Overview
Rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, moved across portions of central Indiana during late July. These produced 1 day totals of over 5 inches in some areas and 6 day totals over 8 inches of rain. Flash flooding occurred, with some water rescues being performed in Knox County on July 24.Rain Reports
Below is a map of 2 week rainfall ending 8 AM August 1. Following the map is a text listing of 6 day rainfall totals from July 23 to July 29.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 302 PM EDT Fri Jul 29 2022 ...6-DAY RAINFALL TOTALS from 7AM EDT 7/23 -to- 7AM EDT 7/29... I. GREATEST REPORTS for each COUNTY, where 2.50 or greater... County Location Rainfall Source DAVIESS Washington 1 W 9.05 in COOP KNOX Vincennes 4 E 8.30 in COOP GREENE Owensburg 1.0 N 4.64 in CoCoRaHS LAWRENCE Mitchell 4.1 E 4.11 in CoCoRaHS JENNINGS Scipio 2.2 NNW 3.89 in CoCoRaHS MORGAN Brooklyn 3.86 in NWS Emply MARTIN Shoals 8 S 3.75 in COOP JOHNSON Franklin WWTP 3.26 in COOP DECATUR Greensburg 6.0 SW 2.90 in CoCoRaHS SHELBY Flat Rock 4.3 ENE 2.88 in CoCoRaHS SULLIVAN Farmersburg TV-2 2.75 in COOP BROWN Stone Head 2.3 ENE 2.70 in CoCoRaHS HAMILTON Carmel 2.8 NNW 2.63 in CoCoRaHS JACKSON Seymour 1 WSW 2.53 in COOP PUTNAM Greencastle 3.6 ESE 2.51 in CoCoRaHS II. 6-DAY TOTAL PRECIPITATION REPORTS, by county... Central Indiana location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Bartholomew County... Flat Rock 1.2 SSW 2.33 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Columbus 2.10 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Taylorsville 0.8 SSW 1.77 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Columbus 1.9 NNE 1.37 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Boone County... Zionsville 3.8 N 2.19 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Zionsville 1.49 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Jamestown 2 E 1.32 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Lebanon 6 W 1.02 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Lebanon 3.7 N 0.53 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Brown County... Stone Head 2.3 ENE 2.70 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Beanblossom 1.4 NE 2.19 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Needmore 1.7 SSW 1.82 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Carroll County... Burlington 1.62 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Clay County... Bowling Green 2.04 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Howesville 1.77 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Clay City 1.16 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Clinton County... Frankfort 2.1 NW 0.52 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Daviess County... Washington 1 W 9.05 in 600PM 07/28 COOP Washington 1.5 NW 8.32 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Plainville 1.3 S 7.55 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Washington 3.3 SE 7.50 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Elnora 5.89 in 400PM 07/28 COOP ...Decatur County... Greensburg 6.0 SW 2.90 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Delaware County... Muncie 1.7 N 1.33 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Yorktown 1.03 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Anthony 2.2 NNE 0.99 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Macedonia 0.79 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Fountain County... Covington 0.30 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Greene County... Owensburg 1.0 N 4.64 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Bloomfield 5.3 ESE 4.05 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Elliston-Bloomfield 2.99 in 700AM 07/27 COOP Tulip 1.8 SE 2.64 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Solsberry 4.0 ESE 2.49 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Hamilton County... Carmel 2.8 NNW 2.63 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Noblesville 2.8 SSW 2.38 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Fortville 1.5 NW 2.03 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Fishers 0.7 WSW 1.51 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Westfield 0.7 WNW 1.04 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Strawtown 2.2 E 0.63 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Hancock County... Cumberland 0.7 E 1.02 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS New Palestine 1.2 NW 0.74 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Greenfield 0.70 in 700AM 07/27 COOP ...Hendricks County... Avon 1.6 NNW 1.26 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Plainfield 0.6 NNW 1.02 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Danville 3 SW 0.61 in 700AM 07/28 COOP ...Henry County... New Castle 3.2 W 0.75 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS New Castle 3 SW 0.43 in 700AM 07/29 COOP ...Howard County... Kokomo 3 WSW 1.67 in 700AM 07/28 COOP Russiaville 0.6 WSW 1.60 in 700AM 07/19 CoCoRaHS Young America 1.06 in 700AM 07/28 COOP ...Jackson County... Seymour 1 WSW 2.53 in 700AM 07/19 COOP ...Jennings County... Scipio 2.2 NNW 3.89 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS North Vernon 2 ESE 2.99 in 700AM 07/28 COOP Hayden 2.2 WNW 1.27 in 700AM 07/18 CoCoRaHS ...Johnson County... Franklin WWTP 3.26 in 700AM 07/28 COOP Amity 3.4 W 2.94 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Franklin 1 W 2.09 