The last widespread rains of the month were the result of a developing low pressure area that moved through the state on the 26th and early on the 27th. Numerous flooding problems developed quickly across mainly northern sections of central Indiana.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 last widespread rains of the month were the result of a developing low pressure area that moved through the state on the 26th and early on the 27th. Numerous flooding problems developed quickly across mainly northern sections of central Indiana. People were rescued from cars and homes were flooded in the Muncie area and other areas of east central Indiana. Much of the state along and north of Interstate 70 received 2 to 5 inches of rain. Two individuals perished near Noblesville when their automobile hit water on a road and crashed into a telephone pole.
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 26, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 347 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT AS A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS REMAINS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BY LATE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK INTO INDIANA FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHICH WILL BRING DRY...COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER. COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS NORTHERLY FLOW FROM CANADA IS EXPECTED TO SPILL INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. && .NEAR TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/... ISSUED AT 934 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 SURFACE ANALYSIS LATE THIS MORNING SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS TO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS IN PLACE CROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE...TO NORTH OF INDY AND THEN TO SW OHIO. RADAR SHOWS AN THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DIURNALLY DECAYING OVER ILLINOIS AND IR IMAGES SHOWS WARMING TOPS. POSSIBLE MCV PUSHING INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON WITH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR REDEVELOPMENT AS DAYTIME HEATING RESUMES. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUES TO SHOW ATTAINABLE CONVECTIVE TEMPS AND GOOD CAPE...WHILE TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS INDICATE A MOIST COLUMN WITH EXCELLENT LIFT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ONGOING FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO MAJOR ADJUSTMENT MADE EXCEPT FOR JUST THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS AS NO PRECIP IS ONGOING AT THIS TIME. STILL EXPECT 1-2 HOURS OF DRY WEATHER...3-4 ACROSS THE EAST...BEFORE PRECIPITATION ONSET. HAVE TRENDED POPS IN THIS MANNER. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 347 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY EXIST ACROSS THE FAR E/SE COUNTIES OF THE CWA EARLY SATURDAY COURTESY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED EXITING SHORT WAVE. THEN A STRONG UPPER TROUGH LOOKS TO REMAIN ACROSS THE STATE INTO SATURDAY. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...CYCLONIC LOWER LEVEL FLOW LOOKS TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS INDIANA AS A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER EASTERN OHIO. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW ATTAINABLE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW AND MIDDLE 70S...WITH SHALLOW CAPE AVAILABLE. TRENDED TOWARD LOW CHANCE SCATTERED POPS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE MOISTURE AND LOWER LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE BEST. THEN CONDITIONS LOOK DRY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE AREA. AS FOR TEMPS THIS WEEKEND TRENDED HIGHS ON SATURDAY COOLER THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS AND ONGOING COLD AIR ADVECTION...THEN FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD GIVEN THE COOL WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW WILL TREND HIGHS AT OR BELOW MEXMOS AND STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS LOWS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 214 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE SUPERBLEND INITIALIZATION WAS ACCEPTED FOR MOST ITEMS. CENTRAL INDIANA WILL REMAIN UNDER AN UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE PERIOD. VARIOUS WAVES RIDING ALONG THE TROUGH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN EVERY DAY DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD. AT THE MOMENT IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCES WILL OCCUR MONDAY WITH AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE PASSING THROUGH. WITH THE UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE DURING THE LONG TERM. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 26/1500Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 1007 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 UPDATE... DELAYED TIMING OF SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ONSET TIME FROM FRI 15Z TO FRI 16Z. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... POOR FLYING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KBMG WILL SEE VLIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH IFR AT KLAF. PATCHY NATURE OF IFR/MVFR CLOUDS NEAR KHUF AND KIND WARRANTS A TEMPO GROUP. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING SO ONLY CARRIED A VCSH GROUP. HOWEVER...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN THIS AFTERNOON...CONVECTION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND THEN PERSIST INTO EVENING. WENT WITH PREDOMINANT MVFR IN TSRA...BUT IFR DEFINITELY POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER RAIN. PREDOMINANT IFR WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT AS LOW EXITS TO THE EAST. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR INZ021-028>031- 035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...SMF NEAR TERM...PUMA SHORT TERM...SMF LONG TERM....50 AVIATION...50/TDUD 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 424 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 INZ045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-270830- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 424 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG AND SEVERE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LARGE HAIL. AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A THREAT. TIMING: MAINLY BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A VERY MOIST AIR IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR LARGE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...VERY HEAVY AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THESE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN COUNTIES ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL ALLOW FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>044-270830- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- 424 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: STRONG WINDS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A VERY MOIST AIR IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THESE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN COUNTIES ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL ALLOW FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E NEWBERRY 38.92N 87.02W
06/26/2015 M5.66 INCH GREENE IN COCORAHS
24-HOUR TOTAL.
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MRDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1151 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 INZ036-037-039-048-049-261800- MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE 1151 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE... FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE TO LEBANON...FISHERS AND NEAR NEW CASTLE. THE FUNNELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE GROUND. A FUNNEL WAS REPORTED NEAR LEBANON AT 1130 AM. THE LEBANON FUNNEL FORMED WITHIN A RAIN SHOWER UPDRAFT FED BY NORTHEAST WINDS ON ITS NORTH SIDE AND SOUTHWEST WINDS ON ITS SOUTH SIDE. THESE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WINDS ARE CREATING WEAK SPIN ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND MAY PRODUCE MORE FUNNELS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DRT
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:10 UTC.
6 flash flood, 5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over roadways in Marshall due to heavy rainfall of 1.40 inches in 40 minutes.
Six inches of standing water was over the road in Sagamore Golf Club in Noblesville due to heavy rainfall.
Flooding occurring on neighborhood roads due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
Streets flooded in the neighborhood worse than earlier in the day due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
The Washington Street Bridge was closed due to flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
Ponding and water was running over county roadways due to heavy rainfall. Flooding was up to a foot and a half deep at the intersections of Toll Gate Road and 231st Street and Morse Landing Drive.
Cars were stalled and water rescues were performed in Muncie due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
Numerous road closures were reported due to high water from heavy thunderstorm rainfall, including State Road 13 at County Road 100 South.
Water was reported across Trotter Road due to heavy rainfall.
The left lane of Interstate 65 near Greenwood was closed due to high water from heavy rainfall.
RTV6 reported that a Noblesville man and a teenage girl were killed in a one-car crash after encountering flooding on a Hamilton County road early Saturday morning. The man, 39, was driving with three juveniles on Promise Road north of 181st Street just before 12:30 AM EDT. The high water caused his car to go off the road and strike a mailbox and utility pole, officials with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said. He was taken to Riverview Hospital where he died of his injuries. One of the passengers was a 16-year-old girl who was in the back seat of the car. She also died of her injuries. The other two juvenile passengers were taken to a Fishers hospital with minor injuries.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Hamilton | 2015-06-26 | 39 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Flash Flood, Hamilton | 2015-06-26 | 16 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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: 589800, 589812, 589816, 589875, 591947, 591949, 589877, 589878, 589879, 589880, 591953.