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. A 5.50 rainfall report came in from Shelby County, which is the area that saw flash flooding.
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 3, 3:15 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WILL SETTLE SOUTHEAST TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. THIS WILL PUT AN END TO THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BY TONIGHT AND ALLOW FOR A DRY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOWEVER...NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE AN UNSETTLED PERIOD AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND STALLS NEARBY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON THE FOURTH WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. AFTER THAT...IT WILL WARM SLIGHTLY TO THE LOWER AND MID 80S SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 MAIN CHALLENGE TONIGHT WILL BE WHEN TO SHUT THE RAIN CHANCES OFF AS LATEST OBS WERE SHOWING TWO OR MORE UPSTREAM WAVES THAT WILL SLIDE ALONG AND SLOW THE EXIT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE FIRST WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WAS NEAR LOUISVILLE...A SECOND WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND ANOTHER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE FINAL WAVE SHOULD MOVE TO THE APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW THE FRONT TO DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO END LOW POPS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT. INSTABILITY PROGS HAD ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO INCLUDE THUNDER DURING THE EVENING. MODEL RH TIME SECTIONS SUGGEST THERE SHOULD ALSO BE PARTIAL CLEARING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WITH LIGHT TO CALM WINDS...COULD ALSO SEE SOME FOG OVERNIGHT. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH PATCHY FOG...AND LET EVENING CREW EVALUATE IF DENSE SHOULD BE MENTIONED. WITH THE CLEARING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL ALL THE WAY TO THE UPPER 50S NORTHWEST AND LOWER TO MID 60S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /THE FOURTH OF JULY THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 MAIN FOCUS FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL BE ON CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURES AS MODELS AGREE THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL FINALLY DROP SOUTHEAST TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS WILL PUT AN END TO THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND PROVIDE FOR A DRY HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND MONDAY. MODEL RH TIME SECTIONS AND DIURNAL CU PROGS ARE ONLY SUGGESTING SCATTERED DIURNAL CU OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MONDAY. THE FOURTH WILL FEATURE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH SIMILAR 12Z MOS SUGGESTING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. MEANWHILE...850 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURES WARMING TO 16 DEGREES OR SO ALONG WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD TRANSLATE TO SEASONABLE HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S FOR SUNDAY AND MID TO UPPER 80S MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 255 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES A LITTLE MORE ZONAL IN THE LONG TERM. HOWEVER MODELS MOVE A WEAK UPPER TROUGH ACROSS OUR REGION AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR REGION. THEN ALL MODELS ARE QUITE WET TUESDAY AS THIS FRONT PUSHES THROUGH OUR REGION. THIS FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH LOWER CHANCES ACROSS OUR NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS AFTER WEDNESDAY WITH THE EURO TRENDING DRIER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO OUR AREA...WHILE THE GFS AND GEMNH KEEP THE FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO OUR REGION LATE NEXT WEEK. FOR NOW WILL BLEND AND ONLY MENTION 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION LATE NEXT WEEK. SUPER BLEND TEMPERATURES ARE A TOO COOL ON LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THEY ACT AS THE FRONT ON TO THE SOUTH AND WITH MODELS STALLING IT JUST TO OUR SOUTH WILL RAISE LOWS SOME. OVERALL SUPER BLEND TEMPERATURES SEEM OK ON HIGH TEMPERATURES MOST PERIODS. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 032100Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 415 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ONLY MINOR CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE UPDATE. MVFR CEILINGS ARE A BIT MORE ABUNDANT AS FAR NORTH AS KHUF AND KIND. THE LOWER CEILINGS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE DRIER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN FROM THE WEST. REST OF THE FORECASTS IN GOOD SHAPE. 18Z DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. MVFR CEILINGS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND AREAS OF MVFR OR IFR FOG TOWARDS SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...VFR REST OF THE PERIOD. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL MOVE ON TO THE EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. DRIER AIR WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA CAUSING AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS TO GRADUALLY CLEAR OUT. AFTER 21Z...EXPECT SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS AROUND 4 THOUSAND FEET WITH CLOUDS GRADUALLY CLEARING OUT LATER TONIGHT. EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR FOG WITH FEW POCKETS OF IFR FOG ESPECIALLY SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE EXPECT FEW-SCATTERED CU SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT AND NORTH AROUND 5 KNOTS SATURDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MK NEAR TERM...MK SHORT TERM...MK LONG TERM....JH AVIATION...JH/RYAN 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 513 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-040915- 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-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 513 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. FLOODING ALONG SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. AFTER A MAINLY DRY WEEKEND...GREATER CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL RETURN NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND THEN STALLS. .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)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over the road at the intersection of State Route 9 and County Road 350 South. This was reported by CBS4.
Ankle deep water was observed in a basement of a home in Shelbyville due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This was reported by CBS4.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2015
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: 597342, 597343.