Rainfall of one quarter to slightly over one inch from a cold frontal passage caused lowland flooding to return to portions of the Wabash River at the very end of February and into early March.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Rainfall of one quarter to slightly over one inch from a cold frontal passage caused lowland flooding to return to portions of the Wabash River at the very end of February and into early March.
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 28, 12:05 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1205 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 280600Z TAF ISSUANCE. MVFR CIGS CONTINUE TO THE THE RULE ACROSS THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MS AND AL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...AND WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...WILL KEEP A GRADIENT FOR MODERATE WINDS. TIME SERIES AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE RH BETTER THAN 80 PERCENT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND AN INVERSION BEWTEEN 2500 AND 3000 FT AGL. THUS...AM THINKING THAT SOME FOG COULD BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS SUNDAY MORNING. && .DISCUSSION...SFC ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS LOW PRES NEAR QUEBEC MOVING RAPIDLY NE. HIGH PRES WAS BUILDING AND THE UPPER MIDWEST. H2O VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS NEXT S/W OVR WY. NRNLY SFC FLOW WAS IN PLACE ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA UNDER CLOUDY SKIES AND DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE 20S. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE TEMPS AND PCPN. MODELS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL USE A BLEND. HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACRS THE GRT LKS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND WL KEEP A DRY AND COOL NE LOWER LVL FLOW ACRS INDIANA. THIS WL BE KEY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT S/W OVR WY. STRONG UPPER RIDGING IN THE WRN UNITED STATES AND A DEVELOPING STRONG UPPER TROUGH IN THE EAST WL HELP STEER THE APPROACHING S/W TO THE LWR MISSISSIPPI RVR VALLEY AND THEN ACRS TN. THE BEST DYNAMICS AND FORCING WITH THE SYSTEM WL REMAIN FAR SOUTH OF INDIANA...OVR KY AND TN. LOWER LVL Q VECTORS CONVERGENCE AND 295K ISENTROPIC SFC SHOWS BEST SET UP FAR SOUTH OF CENTRAL INDIANA WITH SUBSIDENCE SETTING UP ACRS OUR RGN IN RESPONSE TO HIGH ACRS THE GRT LKS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY DRY LOWER LVLS ACRS THE AREA...BUT SATURATION ALOFT. HENCE...FEEL ANY PCPN WL FALL AS VIRGA AS THE COOL DRY NE LOWER LVL FLOW EVAPORATES ANY PCPN. THUS CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AND SAT. WL LEAN AOB GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND FOR HIGHS ON SAT. TIME SECTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW CLOUDS LINGERING ACRS THE AREA ON SAT EVENING...BUT HINT AT A DEPARTURE ON SAT NIGHT AS THE LOW DEPARTS EASTWARD AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES OVR THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINS TO BUILD IN. CONFIDENCE IS LOW WHEN CLOUDS WL ACTUALLY DEPART ON SAT NIGHT...BUT WL INTRODUCE A DECREASING CLOUDINESS TREND ALONG BUT STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS FOR LOWS. WL LEAN TO THE COOLER SIDE OF HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY WITH PTCLDY CLOUDY SKIES AND SUBSIDENCE EXPECTED UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE. FURTHERMORE...GOOD CAA CONTINUES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES...THUS WL LEAN AOB MAVMOS ON LOWS. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...A STRONG RIDGE WL BUILD ACRS THE WRN UNITED STATES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...KEEPING TEMPS BELOW NORMAL AS DRY WX WL CONTINUE DUE TO THE LACK OF ANY MOISTURE. GFS PUSHING A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES ACROSS INDIANA ON TUESDAY...BUT WITH A LACK OF MOISTURE AND UPPER SUPPORT...PCPN CHCS ATTM SEEM RATHER LOW FOR THIS DISORGANIZED SYSTEM. ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRES WL PUSH TOWARD THE GRT LKS ON WED AS THE UPPER RIDGE ACRS THE WEST BEGINS TO SLIDE TO THE EAST. THUS MORE DRY WX WITH A WARMING TREND. FINALLY BY THURSDAY NIGHT SFC FLOW BECOMES A BIT MORE SOUTHERLY AS INDIANA IS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AREA OF HIGH PRES. ATTM WL INCLUDE SOME LOW CHC POPS AS A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH TOWARD INDIANA ON THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT CONFIDENCE THIS FAR OUT IS STILL RATHER LOW. WARMER TEMPS ON FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AS SW FLOW RESUMES. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...DWM PUBLIC...PUMA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 259 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2009 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-282000- 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- 259 PM EST FRI FEB 27 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including in and near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. The river crest was less than one foot above flood stage. This event continued into March.
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