Overview
A strong area of low pressure brought windy conditions to central Indiana on February 9, along with rainfall amounts over an inch for some areas. Winds gusted to over 50 mph at several locations and damaged trees and powerlines, causing numerous power outages.Wind Gusts
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 644 PM EST THU FEB 9 2023 ...SELECT PEAK WIND REPORTS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY... LOCATION SPEED TIME/DATE LAT/LON FRANKFORT 57 MPH 0430 PM 02/09 40.26N/86.66W 0.8 N CLOVERDALE (INDOT) 57 MPH 0349 PM 02/09 39.53N/86.80W BLOOMINGTON 56 MPH 1235 PM 02/09 39.14N/86.57W WESTFIELD 55 MPH 0922 AM 02/09 40.01N/86.18W 3.3 N LEWISVILLE (INDOT) 55 MPH 0549 PM 02/09 39.85N/85.35W SHELBYVILLE 55 MPH 0428 PM 02/09 39.58N/85.80W FELDUN PURDUE AGRICULTURAL C 55 MPH 0800 AM 02/09 38.89N/86.56W 1.5 NE WHITEHALL (INDOT) 54 MPH 0400 PM 02/09 39.19N/86.56W INDIANAPOLIS 54 MPH 0340 PM 02/09 39.72N/86.30W GEORGETOWN ROAD OVER I-65 53 MPH 1250 PM 02/09 39.84N/86.24W BLOOMINGTON 53 MPH 0759 AM 02/09 39.15N/86.62W W. LAFAYETTE - PURDUE UNIV. 53 MPH 0328 PM 02/09 40.42N/86.93W MUNCIE 53 MPH 0101 PM 02/09 40.23N/85.40W KOKOMO 53 MPH 0509 PM 02/09 40.53N/86.07W EDINBURGH 52 MPH 0148 PM 02/09 39.36N/85.91W MARKET ST. TO I65 & I70 52 MPH 0859 AM 02/09 39.77N/86.14W INDIANAPOLIS REG 52 MPH 0935 AM 02/09 39.85N/85.90W INDIANAPOLIS EXC 52 MPH 0855 AM 02/09 40.03N/86.25W NEW PALESTINE 51 MPH 0515 PM 02/09 39.70N/85.88W COLUMBUS BALKALA 49 MPH 0253 PM 02/09 39.27N/85.90W 4.2 S CORTLAND (INDOT) 48 MPH 0350 PM 02/09 38.92N/85.96W 1.4 NW SPEEDWAY (INDOT) 48 MPH 0430 PM 02/09 39.73N/86.05W COVINGTON 48 MPH 0240 PM 02/09 40.12N/87.43W US-31 AT SR-38 48 MPH 1220 PM 02/09 40.10N/86.13W US-31 AT SR-32 48 MPH 0210 PM 02/09 40.04N/86.14W INDIANAPOLIS (EAGLE CREEK) 48 MPH 0527 PM 02/09 39.83N/86.30W TERRE HAUTE 48 MPH 0933 AM 02/09 39.45N/87.30W 3.2 NW RILEY (INDOT) 47 MPH 0100 PM 02/09 39.43N/87.33W NOBLESVILLE 46 MPH 0200 PM 02/09 40.02N/86.01W ANDERSON 46 MPH 0518 PM 02/09 40.15N/85.75W 4.5 SW VINCENNES (INDOT) 46 MPH 0639 AM 02/09 38.61N/87.54W COLUMBUS 46 MPH 0340 PM 02/09 39.20N/85.96W CRAWFORDSVILLE 46 MPH 0355 PM 02/09 39.98N/86.92W GREENCASTLE (WEATHERSTEM) 45 MPH 1100 AM 02/09 39.64N/86.84W 1.8 SE WHITESTOWN (WEATHERST 45 MPH 0630 PM 02/09 39.98N/86.32W INDIANAPOLIS 45 MPH 0110 PM 02/09 39.87N/86.20W MUNCIE 45 MPH 0530 PM 02/09 40.13N/85.40W GREENSBURG (INDOT) 45 MPH 0350 PM 02/09 39.36N/85.51W VIRGIL I GRISSOM MUNICIPAL A 45 MPH 0215 PM 02/09 38.84N/86.45W DAVIESS COUNTY AIRPORT 45 MPH 0835 AM 02/09 38.70N/87.13W AGRONOMY CENTER FOR RESEARCH 45 MPH 0400 PM 02/09 40.48N/86.99W DUNLAP FAMILY FARM 45 MPH 0430 PM 02/09 40.44N/86.27W GREENWOOD 44 MPH 0915 AM 02/09 39.63N/86.08W THROCKMORTON PURDUE AGRICULT 44 MPH 0300 PM 02/09 40.30N/86.90W 2.7 N HOMECROFT (WEATHERSTEM 43 MPH 0450 PM 02/09 39.71N/86.13W MOORESVILLE 43 MPH 1233 PM 02/09 39.60N/86.45W RUSHVILLE 43 MPH 1130 AM 02/09 39.61N/85.44W GREENCASTLE 43 MPH 0415 PM 02/09 39.63N/86.82W 1.6 NE GREENWOOD (NWS/FAA) 43 MPH 0215 PM 02/09 39.63N/86.09W INDIANAPOLIS METRO AIRPORT 43 MPH 0915 AM 02/09 39.94N/86.05W KOKOMO 42 MPH 0518 PM 02/09 40.50N/86.33W FISHERS 42 MPH 1148 AM 02/09 39.98N/86.02W ELLETSVILLE 41 MPH 1031 AM 02/09 39.24N/86.63W MICHIGANTOWN 41 MPH 0850 AM 02/09 40.33N/86.39W CLINTON 41 MPH 0215 PM 02/09 39.69N/87.41W BLOOMINGTON 40 MPH 1248 PM 02/09 39.17N/86.50W INDIANAPOLIS 40 MPH 1119 AM 02/09 39.65N/86.17W MITCHELL 40 MPH 1225 PM 02/09 38.79N/86.50W OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
Rain Reports
...30-HR RAINFALL TOTALS from 3PM EST 2/8 -to- 9PM EST 2/9...
I. GREATEST REPORTS for each COUNTY, where 1.50 or greater...
County Location Rainfall Source
KNOX Vincennes 4 E 2.94 in COOP
DAVIESS Washington 1 W 2.54 in COOP
