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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2006, 8:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2006, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 170140
FFWIND
INC027-083-101-153-170530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
837 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(130 AM EDT)
* AT 831 PM CDT...KNOX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STATE
ROAD 67 FLOODING NORTH OF VINCENNES. NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS WERE
ALSO FLOODING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WERE DEVELOPING IN DAVIESS AND
MARTIN COUNTIES AND ALSO EXTREME SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUSSELLVILLE...SANDBORN...ODON...OAKTOWN...ELNORA...CRANE AND
CARLISLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3859 8759 3856 8670 3889 8673 3891 8721
3902 8757
$$
DRT3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 170245
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
941 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
INC027-083-101-153-170530-
DAVIESS-KNOX-MARTIN-SULLIVAN-
941 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(130 AM
EDT) FOR DAVIESS...MARTIN...KNOX AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
AT 938 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NEARLY EXITED THE WARNED AREA
BUT FLOODED ROADS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE.
RADAR INDICATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED
AREA SINCE IT BEGIN EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS
NEAR THE KNOX AND SULLIVAN COUNTY LINE.
LAT...LON 3859 8759 3856 8670 3889 8673 3891 8721
3902 8757
$$
DRT000
WGUS73 KIND 170416
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1212 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006
INC027-083-101-153-170530-
DAVIESS-KNOX-MARTIN-SULLIVAN-
1112 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(130 AM
EDT) FOR DAVIESS...MARTIN...KNOX AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
AT 1114 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...BUT
FLOODED ROADS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE. AN OBSERVER IN KNOX COUNTY
REPORTED AT 1100 PM CDT THAT WATER WAS SUBSIDING OFF OF ROADWAYS.
BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME DEBRIS ON THE ROADS.
RADAR INDICATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED
AREA SINCE IT BEGIN EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS
NEAR THE KNOX AND SULLIVAN COUNTY LINE.
LAT...LON 3859 8759 3856 8670 3889 8673 3891 8721
3902 8757
$$
JEH000
WGUS73 KIND 170531
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
130 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006
INC027-083-101-153-170540-
DAVIESS-KNOX-MARTIN-SULLIVAN-
1230 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DAVIESS...MARTIN...KNOX AND SOUTHERN
SULLIVAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1230 AM CDT(130 AM EDT)...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN
INCH...WHICH WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO PROLONG THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3859 8759 3856 8670 3889 8673 3891 8721
3902 8757
$$
LAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.