NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
JULY
01. 1987 INDIANAPOLIS...FLASH FLOODING KILLS 2.
02. 1978 A TORNADO MOVES FROM WEST LAFAYETTE INTO LAFAYETTE
DAMAGING ROOFS AND TREES.
03. 1984 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER
LINES AT CASTLETON...CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND JAMESTOWN.
04. 1911 INDIANAPOLIS...THE WARMEST INDEPENDENCE DAY ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY IS RECORDED AT 103 DEGREES.
05. 2003 RECORD FLOODING OCCURS ALONG DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FOLLOWING 8 TO MORE THAN 13
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLY IN THE MORNING.
06. 1994 GREENSBURG...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL CAUSES WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND CROPS.
07. 1915 TERRE HAUTE...1.3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 10
MINUTES.
08. 2003 AN F1 TORNADO NEAR BAINBRIDGE DESTROYED 3 METAL BARNS
AND DID MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES.
09. 1980 WEST OF RUSHVILLE TO SOUTHWEST OF SALEM...A TORNADO
CUT A 13 MILE PATH ACROSS RUSH COUNTY KILLING TWO AND
INJURING 25.
10. 1985 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL TO A DEPTH OF 6 INCHES IN
PARTS OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY.
11. 1966 TORNADOES BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN IN INDIANAPOLIS AND
MOORESVILLE.
12. 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS KNOCK DOWN TREES ACROSS SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH 65 MPH WINDS OBSERVED
AT RUSHVILLE.
13. 1992 ALEXANDRIA...3.10 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN 1.5 HOURS...
PART OF 9 INCHES THAT FELL IN 2 DAYS.
14. 1995 A HEAT WAVE KILLS 800000 CHICKENS IN SEYMOUR...
RESULTING IN LOSSES NEAR 1 MILLION DOLLARS.
15. 1936 INDIANAPOLIS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 103 DEGREES.
THIS MARKS THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE DAY THE TEMPERATURE REACHED
100 DEGREES...THE LONGEST SUCH STRETCH IN CITY HISTORY.
16. 1977 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. DOWNED
TREES CAUSED DAMAGE TO CARS IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
17. 1996 A TORNADO BLOWS A SEMI OFF OF STATE ROAD 26 NEAR
RUSSIAVILLE.
18. 1975 AN AREA OF HAIL SWEPT ACROSS PARTS OF LAFAYETTE AND
SURROUNDING AREAS. 50 PERCENT OF THE CORN CROP WAS KILLED
IN A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS.
19. 2002 GREENFIELD...NEARLY 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN FALL...CAUSING A
ROOF TO COLLAPSE.
20. 1973 HEAVY RAIN FROM JULY 20-21 CAUSES FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. TERRE HAUTE RECEIVES NEARLY 6
INCHES OF RAIN.
21. 1985 16 INCH DIAMETER TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WINDS EAST OF MOORESVILLE.
22. 2008 RUSHVILLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWN MANY TREES...
INCLUDING AN 80 FT. TALL PINE.
23. 1989 FLASH FLOODING CLOSES ROADS IN RANDOLPH AND MADISON COUNTIES.
HOMES ARE FLOODED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
24. 1976 IN NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY...HAIL WAS REPORTED TO BE AS BIG AS
YOUR THUMB.
25. 1875 AT LEAST FOUR TORNADOES STRUCK THE STATE...TWO OF WHICH
WERE KILLERS. TORNADOES WHICH STRUCK HARVEYSBURG AND JUST
SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURED ANOTHER
14. THE DOOR FROM A HOUSE DESTROYED NEAR FAYETTE WAS FOUND
ONE MILE AWAY FROM THE HOME SITE.
25. 2009 A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE STORMS CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DAMAGE COSTING SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS AT A FURNITURE STORE IN THE CASTLETON AREA OF
THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS.
26. 1979 HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING AT PRINCETON IN KNOX
COUNTY. WATER WAS 6 FEET DEEP AT SOME LOCATIONS.
27. 1974 HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE FALLS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WARREN
AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...ACCUMULATING UP TO 18 INCHES DEEP.
28. 1971 A TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN NORTH OF NORTH VERNON...DAMAGING
SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS AS WELL AS CROPS.
29. 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO
AREAS NEAR ANDERSON AND MUNCIE.
30. 1992 NINEVAH TO EDINBURGH...AN F3 TORNADO CAUSES OVER 1
MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE.
31. 1875 INDIANAPOLIS...0.61 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...BRINGING THE
MONTHLY TOTAL TO 13.12 INCHES. THIS MAKES JULY 1875 THE
WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
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