High water on the White River in western Daviess County caused a break in a levee near County Roads 650 North and 375 West, about three miles west of Indiana 57. The break was reported to be about 25 miles wide.
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High water on the White River in western Daviess County caused a break in a levee near County Roads 650 North and 375 West, about three miles west of Indiana 57. The break was reported to be about 25 miles wide.
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 Mar 6, 3:25 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AND START TO MOVE SOME OF THE CLOUD COVER OUT BY MORNING. THE WEATHER SHOULD BE DRY AND QUIET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE A PLAINS SYSTEM APPROACHES ON TUESDAY AND BRINGS RAIN AND CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE AREA STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN A CHANCE FOR SNOW TO MIX IN. BY THURSDAY NIGHT ANOTHER UPPER RIDGE MOVES IN TO DRY THINGS OUT UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...FORECAST FOCUS IS ON SKY COVER/TEMPERATURES. LOW CLOUDS ARE BREAKING UP SLOWER THIS AFTERNOON THAN MODELS ARE SHOWING IN TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS. SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO STREAMING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS UPPER RIDGE AND THESE SHOULD BE ARRIVING TONIGHT AS WELL. ALL TOLD WILL HOLD ONTO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. THIS COULD HAVE A WARMING EFFECT ON LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT HOWEVER THE AREA IS STARTING OUT FROM HIGHS TODAY ONLY IN THE 30S TO MAYBE LOW 40S AT BEST. WITH THESE COUNTERACTING FACTORS SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM A MODEL/MOS CONSENSUS FOR LOWS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SO WILL USE A BLEND. FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUT SINCE IT REMAINS CENTERED NORTH OF HERE EXPECT TO SEE PARTLY CLOUDY RATHER THAN CLEAR SKIES. ON TUESDAY ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINS ACROSS THE AREA IN EARNEST BY AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW NOT SEEING SATURATION AND THUS WILL JUST INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON. TUESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER THE SYSTEM REALLY GETS GOING. LOW LEVEL JET NOT AS IMPRESSIVE /STILL 50 KTS OR SO BUT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH/ IN THE ECMWF BUT LOOKS GREAT IN THE GFS AND PRETTY GOOD IN THE NAM. SINCE THE NAM SEEMS IN THE MIDDLE WILL FAVOR ITS PLACEMENT/STRENGTH OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. UPPER LEVEL JET ALSO MAKES AN APPEARANCE AND WITH THE UPPER TROF HAVING A NEUTRAL OR SLIGHTEST BIT NEGATIVE AXIS THE DYNAMICS ARE DEFINITELY THERE SO FORCING WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM AND WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS. BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER THE AREA BUT THESE MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY /HERE AND GONE IN 6 HOURS/ SO WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS POSSIBLE IT SHOULD BE QUICK-HITTING AND HOPEFULLY NOT ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CURRENT FLOODING ISSUES. THIS SAID THOUGH WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED A HEAVIER BAND THAT DROPS A QUICK INCH OR SO COULD STILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS. THE DYNAMICS ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET TAKES A BIT OF TIME TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND THUS WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING WEDNESDAY. DYNAMICALLY THE SYSTEM LOOKS GOOD AND HAS SOME GOOD WIND SHEAR...HOWEVER...THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING PROGGED IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY AT THE SURFACE OR ALOFT. WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S MAYBE SCRAPING THE LOW 50S IT LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT WILL BE THE WATER AND NOT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TEMPERATURES GENERALLY USED A MODEL CONSENSUS...EXCEPT WENT A LITTLE WARMER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WARM ADVECTION AND RAIN SO BUMPED UP A COUPLE DEGREES TO BE CLOSE TO WET BULB TEMPERATURES. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AND HPC GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD SEE PRECIPITATION HANG AROUND IN THE NORTH AND EAST AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY. NOT SURE ON THE TIMING OF FRONTAL EXIT SO WILL JUST KEEP A CHANCE GOING IN THE EAST AND THE NORTH AND SLIGHT ELSEWHERE. WITH ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR ALOFT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCLUDE A RAIN SNOW MIX EARLY AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE. COULD SEE A BIT OF WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUNDINGS SHOW SNOW IF ANYTHING. THE TROUGH AXIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY SO BY THURSDAY NIGHT UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THINGS QUIET UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND BRINGS MORE PRECIP CHANCES. RIGHT NOW BOTH GEFS...GFS...AND ECM ARE SHOWING THE COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVING THROUGH AND THEN HIGH PRESSURE REESTABLISHING SO FOR NOW WILL ONLY INCLUDE POPS ON SATURDAY. && .AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR THE 18Z TAFS/... MVFR EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO VFR DURING THIS TAF PERIOD. MVFR CLOUDS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND RUC13 CONTINUES TO SHOW TRAPPED LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE AS RIDGING TO THE WEST SLOWLY BUILDS IN AND LOWER LEVEL FLOW SLOWLY BECOME MORE ANTI-CYCLONIC. AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN TONIGHT...LOWER LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD BE VANQUISHED...JUST LEAVING SOME BROKEN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE STATE IN THE QUICK FLOW ALOFT. TIME HEIGHTS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SATURATION IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CP NEAR TERM...CP SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM....CP AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 406 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 INZ021-030-031-036>038-040>042-045-046-048-049-055-057-062-063- 065-072-070915- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN- DECATUR-JENNINGS- 406 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .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) INZ028-029-035-039-043-044-047-051>054-056-070915- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-MARION-VIGO- CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SHELBY- 406 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON AREA RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS. .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) INZ060-061-064-067>071-070915- SULLIVAN-GREENE-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 406 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON AREA RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS. .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)
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A state conservation officer reported a levee break on the White River near County Roads 650 North and 375 West, about three miles west of Indiana 57. The break was reported to be about 25 feet wide and the cause is unknown.
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