In the early morning hours tropical storm Ike was located near western Arkansas, while a slowly advancing cold front and tropical plume of moisture to the northwest helped steer Ike across Indiana during the afternoon hours. An upper level trough pushed through the great lakes overnight...pushing Ike and the cold front quickly to the northeast, with mid level drying moving in during the late evening hours.
This episode generally produced the heaviest rainfall in northwest Indiana and Illinois...rather than the originally expected location of central Indiana as it moved through. The speed of the system, increasing as it neared Indiana, helped keep precipitation amounts to a manageable level. Much of southern and eastern Indiana received little or no rain from Ike���s passage. Widespread wind damage occurred however. The peak wind speed at the Indianapolis airport was 63 mph, but areas in southeast Indiana experienced gusts approaching 80 mph.
Because of wind damaged corn fields, many farmers bought equipment for their combines to pick up the downed corn. Harvesting of the corn fell behind schedule due to the necessity of slow combine speeds in damaged fields.

High Wind in JACKSON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 58.00 MG
Reported by: Mesonet

A Weatherbug site at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School measured a 67 MPH wind. Time of this event is estimated.

High Wind in JACKSON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Department of Highways

Scattered trees and utility lines were blown down in Seymour and across the county from remnants of Ike.

Strong Wind in DAVIESS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:01:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:01:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 49.00 MG
Property damage: 0.01K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

The strong winds were measured on Davis Instruments equipment. Short tree limbs were blown down.

High Wind in BARTHOLOMEW, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:18:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:18:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Reported by: AWOS

High Wind in JACKSON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Trees and tree limbs littered Seymour streets, lawns, and parks. A few roofs and buildings were damaged where trees landed on them. The damage reports were described by the county sheriff's office as scattered in nature county-wide. A tree limb fell across West Sixth Street in Seymour just west of Emerson Drive around 12 PM EST, hitting a passing car (with no injuries). Another tree was across Elm Street between Fourth and Third streets. Vinyl siding was stripped off a house at Third and Poplar streets northeast of the American Legion Post in downtwon Seymour. Tree limbs littered Gaiser, Sheilds, and Kessler parks in Seymour. At least two or three trees were uprooted at Gaiser Park on the city's south side. Duke Energy reported 9,349 customers without power in the county.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:42:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:42:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: ASOS

Eagle Creek Airpark ASOS recorded a wind gust of 59 MPH.

High Wind in JACKSON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:15:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:15:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Strong winds blew down trees up to a foot in diameter and brought down some phone and utility lines in Seymour.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: ASOS

Wind equipment at the Indianapolis International Airport measured a wind gust to 59 MPH.

High Wind in OWEN, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Winds blew trees, tree limbs, and power lines down. Power/utility companies Duke Energy and REMC reported nearly 240 customers and 700 customers respectively without power in the county. Time of incident is estimated.

High Wind in BARTHOLOMEW, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees and utility lines were blown down all over Columbus from gradient winds associated with the remnants of Ike.

Strong Wind in HENDRICKS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 13:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 43.00 EG
Property damage: 0.01K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winds blew down trees and tree limbs.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:55:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:55:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

A huge tree fell from a neighbor's lot in the 100 block of West 40th Street and crashed onto a gentleman's home and garage. Utility lines were knocked down in the incident. In the Indianapolis metro area Indianapolis Power & Light Co. crews worked late into the evening to restore power to as many as 50,000 customers. Time of incident is estimated.

High Wind in DELAWARE, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

The remnants of Ike blew down trees, knocked out power to more than 3,000 customers in the county, and scattered branches, road signs, and debris across roads. The time of incidents is estimated.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.30K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

An aluminum porch roof was lifted off. Numerous small tree branches, both alive and dead were blown down.

High Wind in JOHNSON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 13:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines in Franklin and across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in DECATUR, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 13:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 13:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 59.00 MG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

High Wind in HENRY, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across New Castle and the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:42:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:42:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 MG
Reported by: ASOS

A wind gust to 63 MPH was recorded by National Weather Service equipment at the Indianapolis International Airport.

High Wind in CLAY, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in SHELBY, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:53:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:53:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought high winds to Shelby County just like it did for much of the Midwest, downing dozens of trees and temporarily closing some roads. Closings included portions of Vandalia Road, County Road 250 East and the 300 block of Flatrock Road. Duke Energy Indiana reported 9,136 customers without power. The time of these incidents is estimated.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:47:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:47:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Reported by: Emergency Manager

High winds partially collapsed a large tent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

High Wind in BARTHOLOMEW, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Trees were blown down next to a business at 1034 Washington Street. Several dozen branches littered Donner Park. Damaged trees and power lines could be found throughout Columbus. Duke Energy reported 14,550 customers without power in the county. The southern part of the county was hardest hit. Time of incidents is estimated.

