A band of rainfall, with embedded thunderstorms, pushed through central Indiana during the early morning hours of January 13th. Flooding and damaging wind were the main threats from this area of rainfall.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A band of rainfall, with embedded thunderstorms, pushed through central Indiana during the early morning hours of January 13th. Flooding and damaging wind were the main threats from this area of rainfall.
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 Jan 12, 11:50 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1150 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 .UPDATE... AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 354 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER WAVE OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY WITH RAIN MIXING WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE ENDING OVERNIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN EXPAND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BRINGING DRY COLD WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 830 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 GOING FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO INCORPORATE LATEST OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS. FIRST WAVE OF RAINFALL IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL/THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINED UP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH STRETCHES FROM SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY BORDER AND INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. OFF HOUR FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE A BIT LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH COLD AIR WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...BUT OWING TO UNCERTAINTY HERE WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SLEET IN THE GRIDS...AS TEMPS WILL BE NEARING THE FREEZING MARK BY LATE...AND AMPLE WARM AIR WILL STILL EXIST ALOFT FOR MELTING OF HYDROMETEORS. THAT SAID...DEPTH OF COLD AIR MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR REFREEZING. ISSUED AT 354 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 THICK CLOUD COVER SLOWLY ENVELOPING THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY STEADILY MOVES ACROSS ILLINOIS...WHILE RAINFALL RAPIDLY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE OZARKS INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE. THE FEW HOURS OF SUNSHINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS ENABLE TEMPS TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. MAIN FOCUS OF THE NEAR TERM IS ON HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT MAY DEVELOP AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY BASED ON ANTICIPATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MODEL CONSENSUS REMAINS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AS THE FRONT SAGS INTO THE REGION AND AFOREMENTIONED LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. ONE NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS RUNS HOWEVER IS A NORTHWEST SHIFT TO THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE CONSENSUS LED BY THE ECMWF AND SREF PLACES THE AXIS ROUGHLY FROM BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE INDY METRO NORTHEAST TO KOKOMO AND MUNCIE. THIS MATCHES UP WELL WITH THE AXIS OF STRONGEST CONVERGENCE AS A 60-70KT LOW LEVEL JET LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS REMAIN STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...A SHARP BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND THE PRESENCE OF A STRONG 160KT UPPER JET MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL PLACE CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE FAVORABLE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT. WITH THE EXPECTATION OF EMBEDDED CONVECTION AS WELL...ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL SERVE TO ACCENTUATE RAINFALL RATES AND WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS. AS MENTIONED...DEEP MOISTURE WILL BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE REGION AS THE SURFACE WAVE PASSES WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES TO AROUND 1.50 INCHES OR NEARLY 400% OF NORMAL. WITH REGARDS TO THE FLOOD WATCH WHICH COMMENCES THIS EVENING...HAVE ADDED PARKE...MONTGOMERY... CLINTON AND HOWARD COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NORTHWEST SHIFT IN HEAVIEST RAINFALL. HAVE ALSO EXTENDED THE WATCH OUT IN TIME FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY AND THE REASONS FOR THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE SHORT TERM SECTION BELOW. WITH MODEL SOLUTIONS COMING IN SLOWER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR...HAVE BACKED OFF TO SOME EXTENT ON THE ARRIVAL OF WINTRY PRECIP UNTIL AFTER 09Z AND CONFINED IT PRIMARILY TO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST COUNTIES. SOUNDINGS ARE SUGGESTIVE OF SLEET BEING THE PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE TO MIX IN WITH RAIN IN THESE AREAS. TEMPS...SHOULD SEE A STEADY TEMPERATURE FALL OVERNIGHT...GRADUALLY ACCELERATING ONCE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSES AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES. SHOULD BE QUITE A SPREAD IN TEMPS AT 12Z...FROM NEAR FREEZING IN THE NORTHERN WABASH VALLEY TO AROUND 50 DEGREES IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 354 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 FORECAST CHALLENGES FOCUS ON CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCES SUNDAY ALONG WITH THE CHANGES IN PRECIP TYPE AS COLDER AIR STEADILY BUILDS INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BEHIND THE FRONT. INITIAL WAVE BRINGING THE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL BE PULLING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY MORNING WITH A SECONDARY WAVE RIDING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND TRAVELING INTO KENTUCKY AND OHIO BY THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECONDARY WAVE APPEARED ON FRIDAY THAT IT WOULD LARGELY MISS THE FORECAST AREA AS THE FRONT WOULD BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTHEAST. 12Z DATA TODAY HAS HELD THE BOUNDARY BACK FURTHER WEST FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME SUNDAY...AND THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE. THIS WESTWARD SHIFT IN FRONTAL POSITION SUNDAY IS FORCING SOME CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WITH RESPECT TO PRECIP TOTALS AND HOW QUICKLY THE COLDER AIR EXPANDS INTO THE AREA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW DEPTH OF THE MOISTURE FALLING OFF DURING THE MORNING AS THE INITIAL SURFACE WAVE PULLS AWAY...LEAVING LIGHTER AND MORE SCATTERED RAIN IN ITS WAKE. AN ARGUMENT COULD EVEN BE MADE FOR DRIZZLE FOR A TIME IN THE MORNING AS ICE CRYSTAL GENERATION IS LOST WITH A BRIEF SHOT OF DRIER AIR ALOFT. OVER THE NORTHERN WABASH VALLEY AS SURFACE TEMPS DIP BELOW FREEZING...THIS COULD TREND TOWARDS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO GO ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SLEET. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL RETURN AFTER 18Z AS THE SECONDARY WAVE PASSES THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND INTO OHIO. AS COLD ADVECTION INTENSIFIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND LOW LEVEL TEMPS/THICKNESSES COOL...