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September 1st, 2010 at 3:04 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

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        1901      
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville Delphi
July 21 102° 104° 104° 98° 103° 100° 103°
22 102° 103° 104° 105° 103° 104° 105°
23 98° 100° 100° 101° 99° 98° 100°
24 101° 105° 104° 100° 103° 102° 104°
25 96° 98° 99° 99° 99° 98° 98°
26 99° 102° 99° 99° 100° 98° 100°
27 99° 100° 99° 100° 99° 98° 100°
28 100° 100° 99° 99° 99° 99° 100°

 

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        1911      
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville Delphi
July 2 100° 101° 100° 105° 99° 100° 103°
3 100° 102° 102° 104° 101° 104° 104°
4 101° 104° 104° 106° 104° 98° 105°
5 98° 105° 102° 102° 100° 102° 103°
6 91° 95° 98° 95° 99° 98° 98°
7 92° 92° 93° 94° 94° 98° 95°

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        1913      
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville Delphi
July 27 93° 90° 96° 94° 93° 100° 96°
28 93° 94° 100° 99° 95° 99° 100°
29 96° 92° 101° 101° 95° 103° 102°
30 99° 95° 97° 99° 99° 105° 102°
31 99° 100° 94° 100° 98° 103° 98°
            Rensselaer  
          July 27 101°  
          28 104°  
          29 104°  
          30 100°  
          31 92°  

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        1914      
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville Delphi
July 21 95° 98° 94° 99° 97° 97° 96°
22 97° 101° 96°   98° 97° 100°
23 100° 100° 99° 102° 100° 101° 102°
24 100° 98° 99°   102° 101° 102°
25 94° 95° 94°   98° 101° 98°
26 99° 98° 97°   93° 99° 102°
27 98° 97° 100°   97° 100° 98°
            Rensselaer  
          July 21 95°  
          22 99°  
          23 102°  
          24 97°  
          25 89°  
          26 95°  
          27 98°  

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        1916    
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville
July 24 98° 97° 97° 97° 94° 96°
25 98° 98° 98° 98° 97° 99°
26 100° 100° 97° 100° 99° 100°
27 103° 102° 102° 104° 99° 102°
28 103° 101° 102° 104° 99° 100°
29 100° 101° 100° 101° 100° 101°
30 100° 99° 96° 101° 96° 99°
31 99° 100° 98° 102° 98° 101°
            Rensselaer
          July 24 99°
          25 105°
          26 100°
          27 100°
          28 105°
          29 100°
          30 101°
          31 88°

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        1918      
  Kokomo Marion West Laf Logansport Whitestown Crawfordsville Delphi
Aug. 5 105° 98° 98° 105° 96° 100° 107°
6 106° 102° 103° 104° 101° 106° 105°
7 102° 103° 100° 100° 100° 104° 102°
8 95° 98° 95° 96° 98° 100° 96°
            Rensselaer Wheatfield
          Aug. 5 103° 103°
          6 104° 102°
          7 101° 99°
          8 91° 90°

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      1930      
  Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Logansport Rensselaer
July 18 100° 97° 99° 96° 98° 102°
July 19 103° 99° 101° 99° 104° 105°
July 20 103° 99° 102° 101° 102° 103°
July 21 102° 100° 102° 100° 100° 102°
  Wheatfield Delphi        
July 18 102° 97°        
July 19 106° 104°        
July 20 104° 102°        
July 21 102° 102°        

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      1933        
  Rensselaer Kokomo Marion C’fordsville West Laf. Wheatfield Whitestown
June 6 102° 99° 97° 95° 98° 100° 99°
7 105° 100° 93° 97° 101° 101° 100°
8 100° 100° 94° 99° 100° 98° 100°
9 100° 100° 101° 100° 98° 92° 97°
10 105° 93° 100° 100° 100° 98° 100°
11 105° 100° 101° 100° 99° 100° 100°
12 95° 100° 95° 95° 98° 87° 94°
               
  Delphi Rochester          
June 6 98° 100°          
7 103° 103°          
8 100° 98°          
9 98° 93°          
10 100° 99°          
11 99° 100°          
12 96° 94°          

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      1934      
  Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion C’fordsville Wheatfield
July 18 97° 95° 94° 93° 95° 100°
19 95° 92° 92° 91° 91° 98°
20 103° 108° 105° 100° 104° 108°
21 108° 109° 108° 104° 106° 111°
22 106° 107° 105° 104° 105° 112°
23 104° 110° 106° 101° 107° 112°
24 108° 109° 109° 106° 107° 110°
25 106° 110° 106° 106° 108° 109°
             
