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 […]
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
All kinds of outdoor events this morning. I’ll be running the TalkWalkRun for “Hear Indiana” at Ft. Harrison, there is an MS Walk at Military Park Downtown, and of course the big ol’ Mutt Strut at IMS for Humane Society Indianapolis. Biggest threat for heaviest/steadiest rain is 10am-noon in Indy today. The showers should start […]
Monday Storm Summary
Here’s a look at rain estimates from Monday afternoon and evening storms. Up to two inches of rain fell around Madison County. Localized heavy rain also fell in parts of Marion County. Here’s the full storm summary via the National Weather Service: 0405 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NE INDIANAPOLIS 08/08/2011 M2.25 INCH MARION IN MEDIA […]
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 […]
Monday Storm Damage
Monday brought MANY reports of 60-70 mph straight line winds, and damage to hangars at the Shelbyville Airport. Funnel clouds were sighted by the public in Owen and Monroe counties. A large chunk of central Indiana also remains under a Flash Flood Watch. WLFI in Lafayette reports at least 5000 acres of corn have been […]
Sunday Storm Reports
A wind gust of 75mph highlights the Sunday Night severe weather recap.
