A particularly wet and stormy pattern began on the 7th and continued through the 20th. Rains returned with a vengeance to portions of central Indiana during the afternoon of the 7th.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A particularly wet and stormy pattern began on the 7th and continued through the 20th. Rains returned with a vengeance to portions of central Indiana during the afternoon of the 7th. The Plainfield area, immediately west of the Indianapolis airport, received up to 6 inches of rain in less than 6 hours. Severe local flooding occurred as a result of this rainfall. The Indianapolis airport received 4.43 inches of rain, a record for the date and the highest daily total since Labor Day 2003.
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 7, 1:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 .UPDATE... THE LONG TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 146 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 A WET COUPLE OF DAYS ARE IN STORE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. A COLD FRONT OVER ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI WILL PUSH EAST AND STALL OVER INDIANA...BRINGING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE STALLED FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. MEANWHILE A COUPLE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH ACROSS INDIANA ALONG THE FRONT. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS INDIANA ON THURSDAY NIGHT IN TO FRIDAY...PUSHING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BRING DRIER BUT WARM AND HUMID WEATHER BACK TO INDIANA TO START THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF TODAY/... ISSUED AT 925 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE. RAINFALL COVERAGE EXPECTED TO EXPAND AS SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR HINTS AT A COUPLE OF WEAK WAVES IN THE FLOW ENHANCING RAIN RATES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AS WELL AS CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN NORTH BAND AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EAST OF ST. LOUIS. CLOUD COVER KEEPS INSTABILITY SUPPRESSED SOME. PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER 2 INCHES TIES WELL WITH OBSERVED RAINS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF ILLINOIS...KENTUCKY AND NW INDIANA. HAVE THUS ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING TO FORECAST. MAX TEMPS NOT MUCH ABOVE CURRENT READINGS STILL EXPECTED. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 146 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THE AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES EAST...IT WILL BECOME ELONGATED AND MORE EAST-WEST ORIENTED AS IT STALLS ACROSS INDIANA. THUS IT WILL BECOME THE FOCAL AREA THROUGH THIS PERIOD FOR LOWER LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND PRECIPITATION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS THROUGH MID DAY THURSDAY REMAIN RELATIVELY SATURATED...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER IN EXCESS OF 1.80 INCHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. TIME HEIGHTS ALSO SHOW DEEP MOISTURE. THUS WE WILL JUST NEED TO LOOK FOR A FORCING MECHANISM. FIRST OFF WE HAVE DAYTIME HEATING AVAILABLE FOR US. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES EACH DAY ARE VERY ATTAINABLE...IN THE 70S ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY. THUS ANY HEATING SHOULD ALLOW PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. ALOFT THE GFS DEPICTS A SHORT WAVE PUSHING THROUGH INDIANA OVER THE FRONT ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND A SECOND SHORT WAVE PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NAM IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH ORIENTATION OF THE SHORT WAVE AND THE TIMING...BUT NONETHELESS...FORCING APPEARS HEADED OUR WAY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAY. THUS OUR EQUATION IS NOW MOISTURE + FORCING = HIGH RAIN CHANCES. WILL TREND POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD AT OR ABOVE MAVMOS VALUES...TRENDING HIGHEST POPS DURING THE PERIODS ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE GFS SHOW BEST FORCING PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA AT THAT TIME. AS FOR TEMPS...WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN EXPECTED WILL TREND LOW WARMER THAN MAVMOS AND TREND HIGHS COOLER. BEST FORCING APPEARS TO DEPART ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE SECOND SHORT WAVE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT AT THAT TIME AND PRECIPITABLE WATER MANAGES TO FALL TO LESS THAN 1.50 INCHES. WILL TREND POPS LOWER AT THAT TIME. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 200 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 DETERMINISTIC MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES IN VARIOUS SMALL SCALE FEATURES...AT TIMES COMPLICATED BY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. THUS...CONTINUE TO FAVOR BLEND OF ENSEMBLE MEANS AND HAVE A WARM FRONT LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING. THEN...A RETROGRADING UPPER DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THIS SETUP WILL DRIVE A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. REGIONAL BLEND POPS LOOK OK. WITH THE FRONT LIFTING NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING...THE BLEND HAS CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS CLOSE TO THE FRONT OR ROUGHLY THE NORTHEAST HALF FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THEN...CHANCES INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE BACKDOOR FRONT. ALL THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AND ALSO CONSISTENT WITH REGARDS TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM WILL COOL A BIT WITH THE INCREASING CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT NEXT WEEK. OVERALL REGIONAL INITIALIZATION HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 LOOK GOOD FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS EARLY NEXT WEEK IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 80S. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 07/18Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 PRETTY GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT MVFR OR WORSE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THROUGH WEDNESDAY PER MODEL RH TIME SECTIONS AND 12Z MOS. RAPID REFRESH REFLECTIVITY PROGS HAVE HANDLED THE CURRENT SHOWER SWATH WELL PER RADAR TRENDS. THIS SUGGESTS THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL END AFTER 20Z AT LAF...22Z AT IND AND 00Z AT BMG. WOULD NOT RULE OUT MORE SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT CHANCES TOO LOW TO MENTION. WILL TAKE A LAST MINUTE LOOK TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE CONFIDENCE FOR A TEMPO THUNDERSTORM GROUP TO START OUT WITH AT HUF...BMG OR IND. WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH 10 KNOTS OR LESS...WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THAT SHOULD OCCUR AT OR SHORTLY AFTER 18Z AT IND AND HUF AND AROUND 20Z AT BMG. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PUMA NEAR TERM...TUCEK SHORT TERM...PUMA LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...MK 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 321 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>046-051>053-060-080730- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY- OWEN-SULLIVAN- 321 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING NEAR RIVERS. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WATER OVER SECONDARY ROADS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN INDIANA TODAY...TRIGGERING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG RIVERS FROM RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: FLOODING WILL CONTINUE NEAR MANY RIVERS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LESSER CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY RIVERS. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH LESSER CHANCES THIS 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) INZ040>042-047>049-054>057-061>065-067>072-080730- MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 321 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN INDIANA TODAY...TRIGGERING OVERNIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LESSER CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH LESSER CHANCES THIS 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) PUMA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1106 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
INZ045-071530-
PUTNAM-
1106 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 1130
AM EDT...
AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR 23 MILES
SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BAINBRIDGE...
FILLMORE...
CARPENTERSVILLE...
ROACHDALE...
GROVELAND...
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.
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LAT...LON 3978 8701 3987 8678 3987 8669 3968 8669
3960 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 245DEG 18KT 3972 8688
DRTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
108 PM EDT TUE JUL 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0107 PM HEAVY RAIN INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
07/07/2015 M1.00 INCH MARION IN NWS OFFICE
1 INCH MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR.
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ELBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
112 PM EDT TUE JUL 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1244 PM HEAVY RAIN ANDERSON 40.09N 85.69W
07/07/2015 M2.20 INCH MADISON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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ELBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
147 PM EDT TUE JUL 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HEAVY RAIN INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
07/07/2015 E2.49 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT TAKEN NEAR CRAWFFORDSVILLE AND LYNHURST ROADS.
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ELBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
149 PM EDT TUE JUL 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNE CARMEL 39.99N 86.10W
07/07/2015 M3.21 INCH HAMILTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
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ELBThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:57 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant, widespread street flooding occurred in northwest Muncie due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
Two cars were stranded in high water at the intersection of Kentucky and Belmont Avenues due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Police had to block traffic.
Water, estimated at 8 to 10 inches deep, was covering the road at the intersection of Highfall and Shadowlawn Avenues. No barricades were in place but police were aware of the flooding. Multiple other locations inside and outside the city limits also have flooding.
Heavy thunderstorm rainfall over the past 4 hours has created flash flooding resulting in swiftly moving water. Rain is continuing to fall.
Several houses surrounded by water on County Road 350 due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
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: 597344, 597346, 597348, 597349, 597351.