  Delphi Rensselaer        
July 18 95° 101°        
19 92° 97°        
20 108° 112°        
21 112° 113°        
22 110° 112°        
23 108° 111°        
24 112° 112°        
25 109° 111°        

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      1936        
  Rensselaer Kokomo Marion C’fordsville Delphi West Laf. Whitestown
July 4 103° 97° 94° 97° 98° 99° 97°
5 91° 91° 90° 103° 100° 104° 100°
6 106° 98° 93° 104° 100° 103° 102°
7 110° 105° 100° 105° 108° 108° 107°
8 112° 108° 105° 107° 109° 109° 109°
9 108° 107° 102° 103° 106° 103° 108°
10 110° 108° 104° 106° 110° 107° 109°
11 110° 106° 103° 108° 110° 108° 109°
12 110° 105° 104° 108° 110° 110° 110°
13 111° 106° 105° 107° 110° 110° 109°
14 116° 110° 108° 109° 112° 111° 112°
15 106° 107° 101° 106° 105° 105° 110°
16 104° 98° 96° 99° 99° 101° 102°
17 103° 100° 97° 101° 99° 103° 102°
               
  Rochester Wheatfield          
July 4 95° 99°          
5 90° 87°          
6 95° 98°          
7 103° 106°          
8 106° 111°          
9 103° 106°          
10 104° 112°          
11 105° 111°          
12 105° 112°          
13 107° 110°          
14 108° 112°          
15 102° 102°          
16 96° 100°          
17 98° 101°          

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      1939      
  Rensselaer Kokomo Marion West Laf. Wheatfield Whitestown
September 13 98° 102° 99° 99° 103° 102°
14 98° 103° 99° 99° 104° 103°
15 104° 103° 100° 100° 104° 105°
16 100° 101° 95° 98° 101° 101°
             
  Delphi Logansport Crawfordsville      
September 13 104° 102° 98°      
14 104° 102° 100°      
15 103° 101° 101°      
16 103° 100° 96°      

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      1940      
  Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer
July 24 101° 100° 102° 97° 102° 105°
July 25 102° 98° 101° 97° 103° 103°
July 26 102° 97° 100° 96° 100° 100°
July 27 97° 98° 101° 94° 92° 95°
July 28 103° 98° 102° 96° 100° 99°
July 29 103° 99° 102° 99° 103° 100°
July 30 102° 101° 104° 100° 100° 101°

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      1941      
  Rensselaer Kokomo Marion West Laf. Wheatfield Whitestown
July 25 96° 99° 92° 97° 97° 97°
26 99° 103° 96° 96° 101° 98°
27 99° 100° 95° 96° 101° 100°
28 101° 102° 97° 98° 102° 100°
29 101° 102° 97° 98° 103° 101°
30 96° 100° 93° 97° 96° 100°
             
  Delphi Logansport Crawfordsville      
July 25 97° 95° 96°      
26 98° 97° 97°      
27 100° 99° 98°      
28 103° 101° 100°      
29 105° 104° 98°      
30 96° 95° 98°      

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      1944      
  Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer
July 26 98° 90° 93° 92° 98° 93°
27 104° 97° 98° 97° 100° 95°
28 102° 100° 97° 97° 100° 95°
29 100° 92° 97° 95° 100° 95°

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      1947        
  Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer Crawfordsville
August 3 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 93° 95°
4 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94° 98°
5 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95° 99°
6 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 96° 100°
7 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85° 98°

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      1949        
  C’fordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo Crawfordsville
July 1 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 93° 95°
2 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94° 98°
3 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95° 99°
4 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 96° 100°
5 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85° 98°
6 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85° 98°
               
  Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer  
July 1 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 94°  
2 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94°  
3 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95°  
4 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 97°  
5 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 96°  
6 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 93°  

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      1952      
  Crawfordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
June 29 98° 99° 99° 94° 93° 101°
30 100° 100° 99° 97° 97° 100°
July 1 95° 92° 89° 101° 90° 100°
2 95° 93° 93° 102° 92° 95°
3 96° 98° 97° 94° 98° 100°
             
  Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
June 29 99° 96° 99° 95° 99° 97°
30 100° 100° 100° 97° 100° 99°
July 1 87° 96° 84° 92° 89° 85°
2 90° 94° 90° 91° 92° 91°
3 98° 99° 95° 95° 99° 97°
             
  Marion          
June 29 98°          
30 101°          
July 1 92°          
2 94°          
3 97°          

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      1953      
  Crawfordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
Aug. 26 95° 97° 95° 93° 95° 95°
27 97° 97° 95° 93° 96° 95°
28 96° 98° 96° 94° 96° 99°
29 96° 99° 97° 95° 96° 99°
30 97° 96° 95° 95° 95° 97°
31 95° 98° 98° 94° 98° 95°
Sept. 1 99° 102° 100° 95° 100° 100°
2 101° 103° 100° 98° 100° 101°
3 102° 95° 95° 99° 98° 98°
             
  Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
Aug. 26 95° 94° 97° 92° 97° 96°
27 95° 102° 97° 93° 96° 96°
28 98° 95° 97° 94° 98° 97°
29 100° 97° 99° 94° 100° 98°
30 100° 98° 98° 94° 100° 96°
31 99° 92° 100° 95° 96° 100°
Sept. 1 100° 94° 103° 98° 96° 101°
2 101° 94° 102° 98° 95° 102°
3 100° 94° 96° 98° 97° 94°
             
  Marion          
Aug. 26 94°          
27 94°          
28 95°          
29 94°          
30 95°          
31 95°          
Sept. 1 99°          
2 100°          
3 92°          

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      1954      
  C’fordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
July 13 95° 102° 102° 98° 101° 102°
14 97° 97° 96° 94° 99° 100°
15 96° 107° 106° 102° 104° 105°
             
  Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
July 13 100° 101° 100° 99° 98° 96°
14 91° 100° 91° 98° 91° 96°
15 103° 106° 101° 104° 101° 97°
             
  Marion Romney        
July 13 97° 100°        
14 94° 96°        
15 101° 106°        

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      1980      
  Crawfordsville Delphi Frankfort Kentland Kokomo Rensselaer
July 15 104° 103° 105° 99° 101° 95°
16 96° 98° 96° 99° 93° 99°
17 92° 96° 91° 94° 94° 95°
18 92° 91° 91° 99° 89° 94°
19 98° 100° 99° 100° 96° 97°
20 99° 101° 100° 98° 97° 100°
             
  Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Romney
July 15 95° 100° 101° 95° 99° 102°
16 103° 95° 96° 102° 95° 96°
17 96° 90° 93° 96° 89° 89°
18 91° 89° 92° 90° 98° 89°
19 95° 99° 102° 98° 95° 96°
20 101° 99° 101° 99° 100° 100°
             
  Marion          
July 15 101°          
16 95°          
17 88°          
18 87°          
19 97°          
20 98°          

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      1988        
  Perrysville Rensselaer Rochester Kentland Kokomo Wheatfield Winamac
‘Aug. 16 102° 100° 96° 100° 97° 97° 96°
17 104° 103° 100° 102° 100° 101° 99°
18 105° 104° 101° 104° 101° 102° 102°
19 106° 102° 96° 104° 100° 98° 96°
               
  Lowell Tipton          
‘Aug. 16 100° 97°          
17 104° 99°          
18 103° 99°          
19 101° 99°          
               
  Delphi Logansport C’fordsville Marion West Laf.    
July 4 99° 95° 97° 95° 95°    
5 101° 98° 98° 97° 98°    
6 102° 99° 98° 98° 99°    
7 98° 98° 98° 97° 95°    
8 100° 99° 98° 98° 98°    
9 100° 101° 99° 98° 99°    

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August 26th, 2010 at 9:34 pm by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

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1897
Lafayette Delphi Logansport
July 7 98° 98° 98°
July 8 100° 101° 101°
July 9 101° 102° 102°
July 10 100° 100° 100°

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1901
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Logansport
July 21 102° 104° 103° 104° 105°
July 22 102° 104° 103° 103° 105°
July 23 98° 100° 99° 100° 100°
July 24 101° 104° 100° 105° 100°
July 25 96° 99° 100° 98° 99°
July 26 99° 99° 99° 102° 99°
July 27 99° 99° 99° 100° 100°
July 28 100° 99° 99° 100° 100°

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1911
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Logansport Rensselaer
July 2 100° 100° 99° 102° 105° 101°
July 3 100° 102° 101° 102° 104° 102°
July 4 101° 104° 104° 102° 106° 104°
July 5 98° 105° 100° 100° 102° 105°
July 6 91° 95° 99° 95° 95° 95°
July 7 92° 98° 94° 94° 94° 98°

