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INDIANA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA

520 PM EST FRI SEP 20 2002



TORNADOES RAKED THROUGH INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING WIDESPREAD 

DAMAGE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. AT LATE 

AFTERNOON THERE HAD BEEN INJURIES REPORTED BUT NO FATALITIES. 



AT LATE MORNING A COLD FRONT MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE 

CLASHED WITH A WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE 

OVER INDIANA THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE RESULT WAS THE FORMATION OF 

A FAST MOVING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. PRELIMINARY REPORTS 

INDICATE THAT AS THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RACED EASTWARD IT 

SPAWNED ONE OR SEVERAL TORNADOES. 



SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDINGS FROM THE VINCENNES AREA THROUGH 

BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS TO MUNCIE WERE DAMAGED...SOME 

BUILDINGS IN SOUTHERN MARION AND MORGAN COUNTIES WERE TOTALLY 

DESTROYED AND SOME AREAS WERE BEING DESCRIBED AT LOOKING LIKE A WAR 

ZONE.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONDUCT DAMAGE SURVEYS TONIGHT AND 

SATURDAY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AND NUMBER OF 

TORNADOES AND THEIR SEVERITY.



HEAVY RAINFALL ACCOMPANIED THE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE 

STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT 

FELL THURSDAY RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES 

EXTENDING FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA DOWN THROUGH LINTON TO 

VINCENNES AND MOUNT CARMEL. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE HAD BEEN 

NO REPORTS OF FLOODING...BUT PERSONS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND LOW 

AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.



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