Central Indiana Skywarn

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

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&...

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

The NWS Indianapolis office staff have conducted damage surveys around Central Indiana after the January 29, 2008, storms. You can view their report at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ind&storyid=12589&s...

The NWS Office in North Webster has completed their damage assessment of the tornado touchdown in the Nappanee area and confirmed that it was an EF3 tornado. While this event was outside the Central Indiana Skywarn area, the system started developing in our area and, hopefully, our reports helped the North Webster office develop the warnings that they issued for their coverage area.

You can read the report and see the photos at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/?n=18oct07_tornado

Oregon Scientific has issued a recall of some of their weather radios.

Here is a link to the announcement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07292.html

And here's a link to the recall information page on Oregon Scietific's web site: http://www2.oregonscientific.com/recall_front.asp

The Indianapolis NWS office has prepared a report on the hail and wind damage that struck Central Indiana on August 19, 2007. You can read it at: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ind&storyid=9752&so...

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has determined that an EF0 tornado touched down in Clay County on June 4, 2007. You can read their report at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ind&storyid=8484&so... .

A recent article in the on-line NOAA Magazine talks about the history of Skywarn and the valuable service that Skywarn spotters provide to the National Weather Service. Check it out at www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag226.htm.

The Indianapolis NWS office has prepared its report on the April 11, 2007, storms which struck in Central Indiana. Your can read the report at: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=apr1107.