Happy Thanksgiving! Indiana’s Weatherman Paul Poteet has the holiday happenings in Madison County. Press play to see when Santa arrives at Mounds Mall, and when the Festival of Trees lights up the Paramount Theatre Centre and Ballroom Anderson. Plus: celebrate Small Business Saturday with places like 3 Rusty Nails Shoppe, Good’s Candy Shop, Open Gate […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
Trees and power lines were brought down (I know too well) by storms yesterday, and more nasty weather is expected tomorrow. The Storm Prediction Center has upped the ante to a Moderate Risk in the northern third of the state tomorrow. Here’s a broader view. Severe storms are possible in the morning in Indiana moving […]
Peru Tornado Confirmed
Indiana Severe Weather Risk
UPDATED: Winter Weather Advisory
Today’s East Coast Storm
Here’s the updated chart on the coastal storm. The highest winds are expected between around 4 pm and midnight today. These winds could blow down trees and limbs weakened from Sandy, resulting in additional power outages. Wet snow, occasionally mixed with sleet, freezing rain and rain is expected from northern Virginia north into New England, […]
Ten Inches Of Snow In October
I remember it well. Our son was four months old. It was October 19, 1989, and 9.3 inches of snow fell in Indianapolis. An intense upper level low pressure system sat over Missouri. Warmer, southerly winds overrode colder surface air over Indiana. Snow began to accumulate as temperatures hovered around freezing. By 7am there was […]
Thursday Night Storms
More than three-quarters of an inch fell in Indianapolis Thursday evening. Storms brought wind gusts of 51mph in Terre Haute and 53 mph in Bloomington. Trees weredowned in Knox, Greene, Monroe, Jackson, and Tippecanoe counties. Heavy rain soaked Spencer in Owen county, where 3.30 inches was reported. Golf ball size hail (1.75″ diameter) fell in […]
Sunday Rain Totals & Storm Damage
Here’s a map of the biggest rains that fell Sunday. Storms brought damage from falling trees and branches around Geist. A 67mph wind gust was reported in West Lafayette. One-third of an inch of rain fell in five minutes in Lafayette. Hail was reported in Boone County, and trees and power lines were down in […]
Raw Video: Bedford Indiana Tornado
Here’s some video shot as the tornado was coming together May 25th near SR 50 and SR 446 in the Bedford, Indiana area. Storms damaged buildings, and toppled trailers and trees across several counties. More than 60,000 homes and businesses lost power. At least a dozen people suffered minor injuries in Bedford, and six others […]
First Indiana Tornadoes Of The Year
The first tornadoes of the season struck Indiana early Monday morning. Two were confirmed in southern Indiana, with at least one in Central Indiana. A severe squall line early in the morning on February 28 produced a small, brief tornado in extreme southern Madison County just west of the town of Ingalls. The tornado began […]
Ice A Major Indianapolis/Indiana Threat
A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect tonight through Wednesday night. The Indy metro area may receive large ice accumulations and big winds over that 48-hour period, with the possibility of trees and utility lines downed. Here’s a quick excerpt from a report from this morning written by my friend Tom Spalding along with Kevin […]
