Daily showers and thunderstorms occurred across various portions of the state beginning on the afternoon of the 21st and continuing through the end of the month. At times, torrential downpours produced localized flooding or flash flooding in portions of central and southern Indiana on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Daily showers and thunderstorms occurred across various portions of the state beginning on the afternoon of the 21st and continuing through the end of the month. At times, torrential downpours produced localized flooding or flash flooding in portions of central and southern Indiana on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th. Additional thunderstorms brought soaking rains and localized flash flooding to parts of central Indiana on the 29th and 30th as an upper level low pressure system developed over the Ohio Valley.
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 30, 3:29 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 429 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 231 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 AN UPPER LOW AND A SURFACE LOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTERWARD CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE PUT INTO A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. THESE WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO BELOW AVERAGE. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 231 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 WITH THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS AROUND...CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE THIS EVENING WITH LINGERING INSTABILITY...WITH LOWER CHANCES OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND WENT WARMER THAN MOS LOW TEMPERATURES MOST LOCATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 231 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND CAN BE USED. THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT WEST ACROSS THE AREA DURING MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ON MONDAY CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS INSTABILITY BUILDS ONCE AGAIN. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A RELATIVELY STRONGER SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW LATE MONDAY. THUS GRADUALLY RAMPED UP POPS DURING THE DAY REACHING LIKELY CATEGORY BY AFTERNOON. AS THE SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY EVENING WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS. DECREASED POPS OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOSS OF INSTABILITY AND WITH WEAKENING FORCING. FOR TUESDAY THE PATTERN STILL LOOKS SIMILAR...SO WENT CHANCE POPS DURING THE MORNING AND LIKELY POPS IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT GRADUALLY DECREASED POPS THROUGH THE CHANCE CATEGORY. ON WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL BE NOT TOO FAR WEST OF THE AREA...BUT MODELS HINT AT MOISTURE/FORCING MOVING IN FROM THE EAST AS WELL. THEY DIFFER ON HOW FAR WEST THESE GET. HOWEVER WITH THESE NEARBY CONTINUED CHANCE POPS DURING WEDNESDAY. FOR THE MOST PART STUCK WITH A MODEL BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 146 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 SURFACE PATTERN WILL FEATURE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WITH LIGHT RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED. MEANWHILE...THE UPPER PATTERN WILL FEATURE AN UPPER TROUGH FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...THE FLOW BECOMES SPLIT WITH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TROUGH BECOMING ABSORBED IN FAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES...AND THE SOUTHERN PART BECOMING A CUTOFF LOW. THE GFS TAKES THIS CUTOFF LOW MUCH FURTHER NORTH LATE IN THE PERIOD...BUT IT DOES NOT REALLY PLAY A FACTOR IN MODEL QPF FIELDS. THE UPPER TROUGH BEING ABSORBED BY THE NORTHERN STREAM SHOULD ALLOW FOR A BRIEF DRY PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT EXCEPT SMALL CHANCES SOUTH AND EAST...BUT THEN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE BY SATURDAY AS RETURN FLOW BRINGS MOISTURE NORTHWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH THE RETURN FLOW...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL...MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 80S...PER REGIONAL INITIALIZATION. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 302100Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 429 PM SUN JUN 30 2013 CONVECTION PERSISTS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...MOST NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF KBMG AND KIND. WILL MAINTAIN TEMPO TSRA THRU 22Z THEN VCSH AFTER THAT AS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. MINOR TWEAKS TO WINDS OTHERWISE REST UNCHANGED. 18Z DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY UNTIL JUST PAST SUNSET OR 02Z. WILL GO WITH TEMPO THUNDERSTORMS AT BMG FROM 18-22Z AND HOLD OFF UNTIL 20Z AT THE OTHER SITES WITH JUST VCSH. AFTER THAT...WILL GO WITH ONLY VCSH. CEILINGS WILL BE MVFR OR VFR EXCEPT MVFR OR WORSE IN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AND ALSO POSSIBLY MVFR OR WORSE AFTER 09Z FOR A FEW HOURS. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND 5 TO 9 KNOTS AFTER 02Z. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...50 NEAR TERM...50 SHORT TERM...50 LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...MK/RYAN 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 509 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-069>072-012115- 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- 509 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEK. .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) INZ067-068-012115- KNOX-DAVIESS- 509 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: FLOODING AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: RIVER FLOODING...LIGHTNING....GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. TIMING: ONGOING FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEK. .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) CP
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Drainage ditches were overflowing and open fields near the Shelby County Fairgrounds were flooded due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
Numerous streets were flooded on the east side of Shelbyville due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. High water was also reported in horse barns at the County Fairgrounds. Interstate 74 was down to one lane near Shelbyville with high water in the medians.
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, June 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: 465731, 465732.