Weather thu June 23 2016

Allegedly, a personal weather station in Indiana recorded a wind gust of 118 mph with the above storm.

Radar shows the winds a few thousand feet up blowing at least 115 mph and heavy rainfall can bring a lot of that wind down to the surface.

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An 87 mph wind gust was measured with the above Indiana storm.

Local storm report:

06/23/2016 1228 am

5 miles se of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m87 mph, reported by public.

12:35 am snapshot for Thu, June 23, 2016.

Good amount of rain for us for the rest of the night. Severe weather still looks limited, but we are starting to see more warnings coming out. Most intense areas are still back in E IL and areas of IN to the NW of Indianapolis. Storms NW of Indy currently are warned for winds up to 100 mph at this time.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1226 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
UNTIL 100 AM EDT
AT 1226 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES AND BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...MULBERRY...
KIRKLIN...COLFAX...CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...
MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 174.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.