GREENE Bloomfield 5.3 ENE 1.89 in CoCoRaHS
MONROE Ellettsville (KC9RPX) 1.81 in CoCoRaHS
OWEN Ellettsville 4.6 W 1.80 in CoCoRaHS
MARION McCordsville 1.3 W 1.56 in CoCoRaHS
MORGAN Paragon 3.2 ENE (N9JPX) 1.56 in CoCoRaHS
LAWRENCE Harrodsburg 2.9 SSW 1.55 in CoCoRaHS
CLAY Howesville 1.52 in CoCoRaHS
JOHNSON Franklin 4.4 S 1.52 in CoCoRaHS
DELAWARE Muncie 1.7 N 1.51 in CoCoRaHS
HAMILTON McCordsville 2.6 NE 1.51 in CoCoRaHS
II. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL REPORTS, by county...
Central Indiana location Amount Time/Date Provider
...Bartholomew County...
Taylorsville 0.8 SSW 1.28 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Flat Rock 1.2 SSW 1.13 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Columbus 1.9 NNE 1.03 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Columbus 3.6 SW 1.01 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Boone County...
Zionsville 1.06 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Whitestown 3.1 ENE 0.89 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Lebanon 6 W 0.78 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Sheridan 2.0 SW 0.70 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Thorntown 3.4 SW 0.69 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Brown County...
Needmore 1.7 SSW 1.37 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Beanblossom 1.4 NE 1.24 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Stone Head 2.3 ENE 1.11 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Carroll County...
Burlington 0.51 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Clay County...
Howesville 1.52 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Bowling Green 1 W 1.25 in 700AM 02/09 COOP
...Clinton County...
Kirklin 3.7 W 0.76 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Frankfort Disposal 0.65 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Daviess County...
Washington 1 W 2.54 in 600PM 02/09 COOP
Washington 1.5 NW 2.48 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Elnora 2.09 in 400PM 02/09 COOP
Plainville 1.3 S 2.09 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Washington 3.3 SE 1.84 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Decatur County...
Greensburg 6.0 SW 0.65 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Delaware County...
Muncie 1.7 N 1.51 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Yorktown 1.1 NNE 1.43 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Macedonia 1.27 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Muncie 1.6 WNW 1.23 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Anthony 2.2 NNE 1.09 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
...Fountain County...
Covington 0.61 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Greene County...
Bloomfield 5.3 ENE 1.89 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Elliston-Bloomfield 1.85 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Owensburg 1.0 N 1.83 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Stanford 1.6 SSW 1.74 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Hamilton County...
McCordsville 2.6 NE 1.51 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Fishers 6.1 E 1.40 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Fishers 0.7 WSW 1.10 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Carmel 2.8 NNW 1.06 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Westfield 1.4 ESE 1.05 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Strawtown 2.2 E 0.92 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Hancock County...
New Palestine 1.2 NW 1.38 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Wilkinson 4.1 W 1.22 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Greenfield 1.12 in 700AM 02/09 COOP
...Hendricks County...
