Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2007, 6:44 PM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2007, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIWX 012244 FFWIWX INC003-020445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 644 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT WAYNE...WALLEN...LEO-CEDARVILLE...HARLAN...CUBA...ARI...ARCOLA...WOOD BURN...HUNTERTOWN...GRABILL AND GEORGETOWN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4094 8531 4096 8482 4127 8482 4127 8530 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 020248 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1043 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 INC003-020445- ALLEN IN- 1043 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALLEN...TOWNLEY...TILLMAN...ROLLING HILLS...NINE MILE... MAPLES...LEO-CEDARVILLE...HARLAN...CUBA...ARCOLA...NEW HAVEN...MONROEVILLE...HUNTERTOWN...GRABILL...GEORGETOWN AND FORT WAYNE. RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA. HOWEVER... RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL CAUSING RAPID RISES ON CREEKS IN THE COUNTY... INCLUDING SPY RUN. SPY RUN IS EXPECTED TO CREST LATE TONIGHT NEAR FLOOD STAGE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4094 8531 4096 8482 4127 8482 4127 8530 $$
000 WGUS73 KIWX 020420 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1217 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 INC003-020427- ALLEN IN- 1217 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF ALLEN COUNTY HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SPY RUN CREEK AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS ARE NO LONGER IN DANGER FOR FLOODING FROM THIS EVENT. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4094 8531 4096 8482 4127 8482 4127 8530 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Steuben | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 44 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 62 min |
| May 1, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 61 min |
| May 1, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 22 min |
| May 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 63 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.