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Flood Watch 5, NWS Northern Indiana

July 27, 200614 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flood watch at Jul 27, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT for 14 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2006, 3:57 AM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:49 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-281000-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
449 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 /549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE
MAIN HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IS HEAVY RAIN. THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IS GREATEST TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS MAY POTENTIALLY
LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A RETURN OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE
INTO THE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100
EACH AFTERNOON. NIGHTTIME WILL NOT PROVIDE MUCH RELIEF WITH HIGH
HUMIDITY AND LOW TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THE 70S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING...RAINFALL
RATES GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR THAT PERSIST FOR MORE THAN 30
MINUTES...AND RAINFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-281000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE-
549 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS
CREATING LOCALLY HIGH WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED STORM
WITH GUSTY WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP

HITCHCOCK/MURPHY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 10:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1045 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 AM     FLOOD            FORT WAYNE              41.07N 85.14W
07/27/2006                   ALLEN              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EAST BROOK DRIVE AND WESTBROOK DRIVE CLOSED WITH 6 INCHES
            TO 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING ROADS. STATE BLVD
            INTERSECTION WITH EAST BROOK DRIVE AND WESTBROOK DRIVE
            CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	White	46 min
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	White	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		2 hr
Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	44 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.