A persistent upper low remained across the Ohio Valley in early July, with isolated strong thunderstorms on both the 1st and 2nd. One storm produced 5 to 6 inches of rainfall across northern Jackson and southern Brown County on the evening of the 1st, with several roads washed out.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A persistent upper low remained across the Ohio Valley in early July, with isolated strong thunderstorms on both the 1st and 2nd. One storm produced 5 to 6 inches of rainfall across northern Jackson and southern Brown County on the evening of the 1st, with several roads washed out.
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 Jul 1, 3:37 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 437 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND A SURFACE LOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTERWARD CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE PUT INTO A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. THESE WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO BELOW AVERAGE. && .NEAR TERM /LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A VORTICITY MAXIMUM ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER LOW...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH. SOME CLEARING ACROSS KENTUCKY SHOULD WORK ITS WAY INTO THE AREA AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY TO AID IN STORM DEVELOPMENT. THUS WILL GO LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE POPS FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST AS THE VORT MAX ROTATES THROUGH. OVERNIGHT WILL GO CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS WITH LOSS OF INSTABILITY. WENT WITH A BLEND OF RAW MODEL NUMBERS FOR LOWS SINCE THAT HAS WORKED WELL LATELY. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY/... ISSUED AT 254 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND CAN BE USED FOR MOST ITEMS. THE UPPER LOW WILL STILL BE CLOSE BY TO THE WEST ON TUESDAY...SO EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WENT LIKELY POPS BY MID AFTERNOON. GENERALLY STUCK CLOSE TO MAV MOS FOR TEMPERATURES WITH SOME EXPECTED SUNSHINE. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND AS UPPER LOW SLOWLY MOVES FARTHER AWAY. WENT WITH MODEL BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES. ON WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP CHANCE POPS AROUND. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SUNSHINE THOUGH SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER. WENT WITH MODEL BLEND. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INDEPENDENCE DAY MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA AS FLOW STRENGTHENS AROUND A SURFACE HIGH TO THE EAST. THIS WILL KEEP LOW CHANCES FOR RAIN AROUND. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 221 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 EXTENDED MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW THE OHIO VALLEY UPPER LOW RETROGRADING WEST AND WEAKENING INTO AN UPPER TROUGH BEFORE EVENTUALLY GETTING ABSORBED INTO THE FAST NORTHERN STREAM FLOW ACROSS CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES. MEANWHILE ANOTHER CUTOFF LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE 12Z GFS MUCH FASTER BRINGING THIS FEATURE NORTHEAST AND OPENING IT UP AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY EVENING. MEANWHILE...THE 00Z WAS ABOUT 24 HOURS SLOWER TO MOVE THIS FEATURE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. FINALLY...THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL DRIFT WEST RESULTING IN RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE GULF. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE TO THE OHIO VALLEY ALONG WITH MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S PER REGIONAL ALLBLEND INITIALIZATION. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 012100Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 437 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. CURRENT TAFS LOOK GOOD AT THIS POINT...JUST EXTENDED TEMPO TSRA GROUPS AT BOTH KBMG AND KIND THROUGH 23Z. 18Z DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. UPPER LOW ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL SHIFT TO NEAR ST. LOUIS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND STABLE ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH THE LIFT FROM THE LOW WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND TOMORROW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL GO WITH TEMPO THUNDERSTORMS AT THE START OF THE TAF EXCEPT AT LAF...WHERE IT WAS NOT AS UNSTABLE. OTHERWISE...WILL GO WITH VCTS TIL 03Z...VCSH AFTER 03Z AND VCTS AFTER 16Z. CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR OR MVFR THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME IFR AFTER 09Z...BUT BASED ON THE TRENDS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS ASSOCIATED WITH AREAS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LOW...WILL PROBABLY NOT BE WORSE THAN MVFR. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP DOWN TO BELOW 10 KNOTS TONIGHT. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...MK VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1005 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-069>072-021415- 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-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1005 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING. TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THIS POINT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY THIS WEEK. A HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK RESULTING IN MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .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) INZ067-068-021415- KNOX-DAVIESS- 1005 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: FLOODING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: RIVER FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING....GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. TIMING: ONGOING FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING CONTINUES IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVERS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THIS POINT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVERS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY IN THE WEEK. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY THIS WEEK. A HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK RESULTING IN MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .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)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 540 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 INZ063-071-012230- BROWN-JACKSON- 540 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... STORY... SPURGEONS CORNER... STONE HEAD... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 3916 8608 3901 8608 3892 8620 3911 8631 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 234DEG 5KT 3905 8620 RYAN
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
5 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported in the 10000 block, north of State Route 135 due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. There was also a report of a tree down.
Christianburg Road was flooded and impassable, south of Hamilton Creek Road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Rapidly flowing water was reported to be going into the backyards of homes near Spurgeons Corner.
The intersection of State Route 135 and Becks Grove Road was flooded due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
A road was washed out near the intersection of State Route 135 and Buffalo Pike due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The intersection is about a mile south of the Brown-Jackson County border. This report was received via Twitter.
Numerous roads were flooded and impassable across Pershing and Salt Creek Townships due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Little Salt Creek was out of its' banks from Houston to its confluence with the South Fork of Salt Creek. The South Fork of Salt Creek was also out of its' banks in northwest Jackson County.
Two women were rescued from a vehicle trapped in high water on Mount Nebo Road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. This report was received via Twitter.
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, July 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: 469008, 469009, 469015, 469019, 469020, 469021.