From early morning through mid afternoon of August 4, 2009, severe storms brought a tornado, damaging winds, large hail, and copious amounts of rain to Central Indiana. Below you will find radar images, results of damage surveys conducted by the Indy NWS office, as well as a text summary of severe weather reports received...
Radar Images (click any image for a large version)
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Reflectivity image from 9:13 AM EDT: At about this time, reports of water over roads in Decatur County are received, with rainfall rates of 2 inches per hour. |
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Reflectivity image from 10:21 AM EDT: At 10:30 AM, a public report was received of 6 to 10 inches of water across several downtown Indianapolis streets. |
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Reflectivity image from 12:21 PM EDT: At 12:22 PM EDT, the automated observing equipment at the Indianapolis International Airport reported a wind gust of 67 mph. |
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Reflectivity Image from 12:35 PM EDT: At this time, a report of damage done to a house as well as trees knocked down was received from near Beanblossom in Brown County. A damage survey concluded that the damage was caused by straight line winds. |
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Velocity image corresponding to the radar image above at 12:35 PM EDT: The radar was seeing wind speeds in excess of 65 mph at about 1500 feet above the ground across northern Brown County. |
Damage Survey:
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 Map of Tornado Path (Click to Enlarge) |
 Damage Picture (Click to Enlarge) |
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National Weather Service storm damage survey teams investigated two areas of the more significant damage that occurred during the severe thunderstorms of Tuesday, August 4, 2009. The teams looked at damage in Brown and Morgan Counties. A team found that widespread straight-line wind damage occurred over northern Brown County, downing hundreds of trees. Some of the most severe damage occurred east of Beanblossom and west of Fruitdale. The damage indicates winds exceeded 60 mph over a large portion of northern Brown County. At Eminence in Morgan County, a representative from the National Weather Service classified the damage to be from a weak tornado. The damage began on the west side of Back Street where corn stalks were pressed down and pointing towards the east-northeast. The damage continued eastward across the street where a tied-down, single-wide mobile home was flipped over and destroyed. More damage was found across State Road 42 where much of a large tree was downed and another mobile home was damaged and unliveable. The track continued east where a home on N. Forest St. was destroyed as its roof was totally lifted and spread downstream about 100 yards. A garage located just behind this house had its roof collapsed and debris located just behind it. Winds were estimated near 105 mph placing the damage as EF1 on the Enhance Fujita Scale. |
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Storm Reports...
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1209 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 AM HAIL NEW CASTLE 39.92N 85.36W
08/04/2009 E1.50 INCH HENRY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL AT 15TH AND GRAND IN NWE CASTLE
0410 AM HAIL 5 ESE BEDFORD 38.83N 86.40W
08/04/2009 E2.50 INCH LAWRENCE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0425 AM HAIL 3 N BEDFORD 38.90N 86.49W
08/04/2009 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0438 AM HAIL BEDFORD 38.86N 86.49W
08/04/2009 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0445 AM HAIL 6 E BEDFORD 38.86N 86.38W
08/04/2009 E0.50 INCH LAWRENCE IN PUBLIC
0448 AM HAIL 3 SE BEDFORD 38.83N 86.45W
08/04/2009 M0.75 INCH LAWRENCE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0511 AM HAIL SPENCER 39.29N 86.77W
08/04/2009 M1.75 INCH OWEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0545 AM HAIL 12 S COLUMBUS 39.04N 85.91W
08/04/2009 M1.75 INCH JACKSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0626 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 W CROTHERSVILLE 38.80N 85.91W
08/04/2009 JACKSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORT OF A FEED MILL AND SEVERAL BARNS FLATTENED
IN TAMPICO. TIME ESTIMATED.
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG 14 SW NORTH VERNON 38.86N 85.82W
08/04/2009 JACKSON IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED NEAR SR250 AND CR950W.
0720 AM FLASH FLOOD 12 WNW SEYMOUR 39.02N 86.09W
08/04/2009 JACKSON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE POLICE REPORTS MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSINGS IN NORTHWEST
JACKSON COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. SEVERAL RESIDENCES
FLOODED. ONE MOBILE HOME ROLLED DUE TO FLOODING.