High Wind in DECATUR, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 13:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 13:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 59.00 EG
Property damage: 85.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

A large Greensburg County sign was ripped from the outside wall of City Hall, which suffered minor damage. A tree was snapped in front of the building. The winds snapped trees and ripped down power lines with some shingles and siding torn and tossed about. The hardest hit area in the city was the airport. A hangar on the southside of the property as virtually torn apart. A small plane was seriously damaged. Pieces of the hangar flew off and destroyed the right wing. Duke Energy reported 4,130 customers without power in the county.

High Wind in MONROE, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in BROWN, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines in the city and across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

Strong Wind in HAMILTON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 48.00 EG
Property damage: 0.01K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Small limbs were blown down by the high winds that Ike brought.

High Wind in MADISON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:28:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:28:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A 58 MPH wind gust was measured by the Madison County EOC in Linwood.

High Wind in SULLIVAN, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 11:40:00 to 14-SEP-08 11:40:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Scattered trees and utility lines down across the town and county from gradient winds caused by remnants of Ike.

High Wind in JENNINGS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 13:15:00 to 14-SEP-08 13:15:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Property damage: 115.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Electrical service was interrupted in most of Jennings County starting late in the morning and escalating throughout the afternoon hours. Duke Energy reported 6,759 customers without power. Jennings County Dispatch became inundated with calls for downed power lines and limbs in roadways. At least one road, Deer Creek Road, was closed because of the number of power lines down, according to dispatch. Several other county roads were closed due to downed trees and limbs. In North Vernon, a large Pin oak tree fell on a large Coachman camper, a huge Beech tree fell near Middle School Road, Bradford pear trees fell along the city park's walkway, and a large tree fell on electrical lines in the Long Street area. A large uprooted tree came to rest against a two-story home at about a 45-degree angle at Jackson and Vernon streets in North Vernon, causing apparently minor damage. The winds were strong enough to break a large store front window at Greathouse Hardware in uptown North Vernon. Several windows upstairs in the building also were broken. A 1987 Ford Mustang was partially crushed underneath a fallen tree on County Road 500 South (Lovett Road) a short distance from Lovett. Time of incidents and cost estimates are very rough.

High Wind in DAVIESS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 11:50:00 to 14-SEP-08 11:50:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winds blew down a 4-inch diameter tree limb onto United States Highway 50.

High Wind in HANCOCK, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 16:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 16:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Scattered trees and utility lines were blown down in Greenfield and across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in BARTHOLOMEW, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:21:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Trees were blown down next to a business at 1034 Washington Street. Several dozen branches littered Donner Park. Damaged trees and power lines could be found throughout Columbus. Duke Energy reported 14,550 customers without power in the county. The southern part of the county was hardest hit.

High Wind in PUTNAM, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in MORGAN, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:52:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:52:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down trees and utility lines across Martinsville and the county.

High Wind in MARION, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:55:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:55:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Numerous reports of downed utility lines were received by emergency management.

High Wind in HAMILTON, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: NWS Employee

High Wind in BARTHOLOMEW, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in RANDOLPH, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 16:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 16:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

A resident in Farmland reported that the metal roof of an unknown building had blown off and landed in front of the Post Office along Main Street and Indiana Route 32.

High Wind in SHELBY, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:53:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:53:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines in Shelbyville and across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in HENDRICKS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Duke Energy had nearly 300,000 out of 780,000 customers without power, mostly due to trees and branches falling on power lines. Hendricks Power Cooperative reported two major outages with 915 customers in one outage and about 200 in the other.

High Wind in LAWRENCE, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 11:31:00 to 14-SEP-08 11:31:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

High winds blew down trees and limbs down. Utility lines were down in some areas of the county.

High Wind in MARTIN, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 11:01:00 to 14-SEP-08 11:01:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Reported by: Mesonet

Winds were measured by an AWS station at Shoals Community School.

High Wind in RUSH, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Department of Highways

Scattered trees and utility lines were downed in Rushville and throughout the county from the remanants of Ike.

High Wind in RANDOLPH, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 15:53:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:53:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Scattered trees and utility lines were blown down in Winchester and across the county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in GREENE, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 11:51:00 to 14-SEP-08 11:51:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Law Enforcement

High winds blew down scattered trees and utility lines across the town and county as a result of gradient winds from the remnants of Ike.

High Wind in HENRY, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Reported by: Newspaper

Winds were to blame for power outages to at least 7,449 electric power customers in the New Castle area. Fallen power lines sparked a fire at a small garage at 26th Street and C Avenue in New Castle at about 1:20 PM EST. Firefighters prevented flames from damaging three cars parked inside. A tree limb fell on a truck and rear window of a parked car near A Avenue. Time of incident is estimated.

Strong Wind in HENDRICKS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:32:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:32:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 0.01K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A measured wind gust of 55 MPH occurred near Brownsburg. Tree limbs were blown down.

High Wind in HENDRICKS, INDIANA
From 14-SEP-08 14:37:00 to 14-SEP-08 14:37:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winds were measured at 59 MPH by a trained spotter 2 miles southeast of Brownsburg.