After the 9th, the track of the rain storms shifted south. The heaviest and most widespread rain of the month occurred from the morning of the 9th through the 11th.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
After the 9th, the track of the rain storms shifted south. The heaviest and most widespread rain of the month occurred from the morning of the 9th through the 11th. Rain of 1 to possibly 5 inches fell along and south of I-70. Brief lowland flooding developed along the Wabash, White and portions of the East Fork White Rivers in western and southern Indiana. River levels remained high in southwest Indiana as an|additional 1 to more than 4 inches of rain fell in southern Indiana from the 12th through the 19th.
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 Jun 13, 11:45 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1245 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR THE 18Z TAFS SFC LOW PRES ACRS WCNTRL IL WL SLIDE SE ACRS SRN IL AND KY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE. ISOLD RWS WERE BEGINNING TO POP UP JUST AHEAD OF A CD FNT EXTENDING FM THE SFC LOW SW ACRS ERN MO...AND ALSO N OF THE WARM FNT WHICH EXTENDED FM THE SFC LOW SE ACRS CNTRL INDIANA. MEANWHILE...A SERIES OF WEAK UPR LVL DISTURBANCES WL PASS E ACRS NRN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVE AS WELL WHICH COMBINED WITH WEAK INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT LOW LVL MOISTURE AND THE FRONTAL SYS WL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SCT TRWS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONT THROUGH AROUND 22Z AT LAF AND 00Z ELSEWHERE. CVRG WL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN VCTS. THE RAPID REFRESH RELECTIVITY FCST SUPPORTS THAT. CIGS SHOULD MOSTLY BE VFR BUT BECOME BKN. TNGT...SFC HIGH PRES WL BUILD IN AND WINDS WL BECOME VERY LGT TO CALM ESPECIALLY AT THE USUAL SPOTS. ALSO...BMG AND HUF SAW SOME IFR FOG LAST NGT AND A REPEAT LOOKS LIKELY. BASED ON MOS TEMP/DEW PT SPREADS...FOG COULD DEVELOP THERE AS EARLY AS 03Z AND SHOULD LIFT BY 13Z AS IT DID THIS MRNG AND BASED ON WEAK INVERSION FM MODEL SOUNDINGS. .PREV DISCUSSION... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON POPS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE EARLY MORNING SURFACE MAP SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH A TRAILING STATIONARY FRONT THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND FROM THERE EXTENDING WESTWARD AS A TROUGH TO A WEAK LOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. HIGH PRESSURE COULD BE FOUND ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES REGION. ALOFT AT H5 THE PATTERN SHOWS A RIDGE ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS AND UP INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. TROUGHING WAS PRESENT OVER THE WEST COAST...AND THERE WAS NORTHERN STREAM TROUGHING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. SHORTWAVE TROUGHS OF NOTE INCLUDED A FEATURE OVER EASTERN IOWA. THE MODELS ARE INITIALIZED DECENTLY AND ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOS GUIDANCE WAS ALSO CLOSE AND WAS BLENDED IN THIS PACKAGE. THE MODELS HAVE REACHED A BETTER AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE FORECAST THAN WAS SEEN IN LAST NIGHTS RUNS. FOR TODAY...SEVERAL WEAK FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DECENT CHANCES OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE FIRST WILL BE A WEAK SURFACE LOW OF ABOUT 1011MB CURRENTLY CENTERED IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. WIND FIELDS INDICATE THE LOW HAS A DEFINED CLOSED CIRCULATION. THE MODELS DEPICT THIS FEATURE AS MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BUT WEAKENING INTO MORE OF AN INVERTED TROUGH BY 00Z. ALSO PRESENT ALOFT IS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW OVER EASTERN IOWA. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BE IN ABUNDANCE WITH DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S BY THE AFTERNOON. WEAK INSTABILITY IS NOTED IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA WITH MUCAPE UP TO 1500 J/KG BY EVENING. LIFT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE APPROACHING SURFACE TROUGH AS WELL AS THE UPPER SYSTEM IN NORTHERN INDIANA. TIME HEIGHTS OF OMEGA INDICATE THE BEST LIFT IN THE H8-H7 LAYER CROSSING THE AREA FROM 15-21Z. WITH THE PRESENCE OF MOISTURE...LIFT...AND INSTABILITY...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE BEST POPS DURING THE 15-21Z TIME FRAME. HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP LIKELY POPS ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE NORTH MAY BE MOST LIKELY TO SEE PRECIP DUE TO ITS LOCATION NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW AND CLOSER TO THE UPPER SUPPORT OF THE SHORTWAVE. HOWEVER THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH INGREDIENTS FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL. THIS WILL BE DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND H8 TEMPS REMAINING +12 TO +14C. RAW NAM SFC TEMPS INDICATE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S ACROSS THE NORTH BUT FEEL THIS MAY BE OVERDONE IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED PRECIP. FOR TONIGHT WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH 06Z ACROSS THE EAST WHERE FORCING WILL LINGER WITH THE INVERTED TROUGH SLOW TO DEPART. