Repeated rains in late June brought minor flooding to the Muscatatuck River in Scott County, Indiana.
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Repeated rains in late June brought minor flooding to the Muscatatuck River in Scott County, 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 8:31 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 931 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...FORECAST UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TAPERED OFF THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS THAT MOVED THROUGH...THOUGH A SOLID BAND OF MODERATE SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MCS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE UP TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THE MAIN QUESTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS HOW FAR EAST THIS FRONT WILL PUSH TODAY. CLOUDS WILL ALSO REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. GIVEN ALL THIS...HAVE LOWERED POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO THE CHANCE CATEGORY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPDATED FORECAST WILL BE OUT SOON. .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX FROM EASTERN MO/SOUTHERN IL/SOUTHWEST IN SCOOTING ESE TOWARD THE CWA. THIS COMPLEX WAS KICKED OFF BY SHORTWAVE THAT IS NOW MOVING INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. ALONG WITH THIS WAVE...A BULK SHEAR MAXIMA EXISTS AND WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME SUPPORT TO KEEP CONVECTIVE COMPLEX GOING INTO OUR AREA. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHICH IS DRAPED FROM SE MO TO W KY...OUR ENVIRONMENT CONSISTS OF MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...THIS HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE AS SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE AREA HAS STEEPENED LAPSE RATES AND BEST INSTABILITY AND CHANCE FOR SOMEWHAT SURFACE BASED ACTIVITY TOWARD DAWN WILL BE IN THE SOUTHWEST NEAR THE BOWLING GREEN REGION. EXPECT WEAKENING AS COMPLEX MOVES INTO OUR SLIGHTLY LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. HAVE BEEN MONITORING UPSTREAM AND HAVE NOT HAD MUCH IN THE WAY OF WIND REPORTS SO FEEL STABLE LAYER IS DOING ITS JOB AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AT THIS POINT SLIGHT RISK IN EFFECT FOR OUR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES LOOKS PRETTY REASONABLE AND EXPECT THAT ANY CHANCE FOR A CONVECTIVE WATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE WOULD BE LIMITED TO OUR SOUTHWESTERN CWA TOWARD DAWN. PERHAPS THE BIGGEST THREAT IS GOING TO BE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AS PWATS ARE APPROACHING 2 INCHES THROUGH THE COLUMN AND CONTINUED GULF MOISTURE IS STREAMING IN AT H85. EXPECTING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME TRAINING POSSIBLE AS CONVECTION HAS ORIENTED ITSELF SOMEWHAT WEST-EAST WITH AN ESE MOTION. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT GOING GOING OVER NW ILLINOIS HAS HAD THE BEST COLD POOL TO THIS POINT AND IS DIVING MORE SSE ALONG THE INSTABILITY GRADIENT. IF THIS CONTINUES THIS SHOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE TRAINING THREAT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL IN BETWEEN SDF AND BWG...EASTWARD TO LEX THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THEREAFTER...LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS COMPLEX CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW MORNING CONVECTION IMPACTS CHANCES FOR REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT BEGINS TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CWA. HIGH TODAY SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 80 IN THE BLUEGRASS TO THE MID 80S SOUTHWEST OF AN SDF TO SME LINE. .LONG TERM (MONDAY - SATURDAY)... MONDAY - TUESDAY... THE SURFACE WARM FRONT SHOULD BE STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER MCS IS FORECAST TO BE ONGOING ACROSS ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA /JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT/ BY SUNRISE MONDAY. THIS COMPLEX MAY CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND TRACK JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SO CLOSE TO THE NORTHERN CWA...WILL KEEP HIGHEST CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST /LOWER CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST/. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY GENERATE NUMEROUS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN THE CWA WILL BE WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR. COMBINE THESE BOUNDARIES WITH DIURNAL HEATING...QUITE STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND PLENTY OF CAPE...THE CHANCE EXISTS FOR REDEVELOPMENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. AS HEATING DISSIPATES...SO SHOULD ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING ONE MORE DAY. THE SURFACE HIGH IS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST...NOW CENTERED MORE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CONUS. THIS WILL SUPPLY A LITTLE MORE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. PWAT