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1916
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Logansport Rensselaer
July 26 100° 97° 99° 100° 100° 97°
July 27 103° 102° 99 102° 104° 102°
July 28 103° 102° 99 101° 104° 102°
July 29 100° 100° 100 101° 101° 100°
July 30 100° 96° 96 100° 101° 98°

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1930
Kokomo* W. Lafayette* Whitestown* Marion* Logansport* Rensselaer*
July 18 100° 97° 99° 96° 98° 102°
July 19 103° 99° 101° 99° 104° 105°
July 20 103° 99° 102° 101° 102° 103°
July 21 102° 100° 102° 100° 100° 102°
Wheatfield
July 18 102°
July 19 106°
July 20 104°
July 21 102°

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1940
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer
July 24 101° 100° 102° 97° 102° 105°
July 25 102° 98° 101° 97° 103° 103°
July 26 102° 97° 100° 96° 100° 100°
July 27 97° 98° 101° 94° 92° 95°
July 28 103° 98° 102° 96° 100° 99°
July 29 103° 99° 102° 99° 103° 100°
July 30 102° 101° 104° 100° 100° 101°

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1944
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer
July 26 98° 90° 93° 92° 98° 93°
July 27 104° 97° 98° 97° 100° 95°
July 28 102° 100° 97° 97° 100° 95°
July 29 100° 92° 97° 95° 100° 95°

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1947
Kokomo W. Lafayette Whitestown Marion Wheatfield Rensselaer
August 3 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 93°
August 4 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94°
August 5 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95°
August 6 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 96°
August 7 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85°

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1949
C’fordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
July 1 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 93°
July 2 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94°
July 3 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95°
July 4 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 96°
July 5 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85°
July 6 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 85°
Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
July 1 98° 99° 92° 98° 93° 94°
July 2 99° 100° 93° 100° 98° 94°
July 3 101° 100° 95° 101° 99° 95°
July 4 106° 100° 97° 102° 100° 97°
July 5 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 96°
July 6 100° 93° 89° 94° 96° 93°
Marion
July 1 93°
July 2 95°
July 3 96°
July 4 95°
July 5 96°
July 6 93°

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1952
C’fordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
June 29 98° 99° 99° 94° 93° 101°
June 30 100° 100° 99° 97° 97° 100°
July 1 95° 92° 89° 101° 90° 100°
July 2 95° 93° 93° 102° 92° 95°
July 3 96° 98° 97° 94° 98° 100°
Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
June 29 99° 96° 99° 95° 99° 97°
June 30 100° 100° 100° 97° 100° 99°
July 1 87° 96° 84° 92° 89° 85°
July 2 90° 94° 90° 91° 92° 91°
July 3 98° 99° 95° 95° 99° 97°
Marion
June 29 98°
June 30 101°
July 1 92°
July 2 94°
July 3 97°

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1953
Crawfordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Kokomo
Aug. 26 95° 97° 95° 93° 95° 95°
Aug. 27 97° 97° 95° 93° 96° 95°
Aug. 28 96° 98° 96° 94° 96° 99°
Aug. 29 96° 99° 97° 95° 96° 99°
Aug. 30 97° 96° 95° 95° 95° 97°
Aug. 31 95° 98° 98° 94° 98° 95°
Sept. 1 99° 102° 100° 95° 100° 100°
Sept. 2 101° 103° 100° 98° 100° 101°
Sept. 3 102° 95° 95° 99° 98° 98°
Rochester W. Lafayette Wheatfield Whitestown Winamac Rensselaer
Aug. 26 95° 94° 97° 92° 97° 96°
Aug. 27 95° 102° 97° 93° 96° 96°
Aug. 28 98° 95° 97° 94° 98° 97°
Aug. 29 100° 97° 99° 94° 100° 98°
Aug. 30 100° 98° 98° 94° 100° 96°
Aug. 31 99° 92° 100° 95° 96° 100°
Sept. 1 100° 94° 103° 98° 96° 101°
Sept. 2 101° 94° 102° 98° 95° 102°
Sept. 3 100° 94° 96° 98° 97° 94°
Marion
Aug. 26 94°
Aug. 27 94°
Aug. 28 95°
Aug. 29 94°
Aug. 30 95°
Aug. 31 95°
Sept. 1 99°
Sept. 2 100°
Sept. 3 92°

