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Flood Watch 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flood watch at Jun 14, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2025, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 14, 9:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 409 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-150815- 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- 409 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Continued showers with isolated thunderstorms today. No severe weather is expected but localized heavy rain and flooding are threats. Cold air funnels may be possible today as well although they are not expected to reach the ground. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorm chances continue into next week. Lightning, heavy rainfall, and localized flooding will be the primary threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through Tuesday. Spotters are encourage to keep an eye on the forecast for chances of severe weather mid week. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
848 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM Flash Flood 3 WNW Indian Heights 40.43N 86.17W
06/14/2025 Howard IN Public
Flash flooding occurring at multiple points
near Wildcat Creek on the southwest side of
Kokomo.
&&
ELBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Madison | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 12:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Madison, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Madison | 104 min |
| Jun 14, 7:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 40 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 3 days |
| Jun 14, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 7 days |
| Jun 14, 1:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 33 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 3 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.