Unfortunately, the high ceiling of severe weather potential was realized Sunday in central Indiana.
We warned that any storms that developed could produce strong tornadoes and/or destructive hail. That's what unfolded.
Shortly before 2 p.m. in west-central Indiana, the first puncture to the atmospheric "cap" emerged. The farther west storm initiation solution was always a possibility and that put all of central Indiana in play for damaging storms versus only the eastern half of the state.
Multiple long-track supercells took advantage of the highly unstable and highly sheared atmosphere in place. At least three distinct hail tracks occurred and at minimum one tornado that impacted many areas in Johnson County.
A "debris ball" along Stones Crossing and Smokey Row roads was evident on Live Doppler 13 Radar during our continuous coverage Sunday afternoon beginning around 4:13 p.m. This tornado appears to have tracked through Stones Crossing, southern Greenwood, and near New Whiteland.
At least three National Weather Service Indianapolis survey crews will be out Monday morning assessing storm damage in Johnson, Martin and Monroe counties. Additional surveys may be needed as well.
The weather story overnight is the return of less humid air and a dropping muggy meter as dewpoints drop into the upper 50s/lower 60s. We'll get some early day sunshine Monday but plan on a mainly cloudy Monday afternoon with increasing showers and thunderstorms, some of which may produce small hail. Showers continue Monday evening before becoming less numerous as the atmosphere stabilizes overnight.
Tuesday remains comfortably cool with only a few showers. Wednesday may be the pick-of-the-week with sunshine and highs near 80 degrees that precedes another surge of hotter air and possibly some heavy thunderstorms to finish the week.
