Follow up rains on the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th of April of 1/2 to slightly more than 1-inch brought the river level back up somewhat along the White River in southwest Indiana.
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Follow up rains on the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th of April of 1/2 to slightly more than 1-inch brought the river level back up somewhat along the White River in southwest Indiana.
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 16, 12:06 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 106 PM EDT THU APR 16 2009 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS. VFR THRU THE PD. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DIURNAL CU IS ALL THAT IS EXPCTED TODAY WITH AN EAST WIND AROUND 10 KTS DIMINISHING TO 5KTS OR LESS TONIGHT. WITH STRONG ENOUGH SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH THERE WONT BE MUCH CU TOMORROW...POSSIBLY SOME JUST SOUTH OF KHUF MAYBE IN THE SCT CATEGORY. WIND WILL SHIFT TO 120-130 AROUND 17/15Z AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH MOVES EAST. && .DISCUSSION... MAIN WEATHER FACTOR TO WORK WITH IS NOT UNTIL THE WEEKEND. FOR THE VERY SHORT TERM HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF COAST. AN AREA OF PERSISTANT HIGHER RH WITH ASSOCIATED CLOUDS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS. THE GFS 80 PERCENT RH AT 850 MB IS THE CLOSEST MODEL TO THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUDS. FOLLOWING THIS THE CLOUDS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE CWA BY AFTERNOON. SO WILL GO WITH DECREASING CLOUDS. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS MAX TEMPS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY LOWER THEN GUIDANCE. SO WILL GO NEAR THE COOLER NAM TEMPS. GOOD WAA CONTINUES THURSDAY NIGHT. 850 MB TEMPS INCREASE 3-4C FROM 18Z-12Z. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING. THE WAA SHOULD BE STRONGER THEN THE RADIATIONAL COOLING SO WILL GO NEAR THE NOT AS COOL GFS. THE JET REMAINS OVER THE GULF COAST STATES. THIS WILL KEEP THE SYSTEMS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY AREAS. THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND ALL WEEK. THE HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER INDIANA ON FRIDAY. WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE AND SOME WAA CONTINUING WILL GO NEAR GUIDANCE HIGHS WHICH DIFFER VERY LITTLE. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN FRIDAY NIGHT. LITTLE IF ANY DROP OFF OF THE 850 MB TEMPS. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK GOOD. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WHEN THE RAIN BEGINS DURING THE WEEKEND. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN SLOWING UP THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE HIGH AND THE COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS. THE GFS REMAINS THE QUICKER MOVING OF THE MODELS BUT SINCE THE TREND HAS BEEN FOR SLOWER MOVEMENT WILL GO WITH THE NAM WHICH IS SLOWER. IN ADDITION IT SHOULD TAKE AWHILE FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME SATURATED ENOUGH FOR RAIN TO REACH THE GROUND. EACH FORECAST HAS PUSHED BACK THE ONSET OF THE RAIN. WILL CONTINUE THAT WITH HOLDING OFF THE PCPN UNTIL EVENING WITH A CHC WEST AND SLIGHT CHANCE CENTRAL AN EAST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A LOW MOVING THROUGH TN AND KY AS THE TREND HAS BEEN. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE RAIN ON SUNDAY. THE JET WILL REMAIN OVER THE GULF COAST STATES SO THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE LOW MAY BE EVEN SLOWER THEN THE GUIDANCE HAS IT. THE TREND HAS ALSO BEEN FOR A LARGE AREA OF HIGH RH TO WRAP AROUND THE LOW. SO WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW DURING THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK TEMPS WILL TURN MUCH COOLER. SOME FROST MAY BE A POSSIBILITY TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...SALLY PUBLIC...SH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1219 PM EDT THU APR 16 2009 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052-054>057-062>065-069-072-171630- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- MARTIN-JENNINGS- 1219 PM EDT THU APR 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. .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) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-053-060-061-067-068-070-071-171630- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-OWEN-SULLIVAN- GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 1219 PM EDT THU APR 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND THE EAST FORK WHITE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE WHITE RIVER IN CENTRAL INDIANA WILL ALSO REMAIN IN FLOOD BELOW ELLISON. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK ON THE WABASH RIVER. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL ALSO PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND ON THE WHITE RIVER BELOW ELLISTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. .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) CO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief and very minor lowland flooding returned to the Spencer, Indiana area along the White River mid-April. The river crested 0.1 feet above flood stage on April 16th at a reading of 14.1 feet.
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