Flooding occurred across portions of central Indiana due to heavy rainfall that occurred on the 3rd and 4th. Rain of one to more than six inches fell in portions of southern Indiana and into northern Kentucky.
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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 3rd and 4th. Rain of one to more than six inches fell in portions of southern Indiana and into northern Kentucky.
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 4, 6:15 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN HAS EXITED EAST OF THE TAF SITES ALREADY...A VERY SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL TAKE ITS TIME TO CROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LINGERING DRIZZLE AND FOG THIS MORNING...WITH CIGS IN THE LIFR CATEGORY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. SOME SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT AFTER 20Z...WITH THINGS CLIMBING BACK TO IFR AND THEN MVFR AS THE UPPER SYSTEM FINALLY MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH. THE LOWER CLOUDS WILL TAKE A WHILE LONGER TO ERODE BUT AFTER 00Z THINGS WILL BECOME VFR. SKIES WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS. THIS COULD PRODUCE SOME PATCHY FOG...BUT GIVEN HOW FAR OUT THIS IS IN THE PERIOD AND SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW QUICKLY THE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR WHICH COULD LIMIT FOG...HAVE NOT ADDED ANY RESTRICTIONS YET. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON RAIN/TEMPS TODAY THEN ON TEMPS REMAINDER OF WEEKEND. AT 07Z A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SW TO NE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA /FA/ WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S S OF THE FRONT AND IN THE 40S N OF THE FRONT. RAIN WAS OVERSPREADING THE SERN HALF OF THE FA...WITH HEAVIEST RAIN S OF THE OH RIVER. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. GFS WAS DOING A LITTLE BETTER AT 06Z WITH SFC PRES WHILE NAM DID A LITTLE BETTER WITH QPF. WILL USE A BLEND FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST. EXPECT RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SRN FA AS 850 JET CONTINUES TO FEED INTO THIS AREA. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS OVERALL AREA OF RAIN GRADUALLY SHIFTING E. WILL USE PRE-FIRST PERIOD WORDING IN THE ZFP TO ACCOUNT FOR RAIN THAT WILL BE ONGOING AT ISSUANCE TIME. ALTHOUGH HEAVIEST RAIN IS FALLING CLOSER TO THE OH RIVER...LOOKS LIKE AREAS IN THE FLOOD WATCH MAY STILL SEE SOME FLOODING ISSUES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH...AND IT CAN BE CANCELED EARLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT LATER THIS MORNING. AFT 12Z...WHILE BULK OF RAIN SHOULD BE E OF FA...SERN FA STILL LOOKS TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT LIKELY OR HIGHER POPS. NWRN FA SHOULD HAVE VERY LOW POPS AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA. WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE POPS DURING THE DAY AS IN PREV FORECAST AS FRONT SAGS SE AWAY FROM THE FA. UPPER TROF STILL REMAINS TO THE W OF THE FA THRU 00Z SO WILL KEEP AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTN ACROSS AT LEAST SERN HALF OF FA. WITH UPPER TROF STILL TO THE W AND PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...CLOUDS SHOULD HANG AROUND ALL DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY TODAY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE FRONT IS LOCATED AT 12Z. WILL GO WARMEST SE CLOSER TO FRONT AND COOLEST NW WHERE CLOUDS AND WEAK COLD ADVECTION WILL KEEP CONDITIONS COOL. MAV LOOKS TOO WARM NW GIVEN THIS SCENARIO BUT LOOKS REASONABLE SE. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT AS UPPER TROF EXITS AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN. A BLEND OF MET/MAV MOS LOOKS BEST GIVEN THIS SCENARIO. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD PROVIDE THE FA WITH SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY. MAV NUMBERS LOOK TOO WARM GIVEN LACK OF SIGNIFICANT WARM ADVECTION AND EXPECTED 850 TEMPS. WENT CLOSER TO MET VALUES. THE HIGH WILL PROVIDE COOL CONDITIONS SAT NIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. AGAIN WENT CLOSER TO COOLER MET. SUNDAY WILL BE WARMER AS HIGH SLIDES OFF TO THE E AND NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. LOOKS LIKE FORCING WILL BE WEAK WITH NEXT SYSTEM AND TIMING LOOKS LATER...SO WENT DRY SUNDAY EVENING. LOW CHANCE POPS LOOK BEST OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY DUE TO THE LACK OF SIG FORCING. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR INZ060>065-067>072. && AVIATION...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 358 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052-054>057-051000- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- 358 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-053-051000- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-OWEN- 358 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THEY MIGHT BE SEVERE...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ062>065-072-051000- MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 358 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODED ROADWAYS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>071-051000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 358 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODED ROADWAYS. && 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 occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Rockford and Seymour, due to heavy rain.
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