0911 AM FLOOD WESTPORT 39.18N 85.58W
08/04/2009 DECATUR IN EMERGENCY MNGR
DECATUR CO EMA REPORTED WATER OVER ROADWAYS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR.
0935 AM HAIL S CRAWFORDSVILLE 40.04N 86.90W
08/04/2009 E0.50 INCH MONTGOMERY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME-SIZED HAIL ON THE SOUTH END OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE.
0950 AM FLOOD 2 E BROWNSBURG 39.84N 86.36W
08/04/2009 HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO REPORT OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OVER 56TH
STREET JUST EAST OF RONALD REAGAN PARKWAY.
1030 AM FLOOD INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
08/04/2009 MARION IN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER A NUMBER OF
ROADS IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
1133 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E ATTICA 40.29N 87.21W
08/04/2009 FOUNTAIN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TREE DOWN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF BETHEL AND RIVERSIDE ROAD. A
MOTORCYCLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE TREE AND
HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. ALSO REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS WARREN COUNTY.
1138 AM TSTM WND DMG ATTICA 40.29N 87.25W
08/04/2009 FOUNTAIN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN...INCLUDING ONE AGAINST A HOUSE.
POWER OUT TO PARTS OF ATTICA.
1141 AM TSTM WND DMG PRAIRIETON 39.37N 87.47W
08/04/2009 VIGO IN AMATEUR RADIO
ROOF LIFTED OFF BUILDING ON STATE ROUTE 63 NEAR
PRAIRIETON.
1145 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW SHEPARDSVILLE 39.60N 87.42W
08/04/2009 VIGO IN AMATEUR RADIO
18 INCH FULL TREE IS DOWN...EAST OF NEW GOSHEN.
1145 AM TSTM WND GST WEST LAFAYETTE 40.44N 86.91W
08/04/2009 M66.00 MPH TIPPECANOE IN ASOS
1159 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW FRANKFORT 40.25N 86.60W
08/04/2009 CLINTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER AT INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE ROUTE
28. TIME ESTIMATED.
1200 PM TSTM WND DMG N TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
08/04/2009 VIGO IN AMATEUR RADIO
SOUTH OF OLD FORT HARRISON AND NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE ALONG
OLD HWY 41...DEBRIS FROM AN 80 LB BAIL OF HAY WAS BLOWN
ALONG ROAD.
1200 PM FLOOD 7 SW BLOOMINGTON 39.09N 86.61W
08/04/2009 MONROE IN AMATEUR RADIO
DELAYED REPORT. A FEW INCHES OF WATER OVER STATE ROUTE 45
NEAR STANFORD.
1200 PM FLOOD 4 SE AVON 39.72N 86.33W
08/04/2009 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTER ESTIMATED SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT
THE INTERSECTION OF 40 HWY AND RACEWAY RD.
1202 PM TSTM WND GST WEST LAFAYETTE 40.44N 86.91W
08/04/2009 M63.00 MPH TIPPECANOE IN BROADCAST MEDIA
1210 PM TSTM WND DMG S DANVILLE 39.76N 86.52W
08/04/2009 HENDRICKS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
12 INCH DECAYED LIMB BLOCKING HWY 39 SOUTH OF DANVILLE.
1210 PM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 40.05N 86.47W
08/04/2009 BOONE IN AMATEUR RADIO
3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN IN THE 300 BLOCK OF SOUTH
MERIDIAN.
1210 PM FLOOD 3 E AVON 39.76N 86.33W
08/04/2009 MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORT OF A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR
ROCKVILLE RD AND MORRIS.
1213 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W MONROVIA 39.58N 86.50W
08/04/2009 E65.00 MPH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH WINDS AND REPORTED PEA
SIZED HAIL AS WELL.
1214 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKFORT 40.28N 86.51W
08/04/2009 CLINTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN FRANKFORT. SEMI TRUCK ALSO BLOWN
OVER ON HWY 65.
1217 PM TSTM WND GST MOORESVILLE 39.62N 86.37W
08/04/2009 E65.00 MPH MORGAN IN STORM CHASER
ALSO REPORTED A 12 TO 15 INCH TREE DOWN WITHIN
MOORESVILLE.
