there won't be any moisture to work with. Will keep the area dry. On Wednesday, a warm front will move through area ahead of a deepening surface low well to the west of the area. There could be enough forcing and moisture across the northern forecast area for a few showers, so kept the initialization's low PoPs. However, confidence is low at this time. The initialization's temperatures look reasonable. && .LONG TERM /Wednesday Night through Sunday/... Issued at 240 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 Ensembles indicate a progressive and active extended period. One significant trough is expected to lift out from the Plains into the Great Lakes early in the period, while another trough may move into the Midwest by next Sunday. Ensembles in fairly good agreement in the best precipitation threat with the first system will be on Thursday and Thursday night. Will go with PoPs for showers and thunderstorms in those periods to cover the first system. System may be quite dynamic, with long range operational models suggesting an associated mid level jet around 100 kts. Ensembles suggest the precipitation threat with the second system may arrive as early as Saturday night. Will go with PoPs for Saturday night into Sunday with this second system. && .AVIATION /Discussion for the 080000Z Tafs/... Issued at 741 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 Mainly VFR conditions will be expected overnight. Some brief MVFR conditions will be possible as a weak cold front and associated cold front pushes across Indiana. HRRR suggests sct rain showers pushing across the state along and ahead of the front and MVFR Cigs will be expected with any sct shra. Weak cold air advection and time heights suggest lingering lower level moisture in the wake of the front on Monday morning...which should lead to some continued MVFR Cigs in the morning. As heating and mixing continues through the day...dry air and subsidence is expected to return leading to VFR cigs by the afternoon. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...Puma SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....JAS AVIATION...JP
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 608 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-082215- 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 Delphi, Flora, Williamsport, West Lebanon, Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Attica, Covington, Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, Clinton, Newport, Rockville, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, New Castle, Terre Haute, Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Sullivan, Linton, Bloomfield, Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 608 PM EDT Sun Apr 7 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Outlook: Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. Hazards: Damaging winds and large hail will be the primary severe threats. Cloud to ground lightning and brief heavy rain are possible with any storm. Timing: Lightning and brief heavy rain mainly before 200 AM. Damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes this evening. Discussion: A cold front will move in from the northwest tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Outlook: A frontal system will bring thunderstorms to the area Thursday and Thursday night. At this time, it is too early to determine if any could be severe, but any storm can produce lightning and brief gusty winds and heavy rain. Discussion: A cold front will move through Thursday night, otherwise high pressure will be in charge. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... There is a low chance for spotter activation this evening. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A measured 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed at the LAF ASOS.
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