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL PARTIALLY CLEAR WITH SUBSIDENCE MOVING IN WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH OUT OF THE LAKES. LOW TEMPS WILL DIP INTO THE 50S IN MOST LOCATIONS EXPECT IN URBAN AREAS. ON SUNDAY WILL NOT MENTION PRECIP IN THE FORECAST. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA WILL AID IN KEEPING THE PRECIP OFF TO OUR SOUTH. THE STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL ACT AS A CONVECTIVE FOCUS IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AS WELL. NO SIGNIFICANT LIFT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA COULD BE SEEN IN TIME HEIGHTS AND A LARGE POCKET OF DRY AIR DUE TO SUBSIDENCE WILL BE PRESENT. THIS LEAD TO NOT INCLUDING POPS AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN SATURDAY AND ARE LIKELY TO REACH 80 OR BETTER IN MOST LOCATIONS AS H8 TEMPS REMAIN AROUND +13C WITH MORE SUN THAN TODAY. OVERNIGHT SUNDAY WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE AND LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST ZONES. LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE IN THE MID LEVELS AS THE BOUNDARY WELL SOUTH BEGINS TO SURGE NORTH A BIT IN RESPONSE TO THE WEST COAST TROUGH MOVING INLAND AND FORCING STRONG WARM ADVECTION UP THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH. THESE LOW POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON MONDAY AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH IN EARNEST AS A WARM FRONT WHICH WILL INCREASE LIFT. BOTH MODELS INCREASE MCS ACTIVITY AGAIN BY MONDAY BUT ARE UNANIMOUS IN KEEPING THE BULK OF THE SYSTEMS TO OUR SOUTH AS WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE HIGHS AND THE UPPER RIDGE IS RATHER FLAT AND SUPPRESSED SOUTH. TEMPS ON MONDAY WILL WARM AS H8 VALUES MODERATE ABOVE +14C. IN THE MORE EXTENDED PERIODS A DECENT MODEL CONSENSUS ON BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES OF PRECIP LATER IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE ALONG THE NORTHWARD SURGING WARM FRONT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL AS THE WARM FRONT IS STILL TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW DECENT PRECIP OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA IN AN MCS SETUP. WILL KEEP POPS UP IN THE HIGHER END OF CHANCE CATEGORY DURING THIS TIME. STEADILY WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BY MID WEEK AS THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH. H8 TEMPS OF NEAR +20C BY LATE WEEK COULD MEAN WIDESPREAD MID TO UPPER 80S WITH SOME LOW 90S POSSIBLE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...MK PUBLIC...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 422 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-062>065-072-140830- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- JENNINGS- 422 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE FOG PRESENT THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. FOG COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE IN LOW LYING AND RURAL AREAS...BUT WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF AROUND SUNRISE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER DEADLY LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS. .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) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-061-067>071-140830- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-GREENE- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 422 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE FOG PRESENT THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. FOG COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE IN LOW LYING AND RURAL AREAS...BUT WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF AROUND SUNRISE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON PORTIONS OF THE WABASH...WHITE...AND EAST FORK WHITE RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER DEADLY LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE WABASH...WHITE...AND EAST FORK WHITE RIVERS THROUGH LATER THIS WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE MIDWEEK MAY EXACERBATE ONGOING LOWLAND FLOODING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .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) JOHNSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant agricultural lands flooded along the East Fork White River in/near Rockford, Indiana. The river crested 0.3 feet above flood stage on June 14th at a reading of 12.3 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated.
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