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 11, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 .DISCUSSION...AT 18Z...TEMPS ACRS THE CWA WERE IN THE MID-UPR 70S...W/ WDSPRD SHRA EVIDENT ON 88D PIX...NATL MOSAIC INDICATED FURTHER RA TO OUR SW...AND XPCT THIS TO BE THE RULE OVR THE NEXT 24-48 HRS AS A CHAIN OF UPR WAVES TRAVERSES THE REGION. SOME CLEARING EVIDENT ON VIS PIX OVR IL/MO...CONTRIBUTING TO INCR INSTAB AND TSRA DVLPMNT. FORECAST CHALLENGE TO BE POPS AND QPF IN THE SHORT TERM ONCE AGAIN. ONLY MINOR DIFF NOTED IN MODELS WITH REGARD TO PROGRESSIVENESS AND STRENGTH OF SFC REFLECTION OF BROAD UPR DISTURBANCE OVR MS VALLEY AND CENT PLAINS ATTM. THIS HAS LTL EFFECT ON RESULTANT PRECIP FIELDS HOWEVER...AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO BLEND W/ LITTLE ISSUE TDY. SERIES OF WAVES EVIDENT IN H5 ANALYSIS AND SAT PIX WL TRAIN OVR REGION THRU THU AFTN. VERY MOIST ATMS WL COMBINE W/ H85 LLJ AND INCRSNG UPR LVL SUPPORT TO CONT WIDESPREAD RAIN W/ ISO TSRA TNGT AND TMRW. SIGNS POINT TO HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN TDY...W/ PWATS CONTINUING AT 150-200 PCT OF NORMAL...DEEP WARM LAYER /0C HTS 15.5-16KFT/...AND NEAR TROPICAL PROFILES EVIDENT ON MRNG UPR AIR AND FCST SNDGS. PRECIP EFFICIENCY SHOULD BE RATHER HIGH TNGT AND TMRW BEFORE MID AND UPR LVL DRYING BEGINS OVR CWA. HAVE ALREADY SEEN WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCH AMTS...W/ ANOTHER INCH OR TWO APPEARING LIKELY. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS ON SOME SMALLER FLASHIER WATERSHEDS...BUT MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD HANDLE WATER WELL...GIVEN LOW LVLS AND PREVIOUSLY DRY SOILS FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. AM A BIT CONCERNED THAT A BNDRY/CONV ZONE FROM NR IKK-IND-NEAR LMK THAT HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN SFC ANALYSIS TDY MAY CAUSE HIGHER PRECIP AMTS TNGT AS LLJ CRANKS UP...BUT NOT ENUF TO GO W/ FLOOD WATCH. WIDESPREAD RAIN OVR 2-3 INCHES ON TOP OF THAT WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS THOUGH. AT LEAST SOME INSTAB PRESENT THRU THU AFTN...W/ BEST BEING WED AND THU AFTNS...SO AT LEAST ISO THUNDER WL BE PRESENT WITH ANY ACTIVITY THRU THEN. AFT TNGT...WIND FIELDS ARE FAIRLY WEAK THOUGH...SO LITTLE TO NO SVR THREAT ANTICIPATED. PCP CHCS TAPER OFF THRU THU AFTN AS SYS PULLS NE AND DRAGS A BOUNDARY SE OF THE CWA. FM FRI ONWARD...DRY FCST LOOKS OK. GFS CONTS TO ADVERTISE HT RISES AND H85 WARMING TO 20-22C OVR THE WKND. MEX GUID APPEARS TO HANDLE THIS WELL...W/ HIS AROUND 90 TO LWR 90S. SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HUMIDITY WL TEMPER THIS...BUT H85 TO 22C MIXES DOWN TO ABT MID 90S...SO LWR 90S SHOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT TO REACH. FOR TEMPS...W/ DEWPOINTS IN THE LWR 70S ACRS THE CWA...AND WIDESPREAD RAIN AND LOW CLDS XPCTD OVRNGT...WL BUMP MOS UP A FEW DEGS TO NR AFTN DEWPOINTS. FOR TMRW...RAIN AND LOW CLDS SHOULD CONT...BUT SOME LLVL WAA WL OFFSET THIS. STILL...MAV LOOKS A BIT WARM GIVEN PARCEL TRAJ AND UPSTREAM TEMPS ATTM...SO WL LEAN TOWARDS COOLER MET. FOR WED NGT...SOME DRY ADVECTION BEGINS...BUT SOME CLDS XPCTD TO LINGER AND -RA POSS...SO WL LEAN TO WARM SIDE OF MOS. ALTHOUGH A BNDRY MAY BE IN THE AREA THU...XPCT MORE SUN AND H85 TEMPS WARM TO NEAR 18C...SO WL LEAN TO WARMER MAV. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS EXPECT PREVAILING MVFR CONDS WITH PERIODS OF IFR THROUGH SUNSET WITH MAINLY IFR AFTER SUNSET. THE MORNINGS CONDS WITH MVFR AND IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDS. A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY THAT WAS LOCATED FROM LAF TO IND EARLIER AND ACTED AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NE. NOW THERE IS LITTLE OR NO FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS WHICH MAKES TIMING AND LOCATION OF STORMS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE SUGGESTS THAT ANY CIG IMPROVEMENT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS MORE PRECIP AND LOW CLDS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 21Z. BEYOND 00Z...I EXPECT PREVAILING CONDS TO FEATURE SHOWERS WITH SCT THUNDERSTORMS. CIGS AND VIS SHOULD BOTH LOWER AFTER SUNSET TO IFR CONDS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...NIELD AVIATION...CO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 411 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-120815- 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- 311 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 /411 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN OCCUR BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM LIGHTNING WILL BE A HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SALLY
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over county roads near New Ross. No damage occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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