Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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 Feb 8, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2008 .DISCUSSION...LOW PRES WAS FOUND ACRS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STS. IR PIX SHOW COOLING CLOUD TOPS ACRS MO AND WRN IL. SFC DEWPOINTS ACRS THE FA WERE IN THE LOWER 30S. NATIONAL RADAR MOSAICS SHOW A THIN BAND OF PCPN SRN MO. LGT S TO SW SFC FLOW WAS FOUND ACRS THE FA. MAIN CHALLENGE TONIGHT WL BE POPS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN BUT DIFFER IN THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND FORCING. GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THIS TIME AROUND AS THE WEAK S/W OVR THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RVR VALLEY PUSHES THROUGH INDIANA MAINLY THIS EVENING. NAM IS LEES MOIST. SFC OBS ATTM DO NOT REPORT ANY PCPN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND TIME SECTIONS SHOW GOOD LOWER LVL MOISTURE BUT LIMITED FORCING. BEST LWR LVL Q VECTOR FORCING WL BE FOUND ACRS THE NRN PART OF THE STATE. FURTHERMORE THE SYS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS IT APPROACHES AS ISENTROPIC VV DECREASES THIS EVENING. HENCE WL CUT POPS ACRS THE AREA BY 20-30 PERCENT. IF ANY PCPN DOES OCCUR...AMOUNTS WL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. AS FOR TEMPS WL USE A BLEND OF THE MAVMOS AND METMOS FOR LOWS. SATURDAY WL BE SIMILAR TO TDY AS INDIANA WL BE BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS. HENCE EXPECTING PTCLDY SKIES BUT SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS THAN TDY GIVEN THE SLIGHTLY WARMER H8 TEMPS. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE RGN ON SAT NIGHT. AGAIN MOISTURE IS LIMITED THUS NO POPS WL BE INCLUDED BUT WL INCLUDE SOME SCT FLURRIES THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT DUE TO LOWER LVL CONVERGENCE. LOOK FOR TEMPS TO DROP THROUGH THE NIGHT AS H8 TEMPS FALL NEAR -20C BY 12Z. WL LEAN TO THE COOLER SIDE OF THE MAV. STRONG CAA IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY ALONG WITH SOME SUNSHINE AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS WL BE IN PLACE. STRONG CAA IN PLACE ALSO. WL KEEP HIGH TEMPS AOB MAVMOS. TEMPS WL START TO RECOVER ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE CD POOL SLIDES EAST. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...DRY WX BUT INCREASING CLOUDS EXPECTED AS WAA RETURN FLOW BEGINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. GFS THEN BEGINS TO PUSH A AREA OF LOW PRES TOWARD THE GRT LKS ON TUESDAY. WL NEED TO INCLUDE POPS WITH THIS SYS. LATEST RUN OF THE GFS PUTS CENTRAL INDIANA BRIEFLY IN THE WARM SECTOR...WHICH SHUD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A MIX OF PCPN TO BE MENTIONED AT THIS POINT. GIVEN YESTERDAYS MODEL RUN WHICH HAS THIS SYSTEM SOUTH OF INDIANA...CONFIDENCE IS LOW ATTM. DRY WX EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACRS THE AREA FOR WED AND THURS. ATTM TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN RATHER SEASONABLE AS THERE IS NO APPARENT SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR BEHIND TUESDAY/S SYS. A WEAK BACK DOOR CD FRONT WL PUSH TOWARD INDIANA FROM THE NORTH ON FRI. WL INCLUDE SOME POPS FOR NOW...BUT ATTM PCPN AMOUNTS WOULD APPEAR TO BE QUITE LGT. .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR THE 18Z TAFS SFC/850MB DELTA T/S SUGGEST SOME INSTABILITY CLD DVLPMT THIS AFT BASED 020-030. OTRW...XPCTG LYRD CLDS ABV 050 THRU 090600Z FOR THE MOST PART. APPROACHING SYS MAY PROVIDE A NARROW WINDOW FOR A LT PCPN THREAT AFT 090300Z ACRS THE TERMINALS...BUT LIFT PANELS OFF THE MODELS SUGGESTS THE KLAF TERMINAL WL HAVE THE BETTER CHCS. PARTIAL THICKNESSES SUGGEST MAINLY RAIN OR POSSIBLY A RAIN/SNOW MIX. CIGS MAY LOCALLY LWR BLW 050 INVOF OF THE PCPN AREAS...BUT STILL VFR FOR THE MOST PART. WNDS BASED OFF OF MORN UA SUGGEST A FEW SFC WND GUSTS 15-18KT PSBL FM THE SSW THIS AFT. ANY GUSTS SHOULD DISSIPATE ARND SUNSET AS MIXING DIMINISHES. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...PUMA AVIATION...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 319 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-092030- 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- 319 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...WABASH AND OTHER CENTRAL INDIANA RIVERS. CHECK THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THERE IS CHANCE FOR A SNOW RAIN MIX ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AND SNOW THAT DOES ACCUMULATE WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THE WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...WABASH AND OTHER CENTRAL INDIANA RIVERS. CHECK THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILL READINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL REACH AS LOW AS TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A RAIN OR SNOW MIXTURE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .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) PUMA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Lawrence County, including near Rivervale, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Lawrence County, including near Bedford, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Numerous county roads were flooded including Indiana 450, Fort Ritner Road, and Buddha Bypass Road.
Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Lawrence County, including near Williams, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 80302, 80306, 80309.