The Wabash flooded in Knox County in late March, remaining high into April.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
The Wabash flooded in Knox County in late March, remaining high into April.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 29, 12:12 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 112 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2007 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. THE SURFACE FRONT IS NOW SOUTH OF ALL TAF SITES AND A LOW LEVEL MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE KLAF AND KIND TERMINALS OVERNIGHT...BUT MAY BE IN THE VICINITY OF KHUF AND KBMG UNTIL 09Z. CIGS ARE MVFR AT ALL SITES...EXCEPT IFR AT KBMG. CIGS AT IND MAY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN MVFR AND VFR AS DRIER AIR UPSTREAM TRIES TO MOVE IN. WILL FORGO ANY TEMPO GROUPS THOUGH AND KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH PREDOMINANT HIGH END MVFR CONDS AT IND. BY 16-18Z CIGS WILL IMPROVE INTO THE VFR CATEGORY...FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY DRY OUT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE WITH ITS DRY AND COOLER AIRMASS WILL WORK ITS WAY IN TO THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN CLOSE OUT THE TAF PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007/ DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/ MAIN CONCERNS ARE RAIN CHANCES FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES. A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE LOCATED FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PROVIDE CONTINUED LIFT ABOVE NEAR SATURATED LOW LEVELS. THIS SYSTEM IS FCST TO WEAKEN AND CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NE. AT 19Z...A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...ARE ELONGATED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WITH AMPLE ISENTROPIC LIFT EVIDENT FROM MORNING PROGS...EXPECTING THESE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. HAVE TAILORED PRECIP FCST TOWARDS MAV GUIDANCE WHICH INDICATES LIKELY POPS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA. HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY IN SW AREAS AS PRECIP MOVES TO NE AND LEFT OUT THUNDER MENTION IN NE ZONES. HAVE KEPT OVERNIGHT POPS THE SAME WHICH IS BELOW GUIDANCE DUE TO WEAKENING UPPER ASCENT. TEMP GRADIENT ACROSS FA ABOUT 20 DEG THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL KEEP SIMILAR TEMP GRADIENT ORIENTATION OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE BUMPED UP A DEG OR TWO FROM MAV MOS BECAUSE ATMOSPHERE IS RATHER MOIST AT LOW LEVELS AND ONLY DIURNAL TEMP TREND EXPECTED...WITH OPPOSITION TO THE IDEA OF SLIGHT CAA FROM THE NORTHEAST. LONG TERM /THUR THROUGH WEDS/ I WILL USE A THE GFS ENSEMBLE FOR GUIDANCE ON APPROX TIMING OF SYSTEMS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ALL IN ALL LOOK FOR ABOVE AVG TEMPS TO PERSIST BEFORE A POTENTIAL MAJOR PATTERN SHIFT TO A COLDER REGIME TAKES PLACE MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. BOTH ECMWF AND GFS AGREE THAT THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORM CHCS. AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE REGION IT WILL WEAKEN LEAVING A RATHER MILD AIRMASS IN PLACE. ENSEMBLE MOS GUIDANCE AND LATEST GFS MOS GUIDANCE ARE MUCH WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS FCST. CONSENSUS AGREES THAT TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVG IN WAKE OF THE FRONT SUN AND MON. WE HAVE RAISED TEMPS TO AN AVG OF ENSEMBLE AND GFS NUMBERS FOR SUN THROUGH TUES. AS MENTIONED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALSO SUGGEST ANOTHER TRANSIENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND SFC LOW WILL DRAG ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY INTO WEDS. THEREAFTER A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE IS SUGGESTED BY THE 12Z GFS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE ECMWF WITH COLDER THAN AVG CONDS POSSIBLE BEYOND NEXT WEDS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...JOHNSON/CS PUBLIC...CO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 214 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007 INZ021-028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-291815- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- 214 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007 /114 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. LOW LAND FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG A LARGE PORTION OF THE WABASH RIVER...AND ON THE WHITE RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM CENTERTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER ITS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVER. THE RIVERS HAVE CRESTED IN MOST AREAS. HOWEVER SOME AREAS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA MAY CREST IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS ON ANY FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ030-031-037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-291815- CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 214 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY...BECOMING MUCH MORE NUMEROUS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER ITS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY...MONDAY OR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding finally came to the Wabash in Knox County in late March. Water remained high into April. Crests were over three feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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