Slow moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall were detected by National Weather Service Doppler radar over and around Jennings County in southeast Indiana during the early evening hours.
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Slow moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall were detected by National Weather Service Doppler radar over and around Jennings County in southeast Indiana during the early evening hours.
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 Jul 3, 5:35 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 635 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 040000Z TAF ISSUANCE. CDFNT CURRENTLY S OF THE TERMINALS WITH ORGANIZED CONVECTION DVLPG ALONG IT. WITH A CONTINUED SWD DRFT OF THE FNT...BELIEVE ORGANIZED CONVECTION WL REMAIN S OF THE TERMINALS THIS EVEN...WHERE BETTER SFC BASED INSTABILITY IS. OTRW...VORT MAX LOCATED NR KMCI XPCTD TO DRFT EWD ACRS THE AREA LTR TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...GOOD THREAT FOR RAIN TO SPREAD ACRS THE SRN TERMINALS MAINLY AFT 040500Z. MODELS PROG SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY BY THAT TIME...SO THERE IS A LO THREAT FOR CONVECTION MAINLY AT KBMG AND PSBLY KHUF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYS. STILL SOME POCKETS OF MVFR CIGS 015-025...BUT XPCTG THESE CIGS TO SCT OUT OVR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS WITH DRIER LO LVL AIR ADVECTING IN. MVFR CONDS SHOULD RE-DVLP TOWARDS SUNRISE ON FRI WITH LO LVL MOIST ADVECTION RETURNING WITH APPROACH OF WV. && .DISCUSSION... MAIN CHALLENGE TO THE FCST IS HOW MUCH CVRG AND QPF ESP N AS CD FNT CONTS TO SAG SLOWLY SE. THE FNT WAS JUST N OF DAY TO JUST N OF BMG AT 18Z. SWS ACRS SRN IA/NRN MO AND SERN MO WERE TRIGGER RWS AND ISOLD TRWS ACRS THE SRN HALF OF IL AND CNTRL IN THIS AFTERNOON. THE GFS WAS AN OUTLIER IN PROUCING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN ACRS THE CNTRL PART OF THE IND FA TNGT AS IT HAS THE FNT IN THE AREA. PREFER THE OTHER MODELS WITH FNT ALREADY S OF WHERE GFS HAS IT THIS EVENING AND DUE TO SHEAR STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. THAT SOLUTION WL PLACE THE BULK OF THE PRECIP ACRS OUR SRN FA WITH CAT POPS THERE TAPPERING OFF TO CHC POPS FAR N. GFS IN FACT IS WAY FURTHER N WITH THE FNT TOMORROW HOLDING IT UP ALONG THE OH RVR WHILE THE OTHERS HAVE IT N FURTHER N THAN SRN KY. THAT BEING SAID...THERE STILL COULD BE A FEW POP UPS ON FRI AS ATMS DESTABILIZES AND UPR TROF DEEPENS A BIT AS IT DRIFTS E ACRS THE MSP AND THEN OH VLYS. AS SUCH...WL EVEN KEEP SLGT CHC POPS NE AND S FRI NGT. FINALLY...ON SATURDAY...DRY AIR SPREADS ACRS THE ENTIRE FA WHICH SHOULD PUT AN END TO THE PRECIP. SOME CONCERN ABOUT FOG ACRS THE NRN ZONES WITH SOME CLRG POSSIBLE...BUT ATTM WL LEAVE OUT AND LEAVE TO EVE SHIFT TO LOOK AT WHEN THE SITUATION BECOMES A LITTLE CLEARER. ANOTHER FNT WL APPROACH THE FA MIDWEEK BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF TRWS TO CNTRL INDIANA. MOS TEMPS WERE VERY CLOSE AND LOOK REASONABLE CONSIDERING EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND LOW LVL THERMAL PROGS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...MK AVIATION...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051-052-042145- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY- 545 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 OVERNIGHT WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ053>057-060>065-067>072-042145- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 545 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITHIN THE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. THIS WILL PRODUCE A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IN SPOTS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME HOWEVER RAINFALL REPORTS AND ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE ENCOURAGED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CO
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Cars were stranded in the flood waters. Flowing water was observed across some roads.
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