Heavy rain across portions of central Indiana caused flash flooding to develop in Sullivan and Martin counties.
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Heavy rain across portions of central Indiana caused flash flooding to develop in Sullivan and Martin counties.
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 May 8, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 .DISCUSSION...FOR PUBLIC FORECAST MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON TIMING OF RAIN CHANCES OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR SOUTHWEST AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE THE RULE THERE. LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT 18Z. MODELS TRACK THIS SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND RAIN WILL END MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT AFTER A S/W MOVES THROUGH. A WEAK S/W WILL TRACK ACROSS OUR REGION LATE FRIDAY. EVEN THOUGH QPF WILL BE LIGHT MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE QPF WITH EACH RUN AND WILL FINALLY MENTION POPS WITH THIS SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH THE MODELS SEEM TO BE OVERDOING RAIN AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. WITH THE SURFACE LOW TRACKING FAR TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS AND QPF IN OUR SOUTHERN REGION. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BREAK IN PRECIP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THEN A STRONGER S/W WILL AFFECT US LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT. BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE TRENDING SLOWER AND STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM. IN THE EXTENDED ANOTHER S/W WILL AFFECT US MAINLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY PERIOD. HPC NUMBERS SEEM REASONABLE AND ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THE TAF PD BEFORE GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END THROUGH TONIGHT. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW A SATURATED ATMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE EXCEPTION IS KLAF WHERE LLVL DRY AIR WORKS INTO THE SITE AFTER MIDNIGHT. KIND...KHUF AND KBMG WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOUDY THROUGH MOST OF THE PD BUT CIGS WILL IMPROVE FROM IFR TO MVFR/VFR INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF SKIES DO CLEAR SOMEWHAT THEN FOG WILL BE AN ISSUE. AT THIS TIME WILL GO AS LOW AS 2SM AND REEVALUATE CLOUD CLEARING FOR THE 00Z ISSUANCE. AFTER RAIN CLEARS UP TONIGHT EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS TAF PD. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...SALLY PUBLIC...JH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 549 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>038-040>042-045-046-048-049-055>057-062>065- 072-091000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK- HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- JENNINGS- 549 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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) INZ039-043-044-047-051>054-091000- HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-MARION-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- 549 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND EEL RIVERS BY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND EEL RIVERS THROUGH EARLY 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) INZ060-061-067>069-091000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- 549 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND EEL RIVERS BY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND EEL RIVERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT THIS WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ070-071-091000- LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 549 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT THIS WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused numerous county roads in central Sullivan County to be flooded. Streets in the town of Sullivan were flooded in addition to cars being stranded in the flood waters.
Heavy rain caused roadways to flood in central portions of the county.
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: 102278, 102279.