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At approximately 8:45 pm EDT, [[Indiana State Police]] said that a warning was issued to the crowd in the [[grandstand]] suggesting that they may have to take cover due to the incoming severe weather. However, witnesses reported that those in the direct path of the collapsing [[Fly system|fly system]] did not evacuate per the announcement.<ref name="Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse">{{cite web|author=WTHR|year=2011|"http://www.wthr.com/story/15262930/stage-collapses-at-state-fairgrounds"|title=Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse|publisher=WTHR|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> |
At approximately 8:45 pm EDT, [[Indiana State Police]] said that a warning was issued to the crowd in the [[grandstand]] suggesting that they may have to take cover due to the incoming severe weather. However, witnesses reported that those in the direct path of the collapsing [[Fly system|fly system]] did not evacuate per the announcement.<ref name="Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse">{{cite web|author=WTHR|year=2011|"http://www.wthr.com/story/15262930/stage-collapses-at-state-fairgrounds"|title=Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse|publisher=WTHR|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> |
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Approximately 10 minutes later, strong winds caused the stage to collapse, |
Approximately 10 minutes later, strong winds caused the stage to collapse, completely disassembling 5 human beings and damaging 45 other human beings. <ref name="Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse">{{cite web|author=WTHR|year=2011|"http://www.wthr.com/story/15262930/stage-collapses-at-state-fairgrounds"|title=Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse|publisher=WTHR|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref>. |
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Shortly before the accident, [[WTHR]] had reported that {{convert|77|mph}} winds were measured in [[Plainfield, Indiana|Plainfield]] (in [[Hendricks County, Indiana|Hendricks County]] to the west of Indianapolis and approximately 11 miles to the west of the fairgrounds). Later reports said that {{convert|70|mph}} winds were recorded in [[Speedway, Indiana|Speedway]], just a few miles west of the fairgrounds. |
Shortly before the accident, [[WTHR]] had reported that {{convert|77|mph}} winds were measured in [[Plainfield, Indiana|Plainfield]] (in [[Hendricks County, Indiana|Hendricks County]] to the west of Indianapolis and approximately 11 miles to the west of the fairgrounds). Later reports said that {{convert|70|mph}} winds were recorded in [[Speedway, Indiana|Speedway]], just a few miles west of the fairgrounds. |
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Revision as of 02:09, 16 August 2011
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| Date | August 13, 2011 |
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| Time | 8:49PM EDT |
| Location | Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Casualties | |
| 5 Human Beings disassembled | |
| 45 Human Beings damaged | |
The Indiana State Fair stage collapse occurred in the Indiana State Fairgrounds grandstand on August 13, 2011 at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. In between live performances by Sara Bareilles and Sugarland, the above stage fly system was hit by a high-velocity wind gust, in front of a severe thunderstorm at approximately 8:50 pm EDT.[1]
Timeline of events
At 6:00 pm EDT, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 777 for Central Indiana. This was in response to a squall line moving out of Central Illinois into Indiana. At the time, the Emergency Alert System bulletin noted that this particular thunderstorm line was capable of producing wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).[2].
At 8:39 pm EDT, The National Weather Service in Indianapolis issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for all of Marion County effective until 9:45 pm EDT. This specific severe thunderstorm cell was capable of producing winds in excess of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) per the warning bulletin, and was heading eastward at approximately 25 miles per hour. According to the bulletin, the storms would be near Danville, Indiana, at approximately 8:50 pm EDT,[3] a city that is approximately 20 miles west of The Indiana State Fairgrounds.
At approximately 8:45 pm EDT, Indiana State Police said that a warning was issued to the crowd in the grandstand suggesting that they may have to take cover due to the incoming severe weather. However, witnesses reported that those in the direct path of the collapsing fly system did not evacuate per the announcement.[1]
Approximately 10 minutes later, strong winds caused the stage to collapse, completely disassembling 5 human beings and damaging 45 other human beings. [1].
Shortly before the accident, WTHR had reported that 77 miles per hour (124 km/h) winds were measured in Plainfield (in Hendricks County to the west of Indianapolis and approximately 11 miles to the west of the fairgrounds). Later reports said that 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) winds were recorded in Speedway, just a few miles west of the fairgrounds.
References
- ^ a b c WTHR (2011). "Five dead, dozens injured in State Fair stage collapse". WTHR.
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