Beginning on the 7th, numerous weather systems brought seemingly unending rains and at times torrential downpours to various portions of the state. The first heavy rains of the month occurred in portions of east central Illinois in addition to west central and northwest Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Beginning on the 7th, numerous weather systems brought seemingly unending rains and at times torrential downpours to various portions of the state. The first heavy rains of the month occurred in portions of east central Illinois in addition to west central and northwest Indiana. Rainfall of 2 to nearly 6 inches on the 7th caused flooding across portions of Warren, Fountain, and Vermillion counties.
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 8, 12:53 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 153 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 .UPDATE... THE LONG TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE REGION...SERVING FIRST AS FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THEN FOR ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING STORMS COULD LEAD TO A FLOOD THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. QUIET WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER ACTIVE PATTERN RESUMES LATE IN THE WEEK AND CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF TONIGHT AND MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 .UPDATE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD TO HALF OF OUR REGION AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OVERNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR REGION...BUT IT APPEARS THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT. DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD HEADLINES SINCE 6 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS RUNNING 3.5 TO 4 INCHES MOST AREAS. BUT EVEN SO ISOLATED AREAS MAY NEED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT. MODELS INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DIMINISH OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WENT A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC THERE TOWARDS DAYBREAK. TEMPERATURES SEEM TO BE ON TRACK AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE THERE. PREVIOUS NEAR TERM DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... MAIN CONCERNS TONIGHT ARE SEVERE WEATHER RISK...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT...AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS STRUGGLED SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT SHORTER TERM MODELS ARE STARTING TO APPEAR A BIT MORE REASONABLE WITH EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION TONIGHT. MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/PSEUDO WARM FRONT FROM OVERNIGHT/MORNING CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO NORTHERN INDIANA...ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN BACK INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. EXPECT UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THESE BOUNDARIES AND MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT SAGS INTO THE AREA. AMPLE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A HEAVY RAIN THREAT INCLUDING MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE BOUNDARIES /SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR/...A PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL JET IN EXCESS OF 30 TO 40KT OVERNIGHT...AND DEEPLY MOIST/PSEUDO TROPICAL PROFILES WITH FREEZING LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 13KFT SUGGESTING WARM RAIN PROCESSES/HIGH PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY WILL PLAY A ROLE...IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE TRAINING OWING TO NEARLY BOUNDARY PARALLEL FLOW AS THE FRONT MOVES FAIRLY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. THAT SAID...ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS ARE QUITE DRY WITH FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR 3 PLUS INCHES IN 3 HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY POTENTIALLY OCCURRING IN MULTIPLE WAVES RATHER THAN ONE CONTINUOUS...BASINS MAY BE ABLE TO HANDLE QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL EXCEPT FOR WHERE SIGNIFICANT TRAINING DOES MANAGE TO OCCUR. AFTER COLLABORATION...WILL CONTINUE WITH ESF/HWO/ZFP AND OTHER MENTIONS OF HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD THREAT OWING TO CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY AS TO EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION AND WHERE EXACTLY HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR. DO EXPECT A WIDESPREAD INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BEFORE RAIN ENDS TOMORROW...