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A Look Back at the Worst Heat Waves (>100) On Record

August 19th, 2010 at 9:48 pm by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

In this post, I am examining the causes of the worst heat waves ever recorded in the WLFI  viewing area. To be in the list, there must be 3 or more consecutive days at or above 100 &/or 5 or more occurrences of 100 or greater in a given month.  Basis of the data is through the National Weather Service’s West Lafayette COOP station, which dates back to 1901.  Data prior to 1901 is gleaned from the Lafayette Signal Station.  These weather stations were set up prior to the more modern COOP network.  Diaries & newspapers were considered for old, old data prior to 1870.

I am digging

July 1881:

July 21-27, 1901:

July 2-6, 1911:

July 26-30, 1916:

July 18-21, 1930:

July 14-18, 1931:

July 18-22, 1932:

1934

1936

1954

Still working on this post…………


One Word for Our Forecast: Stagnation

August 18th, 2010 at 9:32 pm by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

It was a nice, brief “cool snap” while it lasted, but a long stretch of hot weather is arriving.

Highs today warmed up to as high as 88.1 degrees after morning lows into the 50s on Tuesday morning.

Weather Station Wed. High Tue. A.M. Low
Jamestown 88.1° 57.9°
Fowler 88.0° 60.6°
Frankfort 88.0° 59.0°
Perrysville 88.0° 60.4°
Crawfordsville 88.0° 58.4°
Attica 87.8° 58.7°
Kokomo 87.7° 59.9°
Atlanta 87.7° 58.5°
Pence 87.7° 62.4°
WLFI-TV 87.6° 58.4°
Rossville 87.5° 58.4°
Burlington 87.5° 56.8°
Purdue Univ. Airport 87.0° 60.0°
Russiaville 87.0° 87.0°
Monticello 86.9° 59.3°
Logansport 86.7° 57.7°
Greentown 86.4° 57.8°
Peru 84.6° 59.8°
Morocco 83.6° 57.1°
Rensselaer 83.6° 60.0°
Remington 83.3° 61.9°
Winamac 83.0° 58.3°
Rochester 82.8° 58.3°

No significant weather pattern change will result in an increasingly stagnant, dirty, pollen-filled airmass across the WLFI viewing area through at least mid next week.

Some scattered storms will bubble up over the weekend & to start next week.  Some are even possible mid-next week.  Right now, it appears these will be scattered, unorganized, rather slow-moving, pulsey storms with no wind fields to support them much.  No widespread heavy storms or severe events are expected given current data.  The main severe threat will evolve where stronger wind fields in the atmosphere exist:  in the northern 1/3 of the U.S.

Hot, humid, hazy weather will dominate with highs at or above 90 with heat indices near 100 through mid-next week (at least).  Given the drier soils & longer night length, most of our nights will be allowed to drop 65-70 degrees however.  It doesn’t look like the really oppressive overnights in the upper 70s like the last heat wave.

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August 4, 2010 Morning Severe Event

August 5th, 2010 at 12:08 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

This morning, a bowing segment raced across our northern counties with sporadic damaging straight-line winds from Starke to Miami County.  Some hail to penny-size occurred.  Widespread wind damage occurred in northeastern Illinois from this bow, but wind became discontinuous with arrival into our viewing area.  The outflow boundary from the bow traversed the entire WLFI viewing area with a wind shift to the north.

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August 4, 2010 Overnight Severe Event

August 5th, 2010 at 12:05 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

Multi-cell clusters & couple supercells passed lastnight with sporadic wind damage from White to Howard County.  Some hail of pea size occurred.  Trees up to 5′ in diameter & powerlines were downed in Carroll County from +70 mph winds.  For such large trees to be uprooted/snapped (depending on the species & degree of any rot in the tree) gusts over 70 mph are likely.  If it is an oak that is that large with little rot & it is snapped or uprooted, you are talking winds over 80 mph.  The 100 mph Benton County microbursts snapped large oaks at the base.

A barn was unroofed near Greentown & trees & limbs were downed near Kokomo, Russiaville, Sharpsville & Greentown with wind gusts to 71 mph.

Power poles were snapped in northeast Carroll County.  To snap a power pole, it takes a 70 mph wind (depending on the age of the pole).  Poles less than 3 years old usually require 80 mph gust to be totally snapped.

