Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1234 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

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.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA THIS
EVENING. OVERNIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THEN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

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.NEAR TERM /OVERNIGHT/...
FORECAST FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON THUNDERSTORM/HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.

DISCRETE CELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A W-E ORIENTED BOUNDARY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF IL AND IN...AHEAD OF THE MAIN COMPLEX WHICH IS
CURRENTLY MOVING EASTWARD OVER IOWA...IL...AND WI. RECENT RADAR
DATA SHOWS SEVERAL OF THESE CELLS HAVE SUPERCELLULAR
STRUCTURE/ROTATION AS THEY ENCOUNTER ENHANCED LOW LEVEL HELICITY
ALONG THE BOUNDARY. 00Z SOUNDING FROM ILX SHOWS LOW LCL HEIGHTS
/3000 FT/ AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND DMGG WINDS.

DISCRETE CELLULAR ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP INTO MORE WIDESPREAD LINES
AS MAIN COMPLEX APPROACHES FROM THE NW. WITH PWAT RUNNING CLOSE TO
2 INCHES AND THESE STORMS SLOW MOVING WE COULD CERTAINLY SEE SOME
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. ALREADY THIS EVENING SEVERAL
FFW'S WERE ISSUED AND WOULD EXPECT THE TRENDS TO CONTINUE,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW SATURATED THE GROUND IS. THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TUE MORNING. SEE THE
HYDROLOGY SECTION FOR MORE ON FLOOD POTENTIAL TONIGHT.

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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...

SHORT TERM FORECAST FOCUS REMAINS ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND HEAT.

RIDGE STRENGTHENS/BUILDS NORTHWARD SLIGHTLY TOMORROW AND
WEDNESDAY...AND THIS SHOULD DEFLECT THE PREFERRED TRACK FOR
CONVECTION JUST TO OUR NORTH. THUS...CHANCE POPS TAPERING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH LOOK BEST. 700 TEMPS WARM SIGNIFICANTLY TOMORROW
AND REMAIN WARM INTO WEDNESDAY...WHICH WOULD PUT US ON THE
PERIPHERY OF ANY POP UP CONVECTION IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY
BOUNDARIES LAID OUT BY MCS ACTIVITY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

ON TEMPS...MET GUIDANCE LOOKS MUCH BETTER COMPARED TO EXPECTED 850
TEMP PROGRESSION. MAV ALSO SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING SIGNIFICANTLY
WITH VERY WET GROUND HOLDING DOWN DIURNAL HEATING POTENTIAL. THIS
STILL LEADS TO TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S.

HEAT INDICES TOMORROW SHOULD APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW...AND WILL
GO AHEAD WITH A HEAT ADVISORY IN THIS AREA...AS IT APPEARS LESS
LIKELY THAT CONVECTION WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS
TOMORROW AS OCCURRED TODAY...SEVERELY IMPACTING MORNING DIURNAL
WARMING.

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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

SIGNAL HAS STRENGTHENED SOMEWHAT IN LONGER RANGE MODELS THAT A
SIGNIFICANT BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AS BROAD SURFACE HIGH
SHUTTLES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. FRONT WILL BE PASSING THROUGH
THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND THIS SHOULD MODERATE MAX TEMPS
THURSDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER WARMUP BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW
90S AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES.

BACKED OFF HPC/MEX GUIDANCE CLOSER TO ENSEMBLE MEANS...AS AGAIN IT
APPEARS THAT GUIDANCE IS STRUGGLING WITH WET CONDITIONS WHICH WILL
HELP TO MODERATE HEATING SOMEWHAT.

PRECIP CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A FRONT SAGS
SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION.

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.AVIATION.../220600Z TAF ISSUANCE/
SCATTERED CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS IMPACTING THE REGION AT THIS
TIME...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT
AIDED BY APPROACHING UPPER DISTURBANCE AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET.
APPEARS CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE TERMINALS UNTIL
AROUND 221300Z. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS PROBABLE IN THE HEAVIER
CONVECTION. CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASES AROUND 040.

OUTSIDE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...NOT EXPECTING ANY ISSUES WITH
CEILINGS...VISIBILITIES...OR WINDS THROUGH 221800Z.

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.HYDROLOGY.../FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING/

GIVEN EXPECTATION OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT...BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND
150 PERCENT OF NORMAL...DEEP WARM CLOUD DEPTH /FREEZING LEVELS
APPROACHING 15KFT/...AND VERY WET GROUND THROUGHOUT CENTRAL
INDIANA...HAVE GONE WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW...ANY
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE NUISANCE
FLOODING AT A BARE MINIMUM...AND WITH ONE HOUR FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE AS LOW AS AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...ANTICIPATE
THAT HYDRO ISSUES WILL BE DEALT WITH AT SOME POINT OVERNIGHT.

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.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR INZ021-028>031-
035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072.

HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR INZ051>053-
060>062-067>070.

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SYNOPSIS...SMF
NEAR TERM...SMF
SHORT TERM...NIELD
LONG TERM....NIELD
AVIATION...JAS/RYAN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1221 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-221630-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
1221 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE REGION TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THREATS WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS.

HEAT INDICES WILL RISE INTO THE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
INDIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF 70.

FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREA RIVERS.
SEE THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY TIME
FOR STORMS WILL BE MAINLY FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THOUGH LATE NIGHT STORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WILL EXIST...WITH GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND HEAT INDICES FROM 95
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST AFTERNOONS.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. CONTINUE TO REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT...AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

NIELD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
102 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1256 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 S BROWNSBURG          39.81N 86.39W
06/22/2010  E50 MPH          HENDRICKS          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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RYAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
111 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0105 AM     HEAVY RAIN       AVON                    39.76N 86.38W
06/22/2010  M0.00 INCH       HENDRICKS          IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            2.65 INCHES...DAILY TOTAL

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RYAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
112 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0108 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW SPEEDWAY           39.78N 86.26W
06/22/2010  E50 MPH          MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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RYAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
138 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW LAFAYETTE          40.34N 86.96W
06/21/2010                   TIPPECANOE         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN WEST POINT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE
            ROUTE 25 AND COUNTY ROAD 750W. TIME ESTIMATED.

0130 AM     HAIL             2 N AVON                39.79N 86.38W
06/22/2010  M0.88 INCH       HENDRICKS          IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0125 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W SPEEDWAY            39.79N 86.30W
06/22/2010  M0.00 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            1.89 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES

0133 AM     HAIL             3 W SPEEDWAY            39.79N 86.30W
06/22/2010  M0.50 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT 10TH AVENUE AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD

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RYAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
157 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SW SPEEDWAY           39.78N 86.26W
06/22/2010  M2.40 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMOUNT SINCE MIDNIGHT.

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HEROLD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
158 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 AM     TSTM WND GST     WEST LAFAYETTE          40.44N 86.91W
06/22/2010  M61 MPH          TIPPECANOE         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

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HEROLD