Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Watches in 2006
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Aug 28, 2006, 2:59 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2006, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 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, 7.0 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
- 263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, 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 this flash flood watch went out at Aug 28, 1:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 1:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 344 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-281945- 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- 344 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS WILL BE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>065-067>072-281945- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 244 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006 /344 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS, HOWEVER WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE GREATER THREAT SHOULD BE HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.