For areas like Bloomington and Columbus, Seymour, it has been an active morning.  Most of the large hail has calmed down a bit, but heavy rain could cause problems in those areas.  Rainfall totals are anywhere from 1″ to 3″ of rain.

Watch out for the rain to redevelop along those areas for the next several hours!

Some of the counties that have been under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, now have them for awhile longer.  Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, and Jennings counties have Severe Thunderstorm Warnings until 7:30pm.  Here is Forecast 8 VIPIR over that area.  There are also some Flash Flood Warnings until 9:15 for many of those counties.  Hail and Flash Floods are the biggest threats.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Franklin County until 7:00am

These are all Severe Thunderstorm Warnings…large hail, gusty winds, and heavy downpours are the biggest threats.

Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Monroe counties until 6:30am

Wayne county until 5:45am

Here are some VIPIR Images

The Storm Prediction Center has removed the entire state from the slight risk category.  Morning rain has essentially limited some of the severe weather ingredients, but that could change later today.

Current VIPIR imagery shows the swath of rain continuing to shrink in size, with the heaviest rains still south of Indy.  Rainfall totals have been spotty with the highest amounts around Brazil.

The massive swath of rain is weakening a bit as it moves into the metro area.  The heaviest of the rain is SW of Indianapolis, with our Weatherbug Site in Brazil up to .80″ of rain.

The most intense rain and storms will slide to the south of Indy, but there will be some moderate rain with some thunder in most areas.

Rain and storms are racing into the state, so it may have an impact on the last part of the morning commute.  Here is a look at VIPIR.

Rain and storms are getting closer to the state line.  So far, not watches or warnings, but there is a lot of lightning, and some heavy downpours.  This should hold off until the end of the morning commute.

Things have gotten a bit more complicated.  The surface front has slowed down a bit and is hung up around Lafayette, and the water content in the atmosphere remains high.  So as long as the front lingers, rain chances will hold on.  The really dry air is still around Chicago and is slow to drop south, so we will keep some rain chances in this evening, as the rain will slowly dry up this evening and overnight.  Rainfall totals have piled up along a narrow path with some places now over 1″ of rain since midnight.