The most significant rainfall of the month occurred on the 19th. Much of Indiana received one-half to nearly 3 inches of rainfall.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
The most significant rainfall of the month occurred on the 19th. Much of Indiana received one-half to nearly 3 inches of rainfall. Precipitation totals in portions of northwest Indiana exceeded 4 inches. Some of the heavier rain caused minor flooding issues in some areas on the 19th.
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 Sep 19, 5:55 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 655 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 .UPDATE... THE NEAR TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 355 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH ON THE BACK SIDE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WEAK WAVES MOVE OVERTOP THE RIDGE AND THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE COULD BE A FEW LINGERING MORNING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 655 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 CONTINUED LIKELY POPS THROUGH 9 AM AND EXTENDED THE LIKELY POPS SOUTHWARD TO AROUND A SEYMOUR TO CLINTON LINE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... RAISED POPS TO LIKELY TO OCCASIONAL ACROSS OUR NORTHEASTERN HALF OF COUNTIES THROUGH 11Z PER RADAR TRENDS. RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF MADISON...HAMILTON AND BOONE COUNTIES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... CHALLENGES TODAY WILL BE POPS...CLOUD COVER AND RESULTANT TEMPERATURES AS UPPER RIDGE SETTLES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY...AND A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST WITH THE LEADING EDGE FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TO TIPTON NEAR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WARM FRONT. DUAL POLAR RADAR WAS ESTIMATING OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY WHICH PROMPTED A FLOOD ADVISORY THERE THROUGH 7 AM. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AND THE EARLY OVERNIGHT SOAKERS...WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN THREAT THE IN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER STORY. OTHERWISE...ADDITIONAL WEAKER ACTIVITY WAS APPROACHING OUR WESTERN BORDER ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. SHOULD BE PRETTY SOLID CLOUD COVER FROM REMNANTS OF CURRENT ACTIVITY THROUGH MID DAY OR SO. THEN...WITH THE RIDGE OVER THE AREA AND WARM FRONT TO THE NORTHEAST...SHOULD SEE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE LOWER 80S EAST AND MID 80S WEST PER CONSALL. MEANWHILE...COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S SHOULD ALLOW CAPES TO INCREASE TO 1000 J/KG OR SO DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING AND THE RIDGE OVERHEAD...WILL ONLY GO WITH SMALL CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN...850 MILLIBAR JET FROM 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL SETUP ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES TOWARDS MORNING AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS EAST...VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND A COLD FRONT MOVES TO LAKE SUPERIOR AND JUST NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THUS...WILL INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY NORTHWEST BY 12Z AND GOOD CHANCE ELSEWHERE. SIMILAR MOS AND CONSALL LOOKS GOOD FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S WHICH ARE CLOSE TO LATE AFTERNOON DEW POINTS TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 355 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 MAIN CHALLENGE TO THE SHORT TERM WILL CONTINUE TO BE POPS ALONG WITH TIMING OF SHOWER ACTIVITY OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODELS ARE NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON FRONTAL TIMING AND WILL GO WITH A BLEND THAT SUGGESTS THE APPROACHING STRONG NORTHERN UPPER TROUGH WILL FORCE THE FRONT TO NEAR LAFAYETTE BY 00Z SATURDAY AND THEN SOUTHEAST OF CENTRAL INDIANA AFTER 09Z SATURDAY. THE SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK AS THROWN ROUGHLY OUR SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE OVER THIS AREA AFTER 18Z FRIDAY...AND WITH PLENTY OF WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THAT PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE A HARD TIME DESTABILIZING AS MUCH AS THE SOUTHEAST. EVEN SOUTHEAST...ONLY EXPECT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO WITH MARGINAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY. WILL GO WITH OCCASIONAL POPS FRIDAY SPREADING SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WILL LEAVE SMALL CHANCE LINGER SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL BRING DRY WEATHER IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES PER MOS AND MODEL BLEND. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NOT DROPPING MUCH UNTIL OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 355 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 DRY FORECAST THIS PERIOD WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. GFS AND ECMWF DEPICT A CUT OFF UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS EARLY IN THE PERIOD WHILE RIDGING ALOFT AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY PROVIDES A NORTHERLY FLOW OF AIR AS IT SLOWLY BUILDS EAST DURING THE PERIOD. AS THE RIDGE MOVES EAST OVER INDIANA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...TEMPS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AS RETURN FLOW BEGINS. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 191200Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 633 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 ORGANIZED AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...AIDED BY A 25-30KT LOW LEVEL JET. BASED ON ITS MOVEMENT...APPEARS IT SHOULD BE OUT OF THE KIND VICINITY BY OR SHORTLY AFTER ISSUANCE TIME. MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION POSSIBLE NEAR THE TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT THE MIDDAY HOURS AS A UPPER WAVE CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS MOVES THROUGH. HOWEVER...WITH QUESTIONS REVOLVING AROUND POTENTIAL AND COVERAGE OF THIS ACTIVITY LATER THIS MORNING...WILL LEAVE OUT AN EXPLICIT MENTION IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...SOME MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN LIGHT FOG EXPECTED TO LIFT BY THE MID MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF CEILINGS AROUND 020-025 EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS WELL...ESPECIALLY AT KLAF/KIND...WITH CEILINGS GRADUALLY LIFTING INTO A HIGHER DECK BY THIS AFTERNOON AS WAVE PULLS OFF TO THE EAST. OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION...SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY AROUND 10 KTS OR LESS TODAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MK NEAR TERM...MK SHORT TERM...MK LONG TERM....JAS AVIATION...JAS 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 409 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>038-043>046-051>053-060-061-067-068-201000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS- 409 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WAVES MOVE THROUGH AN UPPER RIDGE AND MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THREATS. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FRIDAY NIGHT TRIGGERING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. .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) INZ039>042-047>049-054>057-062>065-069>072-201000- HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 409 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WAVES MOVE THROUGH AN UPPER RIDGE AND MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE THREATS. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FRIDAY NIGHT TRIGGERING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
653 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0652 AM HEAVY RAIN INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
09/19/2013 M0.98 INCH MARION IN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
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DTUCEKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor street flooding was reported in downtown Franklin due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
Cumberland Park was closed due to flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall. This report was received via Twitter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 473781, 473783.