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND EXPAND EAST WITH JUST THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA LIKELY TO REMAIN ALL RAIN THROUGH NIGHTFALL SUNDAY. WITH THE WESTWARD SHIFT TO THE PRECIP SHIELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THE PRESENCE OF A DEFORMATION BAND OVER THE REGION FOR A BRIEF TIME...SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOCUSED PRIMARILY TO THE NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE AN SPS TO HIGHLIGHT WINTRY MIX POTENTIAL FOR SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING LATE. AS FOR THE EXPANSION IN TIME OF THE FLOOD WATCH...THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO COVER HEAVIER RAINFALL POTENTIAL FROM THE SECOND SURFACE WAVE SUNDAY. WHILE DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER LIFT WILL HAVE SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD EXACERBATE ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING ALREADY ONGOING FROM RAINS TONIGHT. HAVE HELD THE FLOOD WATCH OUT UNTIL 21Z...WITH GREATEST FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING SUNDAY SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE SECONDARY WAVE. ONCE PRECIP IS ALL SAID AND DONE SUNDAY NIGHT...RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALIZED SPOTS AT 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY. REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM WILL BE QUIET AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS INTO THE REGION WITH COLD DRY WEATHER MORE TYPICAL OF MID JANUARY RETURNS. EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPS...WILL CARRY SUNDAY HIGHS AT 12Z WITH TEMPS FALLING ALL DAY INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S BY NIGHTFALL. GENERALLY CLOSE TO MAVMOS GUIDANCE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS HIGH TEMPS FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S/LOWER 30S WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 215 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT. MODELS DO SHOW A WEAK WAVE MOVING THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BUT ALL PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STAYS NORTH OF THE AREA. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. NO CHANGES MADE TO ALLBLEND. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 13/06Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 1150 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 MOSTLY IFR THROUGH 00Z MONDAY AND THEN MVFR CEILINGS AFTER THAT. A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WILL PROGRESS EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT REACHING WESTERN OHIO AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY MORNING. FRONT MAY TEMPORARILY SLOW DOWN AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE FRONT CAUSING IT TO ACCELERATE EASTWARD BY 00Z MONDAY. MODEL DATA INDICATES NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDER IS POSSIBLE AND WILL MENTION VCTS AT KIND AND KBMG TAFS TO ABOUT 10Z. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MAINLY AT KIND AND KBMG TAFS AS 50 TO 60 KNOTS MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. PRECIP WILL BECOME LIGHTER SUNDAY AS SOME MID LEVEL DRYING OCCURS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS. THERE WILL BE PRECIP TYPE ISSUES VERY LATE TONIGHT BEGINNING AT KLAF AND OTHER TAF SITES LATER SUNDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. FINALLY PRECIP WILL END ALL AREAS AS COLD FRONT ACCELERATES ON TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY EVENING...BUT MVFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR INZ030-031-036>042- 044>049-051>057-060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN NEAR TERM...RYAN/NIELD SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM...CP AVIATION...JH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 520 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 INZ021-028>031-035-036-043-044-132230- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE- 520 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SLEET MIXING WITH THE RAIN LATE TONIGHT. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. SLEET. TIMING: HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT. SLEET POSSIBLE AFTER 4 AM EST. DISCUSSION: A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT ALONG A COLD FRONT. MOISTURE SURGING NORTH OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG LIFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF AREA STREAMS. COLDER AIR MOVING IN MAY ALLOW SLEET TO MIX IN LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY. DISCUSSION: COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER EARLY AND MID NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SOME LINGERING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR SNOW REPORTS WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ056-057-063>065-069>072-132230- SHELBY-RUSH-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- 520 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY AND LOCAL AREAS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING ALONG AREA STREAMS. LIGHTNING. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT ALONG A COLD FRONT. MOISTURE SURGING NORTH OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG LIFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW BY AFTERNOON. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA RIVERS NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SOME LINGERING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR SNOW REPORTS WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ037>042-045>049-051>055-060>062-067-068-132230- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-KNOX-DAVIESS- 520 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY AND LOCAL AREAS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING ALONG AREA STREAMS. LIGHTNING. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT ALONG A COLD FRONT. MOISTURE SURGING NORTH OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG LIFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING. DISCUSSION: COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA RIVERS NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SOME LINGERING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR SNOW REPORTS WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) NIELD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1007 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 S PARAGON 39.35N 86.56W
01/12/2013 M1.51 INCH MORGAN IN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL THUS FAR.
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EVENT NUMBER IND1300001
LEEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1026 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 PM HEAVY RAIN INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
01/12/2013 M1.06 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. MEASUREMENT TAKEN AT 10TH ST AND
COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
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EVENT NUMBER IND1300002
LEEThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:21 UTC.
4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Siding was taken off a house near the intersection of Sherman Drive and Stop 11 Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A few trees and part of a fence were downed near the intersection of Fairview and Morgantown Roads due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
A power pole was leaning on Fry Road, near the intersection with US Route 31 just south of the Greenwood Park Mall, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Flooding was reported in the basement of a home due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Sandbagging was ongoing early this morning. This report came in via twitter.
Several cars were stuck on flooded county roads, just north of Anderson, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
White Lick Creek, south of Brownsburg, is flooded due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Many other local roads are closed and County Road 267 is closed south of Plainfield.
Salt Creek was within six inches of running over Peerless Road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Additionally, Clear Creek on either side of State Route 37 is at least four feet deep in fields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 427789, 427792, 427793, 432270, 432271, 432272, 432284.