1222 PM TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
08/04/2009 M67.00 MPH MARION IN ASOS
1222 PM TSTM WND DMG INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
08/04/2009 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
8 TO 9 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 10TH AND WILSON. TIME ESTIMATED.
1225 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE PARAGON 39.44N 86.51W
08/04/2009 MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN BETWEEN PARAGON AND EMINENCE CENTERED AROUND
STRAWBERRY LANE...TIME VERY APPROXIMATE.
1230 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMINGTON 39.17N 86.52W
08/04/2009 MONROE IN AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 37 AND 46.
1230 PM TSTM WND DMG NOBLESVILLE 40.06N 86.03W
08/04/2009 HAMILTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES AS WELL IN OLD TOWN
AREA. TIME VERY APPROXIMATE.
1235 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE BEANBLOSSOM 39.33N 86.22W
08/04/2009 BROWN IN AMATEUR RADIO
DAMAGE TO A HOUSE IN WOODLAND LAKE AREA. AMATEUR RADIO
TOWER BLOWN DOWN...AS WELL AS 2 INCH STEEL DIAMETER PIPE
SHEARED OFF WALL. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
TIME ESTIMATED.
1240 PM TSTM WND GST BLOOMINGTON 39.17N 86.52W
08/04/2009 E65.00 MPH MONROE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 60 TO 70 MPH IN
BLOOMINGTON.
1240 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENWOOD 39.62N 86.11W
08/04/2009 JOHNSON IN NWS EMPLOYEE
CAR STRANDED IN WATER ON PADDOCK ST...JUST SOUTH OF SMITH
VALLEY.
1240 PM TSTM WND GST CICERO 40.12N 86.02W
08/04/2009 E55.00 MPH HAMILTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG ELWOOD 40.28N 85.84W
08/04/2009 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
12 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN AT STATE ROUTE 13 AND
400 N RD.
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W GREENWOOD 39.62N 86.21W
08/04/2009 JOHNSON IN NWS EMPLOYEE
MEASURED RAINFALL OF 4.20 INCHES SINCE MORNING. LOCAL
FLOODING AS BAD AS JUNE 7 2008. A LEAST ONE MOTORIST
STRANDED BY FLOOD WATERS AT PADDOCK ROAD.
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENFIELD 39.79N 85.77W
08/04/2009 HANCOCK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HEALTHY 12 INCH TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
MCENSY AND APPLE ST.
0110 PM TSTM WND GST DALEVILLE 40.12N 85.56W
08/04/2009 M55.00 MPH DELAWARE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NO DAMAGE REPORT FROM THIS LOCATION AT THIS TIME.
0110 PM TSTM WND GST DALEVILLE 40.12N 85.56W
08/04/2009 M0.00 MPH DELAWARE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
55 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST FOR THUNDERSTORM BY TRAINED
SPOTTER AT DALEVILLE. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION
AT THIS TIME.
0115 PM HEAVY RAIN NE COLUMBUS 39.21N 85.91W
08/04/2009 M4.00 INCH BARTHOLOMEW IN AMATEUR RADIO
0115 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE NORTH VERNON 38.97N 85.58W
08/04/2009 JENNINGS IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWNED NEAR SR7 AND GRAYFORD RD.
0120 PM TSTM WND DMG SHOALS 38.67N 86.79W
08/04/2009 MARTIN IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED NEAR SHOALS.
0120 PM FLOOD INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
08/04/2009 MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
AIRPORT DRAINAGE INTO STERLING RUN IS BACKING UP OVER
PERIMETER RD.
0120 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOUNTSVILLE 40.06N 85.24W
08/04/2009 HENRY IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W GREENWOOD 39.62N 86.21W
08/04/2009 JOHNSON IN NWS EMPLOYEE
WATER TO A DEPTH OF APPROX 3 FT AT INTERSECTION OF CODY
LANE AND PADDOCK RD...EXTENDING OUT IN 25 FOOT RADIUS.
TIME IS APPROX.
0610 PM HEAVY RAIN GREENWOOD 39.62N 86.11W
08/04/2009 M5.70 INCH JOHNSON IN NWS EMPLOYEE
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