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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2007Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 2:25 AM EDT for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2007, 2:25 AM EDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2007, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 2:45 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nne Delphi, IN	WATER RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 500 W AND TOWPATH ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 260629
FFWIND
INC015-261030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
225 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DELPHI AND FLORA

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE 
NORTHERN PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. FLASH 
FLOODING NEAR THE WABASH RIVER IN CARROLL COUNTY WILL BE POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
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 4070 8653 4070 8639 4053 8638 4052 8669
      4058 8670 4059 8676 4071 8676 4074 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 339DEG 5KT 4062 8656

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 260803
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
359 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

INC015-261030-
CARROLL-
359 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...

AT 357 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING.  SHOWERS WERE ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY AND WERE MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY BUT WILL 
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

CARROLL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 500 
WEST AND TOWPATH ROAD. LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR 
THE WABASH RIVER NORTH OF ROCKFIELD AND DELPHI MAY ALSO FLOOD DURING 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLORA

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4070 8653 4070 8639 4053 8638 4052 8669
      4058 8670 4059 8676 4071 8676 4074 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 330DEG 12KT 4062 8657

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 6:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll	4 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.