March 9th, 2009 at 4:19 am by David Wire under Weather
Partly cloudy skies will be around today with cool northeast winds. Temperatures will be cooler but still warmer than average topping out in the mid 50’s. Rain and thunderstorms move back in tonight with gusty south winds as temperatures hold steady in the lower 50’s. Tuesday will again be another active day weather-wise with scattered rain and thunderstorms, gusty winds, and the threat for severe weather. Temperatures quickly warm up into the lower 70’s before rapidly falling into the mid to upper 30’s by Wednesday morning.
Here is a link to the National Weather Service who will be doing storm damage assessment later today on the severe weather from Sunday afternoon. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/
March 8th, 2009 at 6:19 pm by Chad Evans under Weather
SEVERE REPORTS AS OF 5:50 P.M. EASTERN (From NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center)
DAMAGE CORE #1:
POWER POLES SNAPPED IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, IL, 70 MPH GUSTS ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY, TRAILER OVERTURNED, NUMEROUS TREES & POWER LINES DOWN IN VERMILION & NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTIES.
DAMAGE CORE #2:
MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SEVERAL HOUSES 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE, IL. SEVERAL BARNS DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT TO SOUTH OF RUSSELVILLE. 1″ HAIL NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE, 0.88″-1″ HAIL NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. ROTATION SPOTTED IN MIDDLE OF FIELD. DAMAGE REPORTED NORTH OF ROTATION NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE. CLOUD WAS BLACK AND ROTATING AT GROUND LEVEL AND MOVING EAST. 2 HOMES DAMAGED…1 WAS A BRICK HOME WITH ROOF COMPLETELY GONE, 2 FARM SHEDS DAMAGED & NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CITY, IL. POWER POLES SNAPPED & TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG, IL (RICHLAND COUNTY). FARM HOUSE, SHOP & GRAIN BINS EITHER HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NEAR FREELANDVILLE. PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF HOME & METAL DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER 1 MILE NEAR FREELANDVILLE. STATE HIGHWAY 58 CLOSED FOR A WHILE DUE TO DEBRI IN ROAD. TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT OAKTOWN, ALSO 2 MILES SOUTH OF ODON, 8 MILES NORTH OF LOOGOOTEE & 3 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD. 91 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT….83 MPH GUST MEASURED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODON. TRAILER DESTROYED, TREES & POWER LINES DOWN, BARN UNROOFED, 2 HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED, 1 INJURED & FARM SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH ITS DEBRI BLOWN ONTO U.S. 231 SOUTHEAST OF ODON. CARS/CAMPER HEAVILY DAMAGED AT RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF ODON, IN ADDITION TO CHURCH BEING DAMAGED. PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA. 1 INJURY IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH BUS THROWN INTO A RESIDENCE.
March 8th, 2009 at 2:57 pm by Chad Evans under Weather
3:08
Severe weather rocks the area.
Here are the facts:
0300 PM TORNADO S OAKTOWN 38.87N 87.44W
03/08/2009 KNOX IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NEAR US 41
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009
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0250 PM HAIL VINCENNES 38.68N 87.51W
03/08/2009 E0.50 INCH KNOX IN CO-OP OBSERVER
ALSO WIND GUSTS TO 46 MPH.
..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
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0300 PM TORNADO S OAKTOWN 38.87N 87.44W
03/08/2009 KNOX IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NEAR US 41
..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
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0312 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 N LOOGOOTEE 38.79N 86.91W
03/08/2009 MARTIN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER LOOKING TOWARDS WEST
..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
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0312 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 N LOOGOOTEE 38.79N 86.91W
03/08/2009 MARTIN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER LOOKING TOWARDS WEST
