A band of showers and thunderstorms pushed east across the across central Indiana during the afternoon hours of July the 29th. Stronger storms on the leading edge of this band from Indianapolis and just southward caused some damaging winds across Marion County and northwest Shelby County as the storms pushed northwest through the area.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A band of showers and thunderstorms pushed east across the across central Indiana during the afternoon hours of July the 29th. Stronger storms on the leading edge of this band from Indianapolis and just southward caused some damaging winds across Marion County and northwest Shelby County as the storms pushed northwest through the area.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large section of a large tree fell onto a house in this location due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. This caused significant structural damage. The tree was rotted and hollow where the break occurred. Otherwise, it was a healthy tree.
A large tree fell on a house near Lawrence and Fernway Streets due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This caused an estimated 60 thousand dollars worth of damage.
Some small branches were snapped on 46th Street between Keystone and College Avenues due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
There was a report of roof damage to an apartment complex due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The severity of the damage was unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 841871, 841872, 841875, 846523.