Flooding occurred across portions of central Indiana due to heavy rainfall that occurred on the 10th and the 11th. Rain of one to nearly three inches fell across the area.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding occurred across portions of central Indiana due to heavy rainfall that occurred on the 10th and the 11th. Rain of one to nearly three inches fell across the area.
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 Apr 11, 5:47 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 647 AM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS MAIN ISSUE WITH THIS TAF SET WILL BE THE WIND. STRONG SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 20 KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS INTO THE 30-35 KT RANGE. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SOME SCT CU WILL LIKELY FORM THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO BKN AS MOISTURE FROM A LARGE AND LOOMING UPPER LOW THAT WILL MOVE NEAR THE GREAT LAKES LATE IN THE TAF PD. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AROUND 20 PERCENT...BUT ITS TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAFS SO WILL USE CB FOR NOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION....RAIN WAS ENDING RAPIDLY ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA AS DRY SLOT WAS PUSHING IN. WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH ONLY FOR A FEW FAR SE COUNTIES AS FFA INDICATES RAIN AMOUNTS ARE APPROACHING FLOOD CRITERIA THERE AND RAIN MAY CONTINUE A FEW MORE HOURS THERE. OTHERWISE NO NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF OUR FORECAST AREA EXCEPT FOR WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON PREVIOUSLY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS LATER TODAY AND WHETHER ANY MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY. A 990 MB SURFACE LOW OVER IOWA WILL MOVE TO SRN WISCONSIN BY 00Z AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY. MODELS BRING COLD FRONT THROUGH AROUND 18Z. WILL MENTION A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS AROUND THAT TIME...OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY EXCEPT FOR THE SE EARLY THIS MORNING. MODELS SHOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AT 800 MB. BUFKIT INDICATES A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THIS COULD MIX DOWN TOWARDS THE SURFACE AS THERE WILL BE SOME SUNSHINE AND COLD ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON MAKING A PRETTY GOOD LASPE RATE. EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE...I BELEIVE IT IS ENOUGH TO WARRENT A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...MODELS BRING UPPER LOW INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY AND MOVE IT ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN OHIO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MOS POPS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS BY THEN. ALSO 1000-850 MB THICKNESS DROP TO OR BELOW 1300 METERS ALL BUT FAR SE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INDICATING POSSIBLE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST...EXCEPT WILL TREND A LITTLE COOLER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BASED ON NEW MODEL RUNS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FFLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR INZ063>065-070>072. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR INZ021-028>031-035>049. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...SALLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 604 AM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-121000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- 604 AM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. IN ADDITION A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EAST OF OUR AREA. RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS. SEE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051>057-060>065-067>072-121000- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- 604 AM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE AROUND THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EAST OF OUR AREA. RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...THE WABASH AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...THE WABASH AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS. SEE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vigo County, including near Terre Haute, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Rockford and Seymour, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Fountain County, including near Covington, due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in eastern Warren County due to heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2008
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: 93286, 93288, 93289, 93290, 93287, 93283, 93284.