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...BUT DRIER INITIAL CONDITIONS WILL HELP REDUCE THE WIDESPREAD FLOOD THREAT. EVENING SHIFT CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT IF IT BECOMES MORE OBVIOUS WHERE TRAINING WILL OCCUR. LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY BE NEAR MODEL WETBULB TEMPERATURE PROGS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S...WHICH WAS NEAR CONSENSUS NUMBERS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 SOME LINGERING SHOWER/ISOLATED THUNDER ACTIVITY MAY BE ABLE TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING BUT DRY WEATHER IS LIKELY TO RETURN FAIRLY QUICKLY MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY. WITH SOME SIGNAL THAT A BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...DECIDED A SLIGHT CHANCE POP WAS MERITED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES REMAIN THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT VARIABLE...AND CONSENSUS NUMBERS APPEARED REASONABLE ON MAX/MIN TEMPS THROUGHOUT...WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS NECESSARY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 153 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 MODELS AND ENSEMBLES HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES AGREEING ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF VARIOUS PERTURBATIONS IN THE SYNOPTIC UPPER FLOW. THUS...CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE NEXT WEEK AND WEEKEND IS NOT GREAT. PREFER NOT TO STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE REGIONAL INITIALIZATION WHICH HAS POPS ALL PERIODS BUT MAINLY DURING THE WEEKEND...WHEN A SURFACE RIDGE SETS UP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ALLOWING A RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS SHORT WAVES...THAT WILL RIDE NORTHEAST OVER TOP AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S PER REGIONAL INITIALIZATION LOOKS REASONABLE GIVEN THE MODEL DIFFERENCES BUT OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 080600Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 1200 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. THIS EVENING/S UPPER AIR AND WIND PROFILERS INDICATE 35-40 KT OF LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO THE SYSTEM...SO EXPECTING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 081200Z. IFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE. CB BASES AROUND 040. AS LOW LEVEL JET WEAKEN AND SHIFTS SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY THEN...ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...CEILINGS GENERALLY 040-050 THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL PROBABLY BE RATHER CHAOTIC OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS CONVECTION MOVES THROUGH...BUT WINDS SHOULD SETTLE INTO THE 230-260 DEGREE RANGE AFTER SUNRISE...WITH SPEEDS 8-12 KTS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NIELD NEAR TERM...NIELD/JH SHORT TERM...NIELD LONG TERM...MK AVIATION...JAS 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 1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-090230- 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- 1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS. FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL. TIMING: ANY TIME OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A FEW AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ALONG WITH A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD THREAT. THERE ARE MORE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE MIGHT BE SEVERE. DISCUSSION: A FRONT SLOWLY SAGGING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL IN THE AREA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. MORE CHANCES FOR STORMS RETURN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1014 PM EDT SUN JUN 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG CRAWFORDSVILLE 40.04N 86.90W
06/07/2015 MONTGOMERY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES DOWN
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1110 PM EDT SUN JUN 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 PM TSTM WND DMG NOBLESVILLE 40.06N 86.03W
06/07/2015 HAMILTON IN STORM CHASER
TREE LIMBS DOWN 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1223 AM EDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S DANA 39.76N 87.49W
06/07/2015 M55 MPH VERMILLION IN BROADCAST MEDIA
PERSONAL WEATHER STATION RECORDED THE GUST
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
205 AM EDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0749 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W LAFAYETTE 40.41N 86.91W
06/07/2015 TIPPECANOE IN BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE LIMB REPORTED DOWN...BLOCKING AMEILA AND CREASY
0751 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W BATTLE GROUND 40.51N 86.88W
06/07/2015 TIPPECANOE IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE LIMB DOWN
0758 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW LAFAYETTE 40.41N 86.94W
06/07/2015 M48 MPH TIPPECANOE IN ASOS
0857 PM TSTM WND GST COVINGTON 40.14N 87.39W
06/07/2015 M65 MPH FOUNTAIN IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE LIMBS DOWN OF UNKNOWN SIZE
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG CRAWFORDSVILLE 40.04N 86.90W
06/07/2015 MONTGOMERY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES DOWN
1106 PM TSTM WND DMG NOBLESVILLE 40.06N 86.03W
06/07/2015 HAMILTON IN STORM CHASER
TREE LIMBS DOWN 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND
1130 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S DANA 39.76N 87.49W
06/07/2015 M55 MPH VERMILLION IN BROADCAST MEDIA
PERSONAL WEATHER STATION RECORDED THE GUST
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BHHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported high water along State Road 136, between Covington and Veedersburg, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
Dispatch said County Road 900 West was closed between County Roads 825 South and 950 South due to high water from heavy rainfall.
Dispatch reported many roads with high water across northern Vermillion County due to thunderstorm 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: 588366, 588493, 588518.