Rain of 1 to more than 4 inches fell in much of central Indiana on the last three days of April, bringing flood conditions back to the Eel River for the second time this month.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Rain of 1 to more than 4 inches fell in much of central Indiana on the last three days of April, bringing flood conditions back to the Eel River for the second time this month.
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 28, 6:00 AM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 700 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009 .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR THE 12Z TAFS PRECIP SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER WAVE WILL EXIT THE TAF SITES EARLY THIS MORNING LEAVING MVFR VIS AND IFR CIG CONDS ACROSS THE AREA INTO MIDDAY. THE SFC FRONT WHICH IS NOW ACROSS CENTRAL IL AND NORTHERN IN WILL ONLY SLOWLY SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR LOW MVFR CIGS OR IFR CIGS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF I-70 LATER TODAY WHICH WILL ALLOW SFC WINDS TO BECOME NE AOB 8KTS. SCT SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE MAY ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS ADDITIONAL UPPER ENERGY WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION. LOW CIGS AND MVFR VIS CONDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AS THE SFC LOW AND FRONT SHIFTS TOWARD THE OH RIVER WHILE WEAK SOUTHERLY WINDS PERSIST ATOP THE SFC FRONT IN THE 950-850MB LAYER. && .PREV DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON PRECIP CHANCES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS OVER IL THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER PARTS OF THE IND CWA WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EFFINGHAM IL INTO AR. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA LATER THIS MORNING. TODAY...300K ISENT SURFACE DEPCITS THE CURRENT SITUATION PRETTY WELL WITH BEST UPGLIDE/OMEGA EARLY THIS MORNING. LINE OF TSRA WILL PASS THROUGH AND WILL LIKELY BE STRONG BUT STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. FROPA IS EXPECTED THIS AFERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AS THE DAY GOES ON. WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIP ONGOING THIS MORNING AND FROPA THIS AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL HANG IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S FOR HIGHS. TONIGHT...HAVE TAPERED POPS OFF FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY OUT OF THE CWA. WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S. WEDNESDAY...GFS/NAM HOLD A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER ON WED AND KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS AND QPF OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. HAVE HELD ON TO LOW POPS IN THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA AS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ACTUAL PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT COULD BE FARTHER NORTH. TEMPS ON WED WILL AGAIN RANGE FROM THE MID 60S NORTH TO NEAR 70 SOUTH. ON WED NIGHT THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AS A SHWV MOVES THROUGH. THE NAM IS STRONGER THAN THE GFS WITH THIS WAVE BUT AT THIS TIME THE RESULT WILL BE THE SAME. HIGHER POPS WILL BE IN THE 06Z-12Z TIME FRAME WHEN BEST MOISTURE COINCIDES WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SHWV. THURSDAY...WARMFRONT WILL BE NORTH OF THE CWA PUTTING MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE WARM SECTOR. WITH YET ANOTHER SHWV PASSING THROUGH ALONG WITH INCREASING CAPE HAVE RAISED TSRA CHANCES TO LIKELY ON THURS. POPS LINGER INTO THURS NIGHT AS THE SURFACE FRONT THAT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST WILL BE SLOW MOVING DUE TO THE PERSISTENT HIGH OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. TEMPS ON THURS WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER AND MID 70S. FRIDAY...NAM/GFS PRESENT A SIMILAR SCENARIO WITH THE COLD FRONT SLOWING OR STALLING SOMEWHERE OVER INDIANA ON FRIDAY. WITH MOSTLY ZONAL FLOW AT H5 AND THE HIGH OFF THE CAROLINA COAST THERE ISNT MUCH TO KICK THIS SYSTEM OUT OF THE AREA SO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY ON FRIDAY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ENDS UP. DID NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO THE CURRENT UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY. SATURDAY...ECMWF/GFS BOTH HAVE THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE CWA ON SATURDAY WITH COOLER TEMPS BEHIND IT. CURRENT FORECAST IS DRY AND SEE NO GOOD REASON TO CHANGE THAT FOR NOW. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING PRECIP INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AGAIN DEPENDING ON FRONTAL POSITION BUT WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. TEMPS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE 60S. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...CO PUBLIC...SALLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 828 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009 INZ053>057-060>065-067>072-291000- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 828 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) INZ021-028>031-035>049-051-052-291000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY- 828 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IF NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) KOCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County in and near Bowling Green, IN.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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