July began on a dry note for much of Indiana north of Indianapolis. Locally heavy rains of 1 to more than 4 inches fell in southern Indiana from late on June 30th through July 3rd.
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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.
July began on a dry note for much of Indiana north of Indianapolis. Locally heavy rains of 1 to more than 4 inches fell in southern Indiana from late on June 30th through July 3rd. Flash flooding occurred across portions of Martin County.
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 2, 12:15 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 115 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 305 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 INDIANA WILL STAY WEDGED BEHIND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH INTO FRIDAY. NEXT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER AS IT BUILDS TO COVER ALMOST ALL OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. TUESDAY THINGS SHOULD CHANGE AGAIN. A COLD FRONT COMING FROM THE WEST IS SHOULD CROSS THE HOOSIER STATE. ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE OVER INDIANA. && .NEAR TERM /OVERNIGHT/... ISSUED AT 1022 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 CONVECTION HAS EXPANDED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY IN VICINITY OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. SLOW MOVING STORMS HAVE BEEN SUBSEVERE...BUT PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAVE SEEN 2 TO 3 INCH TOTALS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR OVER KNOX COUNTY. DRY CONDITIONS WITH MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES PERSISTED ELSEWHERE. 02Z TEMPS RANGED FROM THE MID 60S FAR NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED FOR THE EVENING UPDATE FOCUSING ON THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR THE OVERNIGHT. STORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FROM THE MISSOURI VALLEY EAST INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA NEAR THE FRONT AND ALONG THE THETA-E AND INSTABILITY AXES. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT AS INSTABILITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL JET POINTED TOWARDS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY SHOULD ENABLE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OVER THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY. WILL FOCUS HIGHEST POPS HERE...DROPPING TO LOW CHANCE ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR. REMOVED ALL MENTION OF PRECIP NORTHEAST OF A LAFAYETTE-NOBLESVILLE-NEW CASTLE LINE. COULD SEE A VERY LIGHT SHOWER...BUT CHANCES TOO LOW TO INCLUDE AT THIS POINT. MAIN CONCERN WITH STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF STORMS START MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS. OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID/UPPER 50S NORTH TO MID 60S SOUTH. ZONE AND GRID UPDATES OUT. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 305 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 RAIN CHANCES REMAIN THE MAIN PROBLEM. THE MAV POPS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE BEST THURSDAY. THEY LOOK BEST TONIGHT...AS DISCUSSED ABOVE. CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION GOOD POPS FOR TONIGHT SHOULD BE GOOD POPS TOMORROW. STARTING THURSDAY THE MODELS FINALLY CONVERGE ON HANDLING THE TROUGH SO IMPORTANT TO INDIANA LATELY. THIS SUPPORTS DRYING WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND LOWER DEWPOINTS BUILDING IN. THE DRYING IS GOING TO BE SLOW. ALL THE MODELS KEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION INTO FRIDAY. AFTER THAT THE GFS/MAV KILLS ALMOST ANY RAIN. THIS SHOULD BE CORRECT. THE GFS TENDS TO PROGRESSIVELY IMPROVE OVER THE NAM WITH TIME. FOR TEMPERATURES...CONSIDERING BASIC THERMAL FIELDS...THE GRADUAL DRYING...AND RECENT BIASES... A COUPLE OF DEGREES WILL BE ADDED TO THE MAV MAXIMUMS AND SUBTRACTED FROM THE MAV MINIMUMS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 212 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 SATURDAY EVENING SHOULD BE DRY FOR CENTRAL INDIANA WITH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY SLIGHTLY BELOW THE NORM FOR 4TH OF JULY. MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR AND WILL USE A BLENDED SOLUTION WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS THAN THIS WEEK. THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY TO START AS MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY FOCUSING CONVECTION WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXCEPTION ON DRYNESS WILL BE OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THAT WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BOUNDARY FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MODELS AGREE IN BRINGING A DISTINCT TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT TO INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL BE REFLECTED BY INCREASING POPS STARTING MONDAY AND HIGHEST CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION AND BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE COMING WEEK. PROGRESSIVE TROUGH WILL SWEEP ON THROUGH AND DROP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BY MIDWEEK RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER STARTING WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 020600Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 114 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 MVFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN SOME FORM LATER TONIGHT AT HUF/BMG...PERHAPS AT IND. LAF LIKELY TO REMAIN VFR. SOME SHOWERS IMPACTED HUF/BMG EARLIER THIS EVENING AND MORE ACTIVITY ONGOING NEARBY. EXPECT THAT DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR CONDITIONS IN PROXIMITY TO LINGERING STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SOME MVFR CEILINGS AT IND BUT THIS IS MORE UNCERTAIN FURTHER FROM THE BOUNDARY. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE LESS THAN 10KT AND VARIABLE AT TIMES. STORMS MAY BE A THREAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT TOO UNCERTAIN FOR INCLUSION AT THIS TIME. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JK NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...JK LONG TERM...TUCEK AVIATION...NIELD VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1004 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 INZ028-035>037-043>047-051>056-060>065-067>072-021000- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1004 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. FLOODING ALONG SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. TIMING: STORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. FLOODING IS ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FROM RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. A MEANDERING FRONT ALONG WITH A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-029>031-038>042-048-049-057-021000- CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- 1004 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: MAINLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: FLOODING ALONG SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. TIMING: FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 OVERNIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FROM RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. A MEANDERING FRONT ALONG WITH A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
926 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
INZ067-020215-
KNOX-
926 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 1015
PM EDT...
AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DECKER...
MONROE CITY...
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 3850 8753 3860 8763 3866 8761 3869 8753
3877 8751 3859 8726 3858 8724 3854 8723
3850 8730 3854 8735 3851 8738 3854 8740
3852 8741 3853 8746 3849 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 318DEG 17KT 3866 8754
RYANThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:21 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported across several roads in southern Martin County, including portions of Route 231, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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