It's gonna be hot next week! We are lucky that we've had a lot of rain. Had we had a drought, the high temperature would be worse, like closer to 100 degrees everyday next week. Remember to stay hydrated with water and find your nearest cooling station.
Here are some good sites about historical data on tornadoes in Indiana.
People are asking how often this occurs so here is what I found:
A very destructive night of severe storms and tornadoes in Indiana on Friday, 5-15-2025
Wow. Just WOW! I've never ever seen anything like this. This is the first time I've ever heard of a PDS warning in the Indiana. A PDS warning means / stands for "Particularly Dangerous Situation. There were several of those.
The radar lit up at 6:30pm and would not let up until 9:30pm. In all likelihood, a tornado touched down on the south side of Bloomington Indiana in the Clear Creek area just close to I-69. I saw the hook signature on my weather radar app that is called "WeatherWise". See it here:
WeatherWise is the best free weather app out there. Ryan Hall uses it and promotes it also.
The second tornado hit the northern part of the county near Ellettsville. See it here:
Pictures from others and from around town: How to protect your car from 4 inch hail
Local people from the south side posted on Reddit.
Me at the Runcible Spoon.
And do you remember that eerie part where the skies cleared up and the sun came out at exactly 7:35pm and people thought it was all over; remember that?
A friend of mine sent me these from Indianapolis. Thanks MB!
Tornado outbreak happening in Missouri right now.
Softball sized hail is falling there.
Also, Ryan Hall is broadcasting live right now. Hopefully he will stick around and cover the line of storms as it approaches Indiana.
National Weather Service is warning of damaging winds tonight.
The NWS is warning of damaging winds tonight.
The entire system arrives at about 6pm and leaves at 1am. The worst part of it will be between 8pm and 9pm.
Students have moved out and storms are moving in!
There's a line for storms moving in from Illinois tonight. The line started out strong but it appears to be weakening. Tornado Watches are posted from Terre Haute northwards until 10:00pm so Bloomington might be okay for tonight. But take a look at this image from 8:30PM:
And look at it now at 9:45PM:
The "cap" is holding so far.
The most dangerous job in Bloomington Indiana is this one
As you all are aware of by now, Bloomington survived last night's tornado outbreak but other areas of Indiana were not so lucky. And now we have to deal with flooding until Sunday. But I have something interesting that I want to share with you all.
In the late afternoon as the winds were picking up and reaching 50+ MPH, there was crane operator downtown doing his own thing. Would you do this job during a 'High Wind Watch' and a 'Tornado Watch'?
Here is the picture:
Here is the video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Y7K6RKG4m95wL58GRJ1RvpDThngFssq/view?usp=sharing
Historic flooding and extreme weather headed to Indiana tomorrow on Wednesday 4/2/2025
If you haven't tuned in to see the latest weather report, you should do so immediately! Everything is on the table for Wednesday night. We could see damaging winds, hail, microbursts, tornadoes and unfortunately some counties in Kentucky will see over 12 inches of rain. This is not an April Fool's Day Joke!
See what the National Weather Service is saying so far:
.LONG TERM (Wednesday through Monday)... Issued at 329 AM EDT Tue Apr 1 2025 The threat for severe weather will return on Wednesday as a low pressure system tracks across the Great Lakes region. Confidence on how exactly this system will play out is still lacking as models are showing multiple solutions for storms. The first thing to watch for is how the early to mid morning storms play out as there is some potential for those storms limiting the afternoon destabilization and reintensification in the afternoon to evening storms. The next uncertainty comes ahead and along the cold front in which the line of storms may move through as one wider line of storms or as a couple of subsequent lines. Regardless of the above, there will be ample warmth and moisture to work with as well as lift, instability, and shear making all severe hazards possible for central Indiana. The best guess at timing is still from late afternoon to early overnight with a brief hail threat during the Wednesday morning hours. Outside of the storms, gusty winds will also be a concern throughout the day Wednesday as gusts could potentially reach up to 40-45 mph at times. Higher confidence comes with the flooding concerns from Wednesday into the weekend as a boundary sets up in the Ohio Valley region, keeping a persistent band of training storms in the area. The boundary will meander some, but is expected to largely center over the Ohio River, just south of the forecast area. While the main excessive rainfall concern is for our far southern counties and areas further to the south, enough moisture and rainfall is possible through the week to extend the flood watch just north of I-70 corridor. There is still uncertainty in exact rainfall amounts but to give an idea, parts of south central Indiana could see anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain while along I-70 could see amounts of 4 to over 6 inches. Models indicate that the boundary should finally push off to the east by Monday allowing for at least a brief break in precipitation and a likely return to nearer to normal temperatures.
Snow in April again!
Winter just does not want to give up. Check out this model run for April 6, 2025
That is a nice thumping of heavy wet snow!
The dust storm is here in Indiana
If you've seen the sky and clouds today, you might have wondered about their odd looking color earlier. I think it's due to the dust storms. I've never experienced this before.
March in Indiana = Tornadoes tonight and snow tomorrow!
The good news is that tomorrow is the first day of Spring. Although winter will be officially over, it wont feel like it.
Severe storms and tornadoes are possible tonight!
I'm issuing a Burl Alert for Saturday morning between 3:00AM and 7:00AM for severe storms and possibly a tornado. That's going to be the most dangerous time of the overnight hours according to hi-res data and the rotation tracking software. The National Weather Service has not issued a Tornado Watch yet but if they do, that is an additional reason to be alert.
Enjoy the sunny 81 degree day tomorrow. Winter returns next week.
Winter is not over! Not by a long shot.
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