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Looks like you made have had a wake low up in your area behind that rain shield this morning. Some pretty healthy gusts reported.

IWX has been beating the strong wind threat for several days. SPC isn't playing ball. These high shear low CAPE fall systems have had a history of producing some blow semis over winds.

You beat me to it. I just popped in to post that. Makes sense and looks interesting for the subforum.

Although I usually don't have much to complain about during fall, I figured we should have a place to banter. The IND discussion this afternoon had some sound scientific advice: SO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THIS EVENING... LISTEN TO YOUR MOM AND WEAR YOUR COAT.

We could, but with the winds expected to stay up, I'm not planning covering the ol' sensitive vegetation.

Good to see everyone back and ready for winter. The gut says wild, but I don't know how wet. Buckeye, did your daughter graduate? Hopefully you won't have to go back to the hellhole that is Marion, IN. Caveat: The campus is very nice.

Apparently, "flash drought" is being used to describe the current conditions across the South by the National Drought Mitigation Center, a sudden increase in drought conditions as compared the normal slow onset drought. NOAA and the University of Colorado published a summary paper on research concerning the flash drought the Plains endured in 2017. I had never heard this term used before reading this article: https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/flash-drought-worsening-across-14-southern-us-states/

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 616 AM EDT THU OCT 03 2019 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT INDIANAPOLIS... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT INDIANAPOLIS YESTERDAY...OCTOBER 2 2019. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 89 SET IN 1953. THE 92 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE ALSO TIES THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...WHICH WAS JUST SET THE DAY BEFORE ON OCTOBER 1 2019.

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 617 PM EDT TUE OCT 1 2019 ...NEW DAILY AND MONTHLY RECORD HIGHS SET AT INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA... A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 1 OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT INDIANAPOLIS TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 89 SET IN 1897. THIS IS THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW OF SETTING NEW DAILY RECORD HIGHS. TODAY/S HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES ALSO SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 91 SET ON OCTOBER 8 2007.

89'd at FWA, but broke the record by 1 ('71) and IND broke their's by 3 with a 92 (89 also in '71),

Looking forward to 'nado vid that Cyclone is gonna snag

Record daily highs for IND are in jeopardy and the all-time October record may also be threatened on Tuesday. INDY RECORD HIGHS: 9/30: 89 (1971) 10/1: 89 (1897) 10/2: 89 (1953) OCTOBER: 91 (10/8/2007)

I imagine that the farmers in our area are thankful for this dry weather and much above normal temperatures continuing into late September to allow their corn to mature properly. Most fields around here were planted very late.

Could be more than garden variety. But seriously, I don't know what happened and I don't care, but don't be such a stranger. Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 118 PM CDT Thu Sep 12 2019 ILC141-121845- /O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-190912T1845Z/ Ogle IL- 118 PM CDT Thu Sep 12 2019 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OGLE COUNTY... At 118 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Polo, or 8 miles southwest of Mount Morris, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

In the Emergency Management world, we call them Sheriffnadoes. Law enforcement would make great eyes in the sky to supplement our spotters/chasers since they are already mobile, but they won't come to any trainings to know what to look for. They seem to have the mindset of "I don't need training, I already know everything I need to know about weather." This happens waaaayy too often. It causes the public to have lower confidence in our legitimate reports.

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 138 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2019 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET WEDNESDAY AT INDIANAPOLIS... THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 SET A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. THE RECORD OF 72 DEGREES WAS ORIGINALLY SET ON THIS DATE IN 1900...AND TIED IN 1931 AND 2013. TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA IN 1871.

Same with the tiny storm near LAF. It wanted to go badly and even formed a brief funnel. Most of the risk area in Indiana was socked until late afternoon and it became obvious that any cell would have a tough time.

Chad from LAF sent IND a pic from their tower cam of a wall cloud with the cell that moved through earlier. Several reports of it rotating and looked pretty good on radar for a couple of scans.

It must have maintained across Northern IN and Northwest Ohio, because IWX also reported scattered non-T-storm wind damage this afternoon

Temps have been so mild in this area lately that it will feel hot.

I saw that. It looks like the leading edge is right over your head, although from velocities on radar, it looks like I-70 and south is getting raked with winds.

Probably some baseballs falling

It's a cold air funnel type of day across Northern IN. Here's a couple of pics from about an hour ago at LAF.

Agree with the beautiful weather in late September. I call it dull, but I also find it very enjoyable. (Other than weather extremes, I like dull). It gives me a last chance to do outside, summer type activities. For example, the fishing is great at that time of year.

I consider September as dull as August, then the fun begins again in October, tracking cold snaps, anticipation of winter, second severe season, etc.