VALUES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 INCHES WILL POOL AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...WHILE STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE PRESENT WITH THE COOLER TEMPS ALOFT. GIVEN THIS...WILL CONTINUE CWA-WIDE CHANCE POPS TUESDAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...HIGHS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL GENERALLY REACH THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 70S...BUT WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY...TUESDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THROUGH THE PERIOD. FLOW ALOFT WILL GENERALLY BE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH NO SIGNS OF A DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE REGION. SO...WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE REGION SATURDAY...BUT ONLY THE PROGRESSIVE GFS DEVELOPS PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AT THIS TIME...WILL SIDE WITH THE ECMWF...NAEFS...AND GEFS SOLUTIONS BY KEEPING THE FRONT FURTHER NORTH AND WEST /ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS PERIOD WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S. && .AVIATION (12Z TAF ISSUANCE)... LEADING EDGE OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL OF THE TAF SITES AT THIS POINT...WITH LINGERING MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. CEILINGS/VIS HAVE MOSTLY STAYED IN THE LOW MVFR RANGE IN MODERATE RAIN BEHIND THE MAIN LINE...ALTHOUGH HAVE DIPPED INTO THE IFR CATEGORY AT TIMES. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST MOSTLY LOW MVFR UNTIL PRECIPITATION ENDS LATER THIS MORNING...BEFORE IMPROVING BACK TO VFR. SKIES WILL LIKELY CLEAR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS POINT AND WILL LIKELY ONLY MENTION CB GROUPS IN THE AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TRICKY BEHIND CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...HOWEVER SURFACE WINDS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON...FLOW SHOULD RETURN TO A MORE SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && UPDATE.........EER SHORT TERM.....BJS LONG TERM......MJP AVIATION.......BJS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 641 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-271045- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 641 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 /541 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND A WARM FRONT STRETCHES OUT JUST TO OUR NORTH. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ANY STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THIS FEATURE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BJS/MJP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
459 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 AM HAIL MOUNT WASHINGTON 38.05N 85.55W
06/26/2011 M0.75 INCH BULLITT KY TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100962
13PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
506 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0254 AM TSTM WND DMG DUFF 38.30N 87.05W
06/26/2011 DUBOIS IN PUBLIC
POWER LINES AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. TREES BLOCKING
ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG CR 650W BETWEEN DUFF AND IN 64.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100963
13PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
508 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 AM TSTM WND DMG IRELAND 38.42N 87.00W
06/26/2011 DUBOIS IN PUBLIC
TREE DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100964
13PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
511 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 AM HAIL ELK CREEK 38.10N 85.37W
06/26/2011 E0.50 INCH SPENCER KY PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100965
13PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNW MOUNT CARMEL 38.74N 86.26W
06/26/2011 WASHINGTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHITE RIVER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100966
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
637 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
KYZ078-081-082-261100-
CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-RUSSELL-
537 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING LAKE CUMBERLAND...
AT 632 AM EDT /532 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF CELINA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT...
LAKE CUMBERLAND...
DALE HOLLOW LAKE...
JAMESTOWN...
ALBANY...
WAGO AND VINNIE...
UPCHURCH AND SNOW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 8547 3689 8517 3711 8497 3711 8490
3705 8490 3699 8483 3695 8490 3696 8494
3692 8495 3686 8506 3683 8506 3676 8500
3670 8502 3663 8500 3661 8498 3661 8544
3662 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 283DEG 27KT 3716 8486 3687 8511
3662 8547
13The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains brought minor flooding to the Muscatatuck River at Deputy on the 26th of June. The river crested at 25.3 feet during the afternoon of the 26th. Flood stage is 20 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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