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August 4, 2010: 3 Severe Events, 3 Different Storm Types

August 5th, 2010 at 12:04 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

August 4, 2010 Overnight HP Supercells & Multi-cells

Multi-cell clusters & couple supercells passed lastnight with sporadic wind damage from White to Howard County.  Some hail of pea size occurred.  Trees up to 5′ in diameter & powerlines were downed in Carroll County from +70 mph winds.  For such large trees to be uprooted/snapped (depending on the species & degree of any rot in the tree) gusts over 70 mph are likely.  If it is an oak that is that large with little rot & it is snapped or uprooted, you are talking winds over 80 mph.  The 100 mph Benton County microbursts snapped large oaks at the base.

A barn was unroofed near Greentown & trees & limbs were downed near Kokomo, Russiaville, Sharpsville & Greentown with wind gusts to 71 mph.  Large trees were also blown down from the Howard County line to near Russiaville.  At one point over 2500 households were in the dark from this event.

Power poles were snapped in northeast Carroll County.  To snap a power pole, it takes a 70 mph wind (depending on the age of the pole).  Strong, new poles less than 3 years old usually require 80 mph gust to be totally snapped.

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August 4, 2010 Morning Bow Echo

This morning, a bowing segment raced across our northern counties with sporadic damaging straight-line winds from Starke to Miami County.  Some hail to penny-size occurred.  Widespread wind damage occurred in northeastern Illinois from this bow, but wind became discontinuous with arrival into our viewing area.  The outflow boundary from the bow traversed the entire WLFI viewing area with a wind shift to the north.

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August 4, 2010 Evening Pulsey Multi-Cell Cluster

A multi-cell cluster of storms formed at the intersection of two outflow boundaries via morning bow in our northeastern counties & storms in Iowa.  A remnant vortex or MCV from the Nebraska/Iowa storms helped to initiate storms in a very hot & rather unstable airmass.

Storms were a bit pulsey in nature, producing sporadic damaging wind belches in parts of the WLFI viewing area.

STORM REPORTS:

Cass County:

East of Galveston:  A 60′ & 100′ tall tree blown.

East of Galveston:  Corn bent/damaged by wind.

Miami County:

60 mph gust at Route 18 & U.S. 31

50 mph gust at Bunker Hill

Boone County:

Large tree down blocking across county road east of Lebanon.

Tippecanoe County:

Tree blown over part of road at Route 28 & U.S. 231 at Romney.

Clinton County:

Tree blown down at Kirklin.

Limbs down in northern Clinton County.

50 mph wind gust reported at Fickle (Clinton County).


June 23, 2010 Severe Event/Major Flooding

June 27th, 2010 at 4:05 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

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Severe sounding:

Flooding sounding:


June 21, 2010 Severe Outbreak (Splitting Supercells)

June 27th, 2010 at 4:00 am by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

June 21, 2010 Severe Outbreak (Splitting Supercells)

On the evening of June 21 a supercell with a history of tornadoes split into two supercells as they tracked across the WLFI viewing area.

As usual with splitting supercells, one of the cells rotated counterclockwise, the other clockwise after a split.  One is often a left turner, the other a right-turner & this was no exception.

 

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Severe Reports:

Warren County:

Heavy damage to a farm with damaged/destroyed farm buildiings, damaged grain bins, grain drier push by the wind & auger twisted/mangled.

North of Williamsport:  Numerous trees & tree limbs downed with heaviest damage about 5 miles north of town.

North of Williamsport:  Spotter reported “lots of debri in the air” & 80 mph wind gust.

North of Williamsport:  Received another reported of “at least” 80 mph wind gust between Attica & Williamsport.

West Lebanon:  Trees & limbs downed.

West Lebanon:  60 mph wind gust.

Tippecanoe County: 

7 Miles Southwest of Lafayette:  Tree down at West Point Near Route 25 & County Road 750 West. 

10 Miles South of Lafayette:  60 mph wind gust.

Romney:  Tree down & limbs down.

Romney:  60 mph wind gust.

Montgomery County:

North of Crawfordsville:  62 mph wind gust measured.

Newton County:

South of Enos:  Power pole down on U.S. 41

 

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Large Hail & 60-70 mph Wind in Benton County

June 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm by Chad Evans under Uncategorized

Damaging winds & golfball-sized hail moving through southern Benton County now between Oxford & Pine Village.

Cornfields have reportedly been destroyed by this hail.

Trees are down in Boswell with the hail.