Indiana's Palm Sunday Tornadoes
Today In Weather History
April 11, 1965 – The deadliest tornado outbreak in Indiana history. The “Palm Sunday Tornadoes” spawned 10 twisters that struck 18 counties in the north and central parts of the state. Seven of the tornadoes were killers, and between 4:45 PM to a little after 6:30 PM, the tornadoes left 137 dead and over 1200 […]
Indiana's Weather For Tuesday
Thursday+Friday Morning Rain Totals
Indiana’s Weather For Monday
Let me boil the 7 Day Forecast down to one piece of advice: run your sprinkler. Today’s the best chance of showers before Memorial Day, and that chance isn’t huge. And by the way, when I say “boil” I mean BOIL. Hot and humid weather is likely from Thursday through at least Race Day. Maybe […]
Indiana’s Weather For Sunday
A warm front moves through the area today and scattered storms will result. The front will usher in highs at least 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. My forecast high yesterday morning was 63. We made it to to 55. April Fool! Clouds got trapped under an inversion that was slow to break up from the […]
Wednesday Severe Weather Recap
This map shows the Thursday morning thinking of the Storm Prediction Center regarding rough weather Friday. Crazy weather day along the Paul Poteet Network Wednesday. Q102 in Evansville was on with continuous storm coverage for a couple of hours. We tracked the EF1 tornado that struck Newburgh just after 6am local time. Peak winds were […]
Final Lake Effect Snow Totals
Here’s a map showing some of the final totals from the New Years lake effect snowstorm in Michiana. The official South Bend Airport total was 9.3 inches. Good news for the clean UP and melt DOWN: no other big storms on the horizon now for northern Indiana, but flurries are possible both Wednesday and over […]
Almost A Record Low
The record low temp for Indy today is 35, last set in 1973. We missed it by one degree this morning, with an official Indy low of 35. Here are some other unofficial morning lows: 32 South Bend, Goshen, Elkhart, Warsaw 33 Terre Haute, Bloomington 34 Lafayette, Muncie 35 Ft. Wayne, Shelbyville 36 Indianapolis, Kokomo […]
Chicago, South Bend Blizzard Snow Totals
More than 20 inches of snow near Chicago from the Blizzard of 2011. The same storm dumped just over a foot in South Bend. Here’s a map of the misery! Peak Wind Gusts Reported PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 947 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 /847 AM CST WED FEB 2 […]
Record Breaking South Bend Snow
A strong upper-level disturbance shifted through the Great Lakes region in the afternoon of Friday January 7th. Cold air flowing over the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan generated several rounds of heavy lake effect snow bands beginning on Friday the 7th and ending by the morning of Sunday the 9th. The bands generated snowfall […]
