3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 12:50 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1250 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005 .AVIATION... WARM FRONT PROGGED TO LIFT NORTH TO IN/MI STATE LINE BY MIDDAY. I295-300 ISENT LIFT ALONG FRONT WITH FAIRLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES 6.5-7.5 C/KM WITH 50-60 KT LLJ AXIS FROM NE OK TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FAVORABLE FOR REGENERATIVE CONVECTION WITH LOW MBE VELOCITIES. HAVE TEMPO TSRA AT KFWA THIS AM AND WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR INCLUSION/AMENNDMENT IF NEEDED AT KSBN. IFR TO LIFR CIGS UNTIL WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH. THEN LULL UNTIL STRONGLY DYNAMIC COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE IN FORECAST PERIOD...MAY HAVE SOME TIMING CONCERNS WITH CONVECTION/COVERAGE WITH COLD FRONT BUT ENOUGH CONCERN TO MAKE MENTION TOWARD END OF FORECAST PERIOD. LLWS NOT ADDED AT THIS TIME...BUT DEPTH/STRENGTH OF SURFACE BASED INVERSION WILL BE KEY TO LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILE AND SUBSEQUENT POSSIBLE NEED TO ADD WITH STRENGTH OF LLJ BY END OF FORECAST PERIOD TO INCREASE TO 60-70 KTS. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THRU THURSDAY MORNING. INITIAL WAVE OUT OF FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS SMALLER SECONDARY WAVE CONTINUES TO TREK OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA ATTM. FOG BEING A CONCERN FOR TONIGHT...LOOKING AT LOW VSBYS IN IL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MENTIONED FOG IN GRIDS WITH SHALLOW COLD LAYER AT SURFACE...LIGHT EAST WINDS...AND WARM AIR PUSH ALOFT ABOVE INVERSION LAYER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CEILINGS FALLING TO 1/2 MILE OVER SE CWA LATER TONIGHT. HELD OFF ON DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR NOW, BUT POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IF VSBYS FALL BLO 1/2 MILE. NEXT CONCERN IS WITH WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH REGION EARLY ON WED. TEMPS SHOULD SLOWLY INCR TONIGHT...BUT NEW SNOWPACK OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MI SHOULD HOLD THE RISE IN TEMPS TILL LATE OVER FAR NORTHERN CWA. LOOKING AT THETA-E 315K MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF CWA AFTER 06Z, SO MENTIONED ISOL THUNDER WITH START OF LIFTING WARM FRONT IN THE MORNING. MOST OF THUNDER TODAY HAS BEEN JUST SOUTH OF 315K OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IN. MODELS SUGGEST 0.25-0.50 QPF POSSIBLE WITH WARM FRONT...ESPECIALLY WITH THUNDER. TOMORROW AFTERNOON 45 KT WINDS ARE AT 2K FT MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA...AND COULD POSSIBLY MIX DOWN TO SFC IN ANY CONVECTION THAT DVLPS TOWARDS EVE. MAX TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE AND LEFT AS IS...BLO GUIDANCE. FAR SE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO WARM IN THE AFTERNOON AND COULD POSSIBLY REACH 60. && .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES TURNING MUCH COLDER FOR THURSDAY. WENT WITH BLEND OF GFS/ETA FOR FROPA TIMING...EARLY THURSDAY ABOUT 09Z FAR WEST...BEH... TO 15Z AOH AREA. MOST PRECIP SHOULD FALL AS RAIN...ALTHOUGH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED. DELTA TS EXCEED 20...HOWEVER... BASICALLY A WESTERLY FETCH SHOULD LIMIT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE INDIANA COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW NORMAL BY FRIDAY AND STAY COLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS GFS...ECMWF AND CANADIAN ALL INDICATE LONGWAVE TROF BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA. OTHER THAN LAKE EFFECT SNOW...LOOKS LIKE A DRY PERIOD FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MI...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. OH...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 511 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-121000- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI- CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN- GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH- PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN- STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN... BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN... BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE... DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK... HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE... KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON... NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA... PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE... THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT... WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 511 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL EARLY THIS MORNING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND FAR NORTHWEST OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY THIS AFTERNOON CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN...SNOWMELT AND SATURATED GROUND MAY BEGIN TO LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. STREET DRAINS BLOCKED BY SNOW MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. AT THIS TIME THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN REPORTS. HITCHCOCK
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:51 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding reported in downtown Portland. Widespread flooding throughout the county with portions of State Route 1 closed due to flooding from combination of heavy rainfall and rapid snow melt.
As many as 40 county roads were closed due to flooding resulting from combination of heavy rain and rapid snow melt.
Homes flooded in Hartford City. State Route 26 closed at County Road 200 E due to 4 to 5 feet of water over the intersection. The flash flooding occurred as a result of heavy rain and rapid snow melt.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5438349, 5438350, 5438351.