1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST SUN JUL 28 2002 FORECAST FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN TONIGHT THRU TUESDAY. AT 19Z A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WAS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA (FA) WITH TEMPS AROUND 90 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S. TSRA WERE ALONG A CONFLUENCE ZONE IN NRN IL WITH SCT TSRA MOVING INTO FAR NWRN FA. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE MOST PART WITH MAJOR FEATURES. MODELS OVERDO QPF TONIGHT GIVEN LACK OF SIGNIFICANT TRIGGERS. WARM AIR ADVECTION TSRA WILL REMAIN N OF FA WHERE WAA IS STRONGEST. ALSO...NOT SURE ABOUT AVN DEVELOPING A WAVE ALONG FRONT NEAR OH RIVER ON TUE. WOULD RATHER WAIT FOR MORE CONTINUITY BEFORE BUYING INTO THAT SOLUTION. WILL USE A BLEND FOR MOST FEATURES THIS FORECAST. AS STATED EARLIER BELIEVE MOST TSRA WILL BE N OF FA TONIGHT. WILL TIER POPS FROM CHC N TO SLIGHT CHC S. THIS IS WELL BELOW MAV NUMBERS AND CLOSER TO FWC/MET. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOO COOL LATELY WITH LOW TEMPS. GIVEN THIS MORNING/S READINGS AND LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS...WILL GO AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE GUIDANCE. ON MON COLD FRONT APPROACHES ALONG WITH DECENT WAVE ALOFT. GIVEN GOOD INSTABILITY ACROSS FA BELIEVE TSRA WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS NRN 2/3 OF AREA. THIS IS HIGHER THAN FWC/MET AND CLOSER TO MAV POPS MOST AREAS. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND TSRA. GUIDANCE VALUES REFLECT THIS AND WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW. DEEP MOISTURE MOVES S OF FA MON NIGHT BUT COLD FRONT STILL IN FA. WILL GO CHC POPS. ON TUE...FRONT EXITS FA BUT DEWPOINT GRADIENT STILL TO MOVE THROUGH. ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD TSRA ALONG THIS GRADIENT...BELIEVE CHANCE TOO SMALL TO MENTION IN ZFP FOR NOW. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO EXTENDED. .IND...NONE. CS
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Car attempted to drive across flooded roadway and stalled. Rescue was required. No injuries.
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