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Greenwood 4.6 SW 1.92 in 700AM 07/18 CoCoRaHS Greenwood 0.6 ESE 1.39 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Knox County... Vincennes 4 E 8.30 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Vincennes 5 NE 7.95 in 700AM 07/26 COOP ...Lawrence County... Mitchell 4.1 E 4.11 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Oolitic 2.8 ENE 3.83 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Oolitic Purdue Exp Farm 3.48 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Buddha 3.46 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Mitchel 2.1 N 3.33 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Harrodsburg 2.9 SSW 3.26 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Madison County... Ingalls 3.0 WNW 1.34 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Anderson 2.0 S 1.03 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Anderson 4.0 N 0.89 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Marion County... Meridian Kessler 1.53 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Eagle Creek Park 2.5 NNW 1.43 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Southport 0.9 SE 1.41 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Castleton 2 S 1.35 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Indianapolis Intl Airport 1.09 in 1259AM 07/28 ASOS Meridian Hills 1.07 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS McCordsville 1.4 WSW 1.06 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Warren Park 1.1 E 1.04 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Speedway 0.3 W 0.97 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Indianapolis Eagle Creek AP 0.58 in 1259AM 07/28 ASOS ...Martin County... Shoals 8 S 3.75 in 700AM 07/28 COOP Shoals 4.0 E 3.21 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Monroe County... Bloomington 7.1 E 1.59 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Ellettsville 0.5 W 1.10 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Bloomington 1.3 SE 0.92 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Montgomery County... Crawfordsville 3.8 SSW 1.13 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Ladoga 3.4 E 0.98 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Crawfordsville 6 SE 0.76 in 700AM 07/29 COOP ...Morgan County... Brooklyn 3.86 in 700AM 07/29 NWS Emply Martinsville 3.2 E 3.04 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Eminence 2.1 ESE 2.50 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Martinsville 2 SW 2.05 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Paragon 3.3 SSW 1.99 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Mooresville 1.8 NE 1.42 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Owen County... Spencer 2.8 NNE 1.48 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Freeman 2.4 WSW 1.38 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Parke County... Rockville Fire 0.24 in 530PM 07/28 COOP ...Putnam County... Greencastle 3.6 ESE 2.51 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Reelsville 2.6 SSW 1.18 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Randolph County... Winchester 2.2 WSW 1.34 in 700AM 07/19 CoCoRaHS Modoc 1.15 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Union City 3.6 WSW 0.36 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Rush County... Morristown 3.8 ENE 1.37 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Homer 0.57 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Rushville 0.7 ENE 0.55 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Shelby County... Flat Rock 4.3 ENE 2.88 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Shelbyville 7.1 WSW 1.66 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Fairland 0.9 SSW 1.25 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Shelbyville 0.89 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Sullivan County... Farmersburg TV-2 2.75 in 1159PM 07/28 COOP Hymera 2.07 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Graysville 5 WNW 1.77 in 700AM 07/29 COOP ...Tippecanoe County... Battle Ground 4.9 WNW 1.52 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Lafayette 2.2 NE 0.71 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS Lafayette 2.2 S 0.36 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Tipton County... Tipton 5 SW 0.82 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Kempton 0.63 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS ...Vermillion County... Perrysville 4 WNW 0.27 in 900AM 07/29 COOP ...Vigo County... Seelyville 3.2 S 1.40 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS Terre Haute 2.4 E 1.00 in 700AM 07/29 CoCoRaHS New Goshen 2.5 W 0.44 in 700AM 07/28 CoCoRaHS ...Warren County... Pence 1 SW 0.34 in 700AM 07/29 COOP Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Environment
Very high levels of moisture were being brought into central Indiana, with precipitable water values of over 2 inches across southern portions of central Indiana. This moisture interacted with a cold front to bring thunderstorms with heavy rain. Thunderstorms redeveloped and moved across the same areas, which lead to flash flooding.
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| Figure 1: Surface Map at 11 PM EDT July 24 | Figure 2: Surface Observations at 11 PM EDT July 24 | Figure 3: Precipitable Water and Moisture Transport at 11 PM July 24 |
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