Thursday Night Update
Friday Summary Of Rain, Wind, Hail Reports
Friday brought the biggest one-day rain of the year to Indianapolis, less than a week after that happened the last time. The official total in Indy was 2.71 inches. The average September brings 3.12 inches of rainfall at Indianapolis. The ENTIRE month of September. Through the first seven days of September 2012, 4.69 inches of […]
Map Of The Biggest Rain In Months
Indiana’s weekend weather was wetter than Michael Phelps’ laundry. We finally struck precipitation Gold, with biggest one-day total in Indy since the first of May! The first of May was also the last time a tornado had been confirmed in the state, and that also returned this weekend, thankfully on a small scale. The rough […]
June 29th Derecho Damage Reports
That’s a picture of damage from Friday’s storm posted by “@Maddi_Bobertz” on Twitter. The wild winds of Friday can be attributed to a “derecho” event that came together in northern Indiana and persisted for hours, roaring along all the way to the East Coast by midnight. A derecho (pronounced similar to “deh-REY-cho” in English) is […]
Real Time Damage Reports From Wednesday
Here’s the Storm Prediction Center map of storm reports Wednesday. In Indiana, two tornadoes were reported, one in Bedford, in Lawrence County and another near Brownstown in Jackson County. Large hail and high straight-line winds were common, including gusts in excess of 80 mph near Terre Haute and Arcadia, in Hamilton County. Here are the […]
Sunday Severe Storm Recap
The attached picture shows a three inch diameter hail stone from Camby Indiana in southwest Marion County on Sunday. The biggest problem Sunday in central Indiana was hail. In northern Indiana it was high winds. A 52mph wind gust was reported in Marion, and downed trees block some roads for awhile in Michiana. Here’s a […]
Soaked Last Saturday
My home county (Huntington) was hit with 3-4 inches of rain on Saturday, causing flash flooding. This Doppler Radar estimate of storm total shows the hardest hit part of the county was the southern third just west of I-69. Meanwhile in Delaware county, a couple of high wind and tornado reports from the public. Those […]
Terre Haute Area Storm Damage
Thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph were reported around Terre Haute Saturday Night. A hold was torn in the roof of the Community Theater. Reports of large hail and flooding were also common. Here’s a recap from the Weather Service of damage reports from the evening: ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. […]
Tuesday Indiana Storm Recap
Two waves of severe weather moved through Indiana Tuesday. Indy’s one-day precipitation total was 3.06 inches, and significant river flooding remains a threat south of I-70, especially since big rain is possible again Friday. No injuries were reported, but the storm blew down power lines, and the crab apple tree outside of my Studio B […]
Severe Thunderstorm Update
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was in place through Saturday morning in southern Indiana. More severe weather is possible statewide late Sunday night into early Monday morning. Here’s a summary of the reports of damaging wind, hail, and flooding rains. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 AM EDT SAT APR 09 2011 […]
Winter Storm Center
MORNING SNOW TOTALS: 6.2″ Fort Wayne 6.0″ Muncie 4.7″ Yorktown 4.5″ Westfield 4.0″ Lafayette 3.0″ Laporte 3.0″ Galveston 2.2″ Indianapolis 2.0″ South Bend WARNING/ADVISORY STATEMENTS FORECAST DISCUSSION CLOSINGS/DELAYS VIA WTHR INDIANA COUNTY TRAVEL STATUS MAP INDIANA HIGHWAY INTERACTIVE MAP SPECIFIC FORECASTS MY INDIANA RADIO FORECASTS INDY AIRPORT DELAYS EMERGENCY SHELTER INFO DUKE ENERGY POWER OUTAGE […]