Clayton 1.31 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Avon 1.4 WNW 1.26 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Danville 1.23 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Plainfield 1.1 W 1.23 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Brownsburg 5.1 NNE 1.07 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Henry County...
Middletown 3.7 S 1.10 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
New Castle 3.9 SW 1.07 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
New Castle 3.2 W 1.06 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Howard County...
Kokomo 4.6 ESE 0.60 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Jennings County...
North Vernon 7.8 W 0.50 in 500PM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
...Johnson County...
Franklin 4.4 S 1.52 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Greenwood 4.9 SW 1.42 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Greenwood 2.6 W 1.37 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Greenwood 0.6 ESE 1.33 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Franklin 2.0 NW 1.25 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Franklin 1 W 1.19 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Knox County...
Vincennes 4 E 2.94 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Bicknell 2.00 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Vincennes 5 NE 1.96 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Lawrence County...
Harrodsburg 2.9 SSW 1.55 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Oolitic 2.5 N 1.36 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Williams Dam 1.25 in 700AM 02/09 Public
Oolitic Purdue Ex Farm 1.21 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Bedford 3.7 N 1.18 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Buddha 0.73 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Mitchell 4.1 E 0.66 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Madison County...
Anderson 1.30 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Anderson 2.0 S 1.29 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Anderson 4.0 N 1.24 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Ingalls 3.0 WNW 1.19 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Marion County...
McCordsville 1.3 W 1.56 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Lawrence 2.0 ENE 1.47 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Warren Park 1.1 E 1.45 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Irvington 1.42 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Cumberland 1.0 NW 1.41 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Indianapolis Intl Airport 1.36 in 1159PM 02/09 ASOS
Mars Hill 1.26 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Eagle Creek Park 1.6 NNE 1.25 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Indianapolis Eagle Creek AP 1.22 in 1159PM 02/09 ASOS
Williams Creek 1.22 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Castleton 2 S 1.20 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Indianapolis Intl AP 1.1 SE 1.18 in 1159PM 02/09 NWS WFO
Speedway 1.13 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Meridian Hills 1.12 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Meridian-Kessler 1.08 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Martin County...
Shoals 8 S 1.08 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Williams 3 SW 1.01 in 700AM 02/09 COOP
Shoals 4.0 E 0.77 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Monroe County...
Ellettsville (KC9RPX) 1.81 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Bloomington 2.7 E 1.75 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Bloomington 1.7 NNW 1.66 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Ellettsville 2.7 NE 1.52 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Unionville 3.4 SSE 1.51 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Unionville 3.2 NNW 1.49 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Montgomery County...
Crawfordsville 6 SE 0.84 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Ladoga 3.4 E 0.82 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Morgan County...
Paragon 3.2 ENE (N9JPX) 1.56 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Martinsville 2.3 SE 1.53 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Brooklyn 1.44 in 700AM 02/10 NWS Emply
Mooresville 1.8 ENE 1.37 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Owen County...
Ellettsville 4.6 W 1.80 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Freeman 2.4 WSW 1.74 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Spencer 1.49 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Parke County...
Rockville 0.90 in 530PM 02/09 COOP
Rockville 3.6 ENE 0.85 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Putnam County...
Cloverdale 3.5 W 1.23 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Greencastle 3.6 ESE 1.16 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Randolph County...
Farmland 1.29 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Parker City (K9EKP) 1.21 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Modoc 0.90 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Union City 3.6 WSW 0.84 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Winchester 2.2 WSW 0.82 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Rush County...
Gwynneville 2.2 NNE 1.15 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Homer 0.95 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Rushville 0.84 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Shelby County...
Shelbyville 1.6 SSE 1.24 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Shelbyville WWTP 1.14 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Shelbyville 7.1 WSW 1.07 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Sullivan County...
Sullivan 1.27 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Hymera 1.16 in 700AM 02/09 CoCoRaHS
Graysville 5WNW 1.10 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Farmersburg TV-2 1.05 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Tippecanoe County...
Otterbein 2.0 ESE 0.79 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Battle Ground 4.9 WNW 0.66 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Lafayette 2.2 S 0.53 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Tipton County...
Tipton 5 SW 0.77 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Vermillion County...
Perrysville 4 WNW 0.46 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
...Vigo County...
Terre Haute 2.4 E 1.02 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Riley 0.99 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
Seelyville 3.2 S 0.98 in 700AM 02/10 CoCoRaHS
...Warren County...
Pence 1 SW 0.90 in 700AM 02/10 COOP
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Environment
Strong low pressure along with strong winds aloft brought the strong winds to central Indiana.
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| Figure 1: Surface Pressure and 2 Hour Pressure Change at 10 AM EST | Figure 2: 850mb Plot at 10 AM EST |
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