The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked through the Ohio Valley bringing 3 to nearly 8 inches of rain on the 19th and early on the 20th to previously dry southern Indiana. This resulted in flooding and even flash flooding in some areas.
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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.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked through the Ohio Valley bringing 3 to nearly 8 inches of rain on the 19th and early on the 20th to previously dry southern Indiana. This resulted in flooding and even flash flooding in some areas.
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 19, 10:12 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1112 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 .UPDATE... THE NEAR TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 326 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 A REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM COMBINED WITH A WEAKENING FRONTAL SYSTEM...WILL KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLED INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY SUNDAY AND LINGER INTO NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF TODAY/... ISSUED AT 1057 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 14Z UPDATE...FORECAST APPEARS TO REFLECT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS VERY ACCURATELY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS COVERING CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY LITTLE CHANGES WERE NEEDED TO THE FORECAST EARLIER THIS MORNING. AND THE FORECAST HAS SINCE BEEN UPDATED AND SENT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... RADAR CURRENTLY INDICATES AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH A TENDENCY FOR A DIMINISHING TREND IN COVERAGE. RAINFALL MAY PICK UP AGAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS A VORTICITY LOBE ROTATES OUT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS/WESTERN KENTUCKY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH AGAIN TOWARDS MIDDAY AS THIS LOBE MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...HOWEVER MODEL DATA SUGGEST ANOTHER LOBE MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN ZONES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY ENHANCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AGAIN IN THOSE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FRONTAL SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA IS EXPECTED TO SAG INTO THE CENTRAL ZONES BY THIS EVENING. THIS MAY PROVIDE ANOTHER FOCUS FOR RAINFALL. BASED ON ABOVE...WILL GO WITH HIGH POPS IN THE NORTH FOR THE MORNINGS HOURS...TAPERING TO CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP LIKELY OR HIGHER POPS GOING ALL DAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES. LAPSE RATES PROGGED TO BE VERY POOR TODAY...SO NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...HOWEVER WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS NEAR 2 INCHES...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR TODAY LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 326 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 MODEL DATA SUGGEST REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL LOSE ITS CIRCULATION PATTERN OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA ON SATURDAY. ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL JET SUGGESTS THE BEST FORCING WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND FARTHER SOUTH. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...TAPERING TO CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTH. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...POTENTIALLY STALLING OUT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT TO COVER THIS FRONT. MODELS SUGGEST STEEP LAPSE RATES AND ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR A SEVERE STORM THREAT BY SUNDAY. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES WITH THE REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM AND COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN ZONES THROUGH SATURDAY. BASED ON PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES...THE GFS MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN THE LATER PERIODS OF THE SHORT TERM LOOK REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 337 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 A QUASI STATIONARY FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH THE LONG TERM KEEPING US WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A FLAT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. AND A SOMEWHAT ZONAL UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MOST AREAS NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE A LITTLE LESS TOWARDS WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY SOUTH HALF AS MORE UPPER RIDGING OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SOME MODELS SUCH AS THE EURO INDICATE THE FRONT MAY DRIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARDS DAY 7. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS TO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS OUR SOUTH. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S NORTH AND LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. ALL IN ALL STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO A MOS BLEND ON TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 191500Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 1027 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH IFR CEILINGS AND VFR CEILINGS WITHIN A FEW MILES. WILL CONTINUE WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR IFR CONDITIONS AT KIND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RAIN IS TRENDING WEAKER SO EXPECT A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT STILL MVFR. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RULE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS TRACK TOWARDS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BY THIS TIME SATURDAY. MVFR CEILINGS WITH AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS WILL BE THE RULE THIS MORNING. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE VFR CEILINGS JUST ABOVE 3 THOUSAND FEET WILL BE THE RULE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT WITH MOSTLY MVFR CEILINGS 1 TO 2 THOUSAND FEET LATE TONIGHT. CARRIED VCTS AT KHUF AND KBMG THROUGH TODAY AND AT KLAF AND KIND MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE 8 KNOTS OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD MAINLY FROM THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR INZ060-061- 067>072. && SYNOPSIS...JAS NEAR TERM...SMF/JAS SHORT TERM...JAS LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...JH/50 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 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-062>065-201000- 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-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH...AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL REMNANTS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT ON SUNDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>072-201000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM...PRODUCING AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL REMNANTS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY INTO THE MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT ON SUNDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JAS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
900 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN WHITESTOWN 40.00N 86.35W
06/19/2015 M1.44 INCH BOONE IN PUBLIC
SINCE MIDNIGHT
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 E NEW ROSS 39.96N 86.68W
06/19/2015 M2.87 INCH BOONE IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE SPRING MILL STATE 38.75N 86.39W
06/19/2015 M2.25 INCH LAWRENCE IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ESE LEBANON 40.05N 86.46W
06/19/2015 M2.31 INCH BOONE IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW LAPEL 40.12N 85.90W
06/19/2015 M2.31 INCH HAMILTON IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNW CLINTON 39.67N 87.41W
06/19/2015 M2.10 INCH VERMILLION IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0825 AM HEAVY RAIN WESTFIELD 40.05N 86.13W
06/19/2015 M1.39 INCH HAMILTON IN PUBLIC
24 HOUR TOTAL
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50PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
917 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW ANDERSON 40.14N 85.75W
06/19/2015 M2.30 INCH MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SINCE MIDNIGHT
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N ANDERSON 40.11N 85.69W
06/19/2015 M2.10 INCH MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SINCE MIDNIGHT
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50The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:20 UTC.
1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some minor street flooding was reported in this location due to heavy rainfall.
A water rescue was performed at a home surrounded by water near 4th and Thomas Street due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. High water was also surrounding a trailer on Durbin Street.
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, June 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: 588568, 589663.