Category: Heavy Rain

Updated 12.25.21 @ 11:27a

First and foremost, from our family to yours, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas and the warmest of holiday wishes during this season!

A line of rain and embedded thunder continues to plague portions of central Indiana late Christmas morning. Localized training of heavy downpours has led to this being an “overachiever” in spots across the region (closing in on 2” in a narrow strip from Frankfort over to Elwood, for example).

The trend should be a drier one through the afternoon as temperatures slowly begin to fall (how weird was it to walk outside on Christmas morning with temperatures in the lower and middle 60s?!).

With that said, the damp theme this Christmas morning can serve as a hint to what lies ahead as we put a bow of 2021 and open up the new year. A very Niña-like pattern will force the storm track into the Ohio Valley, leading to multiple storms of significance as we go through the upcoming week to 10 days.

Sunday night into Monday, Monday night and Tuesday, followed by next Saturday into Sunday all appear to provide a good soaking to central Indiana.

Certainly by the time all is said and done, widespread hefty totals are likely. We’ll have to hone in on specific numbers as we get closer, but it’s safe to say amounts in local rain gauges may approach 3”+ by Jan. 2nd. The heaviest rain appears slated with the storm Tuesday and again next Saturday.