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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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 20, 6:20 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 720 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 .UPDATE... AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 A REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND LINGER INTO NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 325 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEAR KEVV...WITH MODEL DATA SUGGESTING WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CIRCULATION WILL BE NEAR KCVG BY 201800Z. RADAR CURRENTLY INDICATES A LARGE RAIN SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN ZONES. APPEARS THE BEST LIFT WILL SKIRT THE SOUTHERN/SOUTHEASTERN ZONES THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY TODAY...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH POPS IN THOSE AREA UNTIL MIDDAY...TAPERING OFF TO CHANCE POPS FARTHER NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ZONES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IS FOR NOW...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ABOUT OVER BY AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR TODAY LOOK REASONABLE...SO ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS PLANNED. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 325 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 TAIL END OF UPPER WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO SNEAK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS FOR LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NORTHWEST ZONES. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MODEL DATA INDICATE A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUGGEST AN ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY. FRONT MAY SAG FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...BUT WILL KEEP SOME SMALL CHANCE POPS GOING SUNDAY NIGHT IN CASE FRONT ENDS UP BEING SLOWER. APPEARS FRONT WILL BEGIN DRIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH DURING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR BOTH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. BASED ON PROGGED LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES...APPEARS THE GFS MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN THE LATER PERIODS LOOKS OK AT THIS POINT IN TIME. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 335 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MEANDERS ACROSS OUR AREA. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. EARLY ON WILL RETROGRADE INTO THE WESTERN U.S. BY DAY 7. THIS MAY RESULT IN COOLER AND LESS STORMY WEATHER BY NEXT WEEKEND. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE SUPERBLEND INITIALIZATION WAS ACCEPTED FOR MOST ITEMS. WENT CHANCE POPS MOST PERIODS...BUT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS OUR SOUTH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN COOLING A LITTLE BY DAY 7 AND EVEN A LITTLE MORE NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 201200Z TAF ISSUANCE/... ISSUED AT 720 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 WIDESPREAD MVFR OR IFR CEILINGS THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE MOSTLY VFR REST OF THE PERIOD...OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORM. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA WILL MOVE ON TO THE EAST AND AREA OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD END LATER THIS MORNING. WEATHER WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET LATER TODAY AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WOULD NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER BUT CHANCES ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL MOVE OUR WAY BY LATE EVENING. WILL MENTION VCTS AFTER 03Z AT KLAF AND 05Z-06Z ELSEWHERE AS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BECOME BETTER. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR INZ060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...JAS NEAR TERM...JAS SHORT TERM...JAS LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...JH 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 532 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-211000- 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- 532 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL LATE TONIGHT. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RIVER FLOODING AFFECTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS...ROADS...AND AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR RIVERS AND CREEKS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RIVER FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT TIME. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE GREATER THREAT ON SUNDAY. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS AT THIS TIME. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGHOUT MOST 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 SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>065-067>072-211000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 532 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL LATE TONIGHT. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RIVER FLOODING AFFECTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS...ROADS...AND AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR RIVERS AND CREEKS. TIMING: HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RIVER FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT TIME. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE GREATER THREAT ON SUNDAY. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS AT THIS TIME. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK ALONG PORTIONS OF BIG RACCOON...BIG WALNUT...AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...EEL...TIPPECANOE...AND WABASH RIVERS. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGHOUT MOST 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 SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && 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
746 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N WILLIAMS 38.83N 86.65W
06/20/2015 M3.03 INCH LAWRENCE IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0645 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW HARRODSBURG 38.97N 86.56W
06/20/2015 M3.52 INCH LAWRENCE IN COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S PLAINVILLE 38.78N 87.16W
06/20/2015 M6.77 INCH DAVIESS IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN BICKNELL 38.78N 87.32W
06/20/2015 M4.90 INCH KNOX IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 N WAYMANSVILLE 39.14N 86.05W
06/20/2015 M3.66 INCH BARTHOLOMEW IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE OOLITIC 38.91N 86.48W
06/20/2015 M3.68 INCH LAWRENCE IN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
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50The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant flooding had limited access to a property due to heavy rainfall.
Water was over State Route 450, east of Williams, due to heavy 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, 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: 589668, 589675.