Bands of showers and thunderstorms, oriented from southwest to northeast, affected portions of central Indiana during the late morning through mid-afternoon of August 13th. Heavy downpours produced a couple flash flooding reports during the early to mid-afternoon timeframe.
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Bands of showers and thunderstorms, oriented from southwest to northeast, affected portions of central Indiana during the late morning through mid-afternoon of August 13th. Heavy downpours produced a couple flash flooding reports during the early to mid-afternoon timeframe.
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 Aug 13, 12:11 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 111 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 .UPDATE...The SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...SHORT TERM and HYDROLOGY sections have been updated below. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 111 PM EDT Sat Aug 13 2016 A cold front will drop southeast across central Indiana through tonight and then stall across southern Indiana. The front and numerous upper waves will interact with a tropical airmass and result in widespread showers and thunderstorms this weekend and next week. Rain may be heavy at times with flooding possible by this afternoon, especially near and south of a Muncie to Indianapolis to Terre Haute line. Temperatures will be normal to slightly below normal through the period. && .NEAR TERM.../Rest of the afternoon and tonight/ Issued at 111 PM EDT Sat Aug 13 2016 Heavy rain and flooding are the main concerns with the near term and beyond. A cold front will be dropping southeast across central Indiana tonight. The front should be over southern Indiana by 12z Sunday. The front, impulses ejected northeast from the Louisiana low on the backside of the southeastern ridge and an approaching upper Midwest trough will all interact with a tropical and sufficiently unstable airmass to produce widespread thunderstorms, especially along and south of a Terre Haute to Indianapolis to Muncie line. This area will also be within a right entrance region of a 110 knot upper jet over Ontario and Quebec. Latest radar loop was showing banding over the area with the main band southwest to northeast from Knox county to southeastern Marion and Delaware. MRMS rainfall estimates were greater than 4 inches over parts of Knox, Daviess and Greene counties since this morning. Other smaller bands were also forming over west central parts of the forecast area. So, heavy rain and flooding are possible and discussed in more depth below in the Hydrology section. Blend pops look good with categorical south of a Bloomington to Sullivan line and tapering off to small chance northeast of a Clinton to Crawfordsville to Kokomo line. With widespread convection, will go at or above 12z MOS with lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. && .SHORT TERM.../Sunday through Tuesday/ Issued at 111 PM EDT Sat Aug 13 2016 Heavy rain and flooding will be the main concern for the short term as models continue to depict a stalled front over southern Indiana and an upper Louisiana low eventually lifting northeast over central Indiana on Tuesday. These features along with the area being within the right rear quadrant of an upper jet will interact with a tropical and unstable atmosphere and will be plenty of ammo for widespread showers and thunderstorms through the period and especially south of a Terre Haute to Indianapolis to Muncie line. This area could see flash flooding at times this weekend through early next week along with the possibility of river flooding next week. More specific info can be found in the Hyrdo section below. Blend pops look good with generally likely pops near and south of Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Muncie and chance pops north of that line through Monday. Heavy rain is possible during this time. However, the best chance of more heavy rain will be Monday night and into Tuesday as the main Louisiana energy moves across the area. All counties will see high chances of showers and thunderstorms then. With widespread convection around, prefer temperatures at or below 12z MOS during the day and at or above MOS at night. && .HYDROLOGY.../this afternoon through Tuesday/ Issued at 111 PM EDT Sat Aug 13 2016 Precipitable water values 2 to 2.5 inches over the Flash Flood Watch area will come down slightly starting Sunday afternoon as the cold front stalls over southern Indiana. However, 2 to 2.5 precipitable water numbers will return to all of central Indiana Monday night into Tuesday as the Louisiana energy moves over the area. Thus, the highest potential for heavy rain looks to be south of a Terre Haute to Indianapolis to Muncie line through Sunday and then over all of central Indiana Monday night into Tuesday. Currently, the Flash Flood Watch runs through 12z Monday for our southernmost two tiers of counties including Sullivan through Decatur and south. This still looks pretty good given the dynamics, radar loop and HRRR. May need to eventually extend and perhaps expand the Flash Flood Watch due to the heavy rain potential associated with the main arrival of the Louisiana energy. Upstream 24 hour rainfall totals ending 12z this morning of generally 3 to 6 inches over central Illinois strongly support the potential of heavy rain and flooding over the Watch area. This is further driven home by MRMS radar estimated 4 plus inch total banding over parts of Daviess, Knox and Greene counties through 1 pm. Have a flash warning out for that area until 345 pm and one for Delaware county until 4 pm. River flooding may develop across the area next week due to these heavy rains. && .LONG TERM /Tuesday through Friday/... Issued at 337 AM EDT Sat Aug 13 2016 The very wet conditions of the short term will continue at least into early Tuesday as a weak area of low pressure moves across northern Indiana. Models indicate a frontal system will lift north of the area Tuesday night and we will be under a humid southwest flow rest of the long term period through day 7. This combined with a series of weak upper disturbances will keep us with a daily chance of thunderstorms much of next week. Generally stayed close to model initialized temperatures. Clouds and precipitation will keep high temperatures slightly cooler than normal Tuesday...but high temperatures will rise to slightly above normal after the middle of next week. Lows will be slightly warmer than normal much of the period. && .AVIATION /Discussion for the 131500z IND taf Update/... MVFR conditions expected at most TAF site the next few hours. Radar beginning to show development across the area as bands of Precip were stretching from near Muncie to IND to near Vincennes. Coverage should continue to increase as daytime heating induces a bit of instability. At the moment Lightning strikes appear limited in the area...and have trended toward showers for the next few hours. Previous discussion below /Discussion for the 13/1200Z TAF Issuance/... Issued at 715 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 Marginal flying conditions will be the rule as scattered showers spread east across central Indiana this morning and numerous showers and thunderstorms occur this afternoon. A cold front from the southern tip of lake Michigan to just south of KSTL will stall across the southern portions of central Indiana tonight and numerous showers and thunderstorms will occur over southern sections tonight. Could be periods of VFR ceilings outside of showers and storms this afternoon...but conditions should be predominately MVFR. Model soundings indicate areas of IFR ceilings and visibilities will occur later tonight. Winds will be south to southwest around 8 knots today and light west or southwest tonight. && .IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Flash Flood Watch from 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Monday morning for INZ060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...MK NEAR TERM...MK SHORT TERM...MK HYDROLOGY...MK LONG TERM....JH AVIATION...JH/JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-140915- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 515 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING. TIMING: ANY TIME...BUT HIGHEST CHANCES IN AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY INTO THE EARLY WEEK. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT STALL OUT NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH TROPICAL GULF MOISTURE AND PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OFF AND ON WELL INTO THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND STORM IMPACT REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>065-067>072-140915- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 515 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A FEW COULD BE STRONG. HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING. TIMING: ANY TIME...BUT BEST CHANCES ARE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY INTO THE EARLY WEEK. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT STALL OUT NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH TROPICAL GULF MOISTURE AND PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OFF AND ON WELL INTO THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND STORM IMPACT REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:17 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water, of unknown depth, was reported to be over the road in Muncie due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This report was received via Twitter.
Water, of unknown depth, was reported over West Walnut Street, west of Greencastle due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
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