INDIANA, USA — Another day of severe weather in parts of central Indiana which makes the fourth straight day of watches and/or warnings.
This latest round began near Terre Haute shortly before 2 p.m.
Clusters of storms eventually congealed into a bow echo (named for its shape like a bow and arrow) as encountered a highly unstable, moist airmass blanketing central Indiana.
It resulted in another swath of 60-plus mph wind gusts, power outages, wind damage and even a few reports of injuries. Those were reported by law enforcement in Bartholomew County and Union County. The latter reportedly occurred in Whitewater State Park from a tree falling on people, and the other from a tree falling on five cars and an RV just west of Taylorsville. Let's hope these aren't life-threatening and it serves as a reminder that severe wind can be highly dangerous too.
It has unfortunately produced a new swath of power outages, in addition to what occurred on Thursday. Tens of thousands of customers are still without power in central Indiana and Marion County.
At the time of posting, there was a severe thunderstorm warning for an intensifying storm heading into Bloomington for the potential of large hail, up to quarter-size or greater. Otherwise, the overall severe threat is waning as the atmosphere for many has been used-up by the latest storm complex.
Though there may be a few random severe cells, many areas stay dry but very humid.
That will be the theme for the next 72 hours with moderate to, at times, miserably humid air, but only slight late-day chances of spotty rain and thunder.
