While technically out of our area, the Chicago NWS office has prepared a detailed analysis of the supercell that hit Benton County on June 14, 2010. The analysis is very interesting reading.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=53661&...

The Indianapolis NWS office has surveyed the radar data and damage from the severe weather that impacted Carroll County on June 6, 2010. Their findings can be found here:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=june62010tor

The students and faculty at the University of North Caroline at Asheville in collaboration with the National Weather Service are conducting a study of the extent to which the general public receives and utilizes severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. As part of an effort to improve communication of warnings, the study will help to better understand how warnings are received, how the information is interpreted, and how people respond to the warning messages.

Note, the survey is very specific to warnings issued for your area within the last 72 hours.

http://www.warningstudy.org/

March 14 through 20, 2010 will be Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Indiana.

The National Weather Service has activities planned for each day during the week, including a test of amateur radio communications systems. In conjunction with the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the American Red Cross, and Amateur Radio Operators will conduct a statewide test of communication systems on Wednesday, March 17, between 10:15 AM and 10:30 AM EDT and between 7:30 PM and 7:45 PM EDT.

For more information:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=22332&...

March of 2010 will bring the next installment of the biyearly Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium, an all day session geared toward providing more advanced information for spotters and weather enthusiasts.

The date for the 2010 symposium is March 13, 2010. The location will be the Valle Vista Conference Center in Greenwood.

UPDATE 03-Mar-2010: SPACE IS LIMITED! Registrations MUST be received by Thursday, March 11, 2010. Due to contractual obligations, no walk-in registration will be available.

Here's a link to page on the Indianapolis NWS web site where you can find more information about the symposium:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=40755&...

National Skywarn Recognition Day will be December 5, 2009. Stations will be on the air in support of the NWS from 0000 to 2400 UTC on that day.

For more information, check this web site:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/hamradio/

W9NWS will be on the air for 13 hours that day.

Due to a scheduling conflict there will not be a SKYWARN test net for November.

In June 2009, Central Indiana Skywarn members and staff electronics technicians at NWS Indianapolis installed new antennas for amateur radio communications.