Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT for Huntington County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 8, 2007, 5:16 PM EDT. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2007, 5:16 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntington County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 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 082116
FFWIWX
INC069-090115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LANCASTER...PLUM CREEK...MOUNT ETNA...MAJENICA...BOWERSTOWN...
HUNTINGTON AND ANDREWS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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.
HEAVY RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO INDICATED
BY RADAR ESTIMATES ALONG THE SALAMONIE RIVER AND WEARLY DITCH
IN SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY.
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 4067 8564 4089 8565 4089 8535 4074 8535
4073 8534 4067 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 180DEG 0KT 4071 8549
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIWX 082314
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
706 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
INC069-090115-
HUNTINGTON IN-
706 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LANCASTER...
PLUM CREEK...MOUNT ETNA...MAJENICA...BOWERSTOWN...HUNTINGTON AND
ANDREWS.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER LEVELS IN STREAMS AND
CREEKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA WHICH WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW IN
ADDITION TO URBAN STREET FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4067 8564 4089 8565 4089 8535 4074 8535
4073 8534 4067 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 180DEG 0KT 4071 8549
$$000
WGUS73 KIWX 090118
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
914 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
INC069-090124-
HUNTINGTON IN-
914 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT/815 PM CDT/ FOR
SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY...
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING OVER SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY. WHILE THE IMMEDIATE
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING THROUGH
1245 EDT SUNDAY.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4067 8564 4089 8565 4089 8535 4074 8535
4073 8534 4067 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 180DEG 0KT 4071 8549
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
443 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007
.SHORT TERM AND HYDROLOGY...
A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM LAF TO
FWA TO DFI. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WERE CLOSE TO 1.8 INCHES...AND EXPECTED
TO RISE EVEN HIGHER TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WAS UPSTREAM
OVER IL AND SOUTHERN MO. THIS SYSTEM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING FLOODING RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF MO AND NORTHERN AR.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THIS EVENING AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
APPROACHES. EXPECT WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY
OVER 4 INCHES BY LATE MORNING SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT AND INTO THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM //MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY//...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY MONDAY
FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER AS THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE OVERSPREADING THE GREAT
LAKES FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEXT TROF DIVES
INTO THE REGION.
ALL MODELS GENERALLY SUPPORT THIS SOLUTION AND HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW
THE GFS AND HPC GUIDANCE FOR PRODUCTION OF GRIDS.
THE NEXT BIG ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
AS THE RIDGE IN THE WESTERN US AMPLIFIES. THIS AMPLIFICATION...WHICH
MAY BE OVERDONE BY THE GFS...HELPS TO DIG THE TROF OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS ALLOWING MUCH COOLER AIR TO OVERSPREAD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. WHILE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF
THE TROF IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CHANGE IN
THE PATTERN TO WARRANT INCREASING POP AND AREAL COVERAGE OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FORECAST.
ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 60S BY
SATURDAY. WITH CLOUD COVER AROUND...RADIATIVE COOLING MAY BE
HAMPERED...STILL EXPECT TO SEE TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE UPPER 40S
TO LOWER 50S BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...18Z TAFS
HIGH END MVFR CIGS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL THIS AFTN AT FWA AS MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO OVERRIDE A SFC BDRY IN PLACE NEAR A LAF TO FDY
LINE...JUST SOUTH OF THE FWA TERMINAL. CIGS NEAR 3KFT EXPECTED AT
SBN THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CARRY A TEMPO BKN025 THROUGH 20Z TO
ACCOUNT FOR MVFR CIGS NEARBY. THERE IS THE RISK FOR SCT
CONVECTION THIS AFTN...BEST CHANCES BEING CLOSER TO THE FRONT AT
FWA. WILL ADD A VCTS GROUP FOR FWA AND KEEP SBN DRY THROUGH 02Z.
SHRA ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AS A
CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED SHRTWV OVER SW MO WILL TRACK NEWD TOWARDS THE
NRN OH VALLEY. THIS ALONG WITH A STRONG SHRTWV TRACKING THROUGH
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NRN LAKES WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR PRECIP TONIGHT. WILL ADD A -SHRA GROUP AFTER
03Z IN SBN AND SHRA IN FWA AFTER 02Z...ALONG WITH VCTS MENTION AT
FWA WITH THE FRONT NEAR. SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE IN
SBN BUT WILL LEAVE THUNDER MENTION OUT FOR NOW. UPSTREAM OBS AND
FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE IFR AND LOW-END MVFR CIGS FOR TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BLO 10KTS THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR INZ005>009-012>018-
020-022>027-032>034.
MI...NONE.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...SKIPPER
HYDROLOGY...SKIPPER
LONG TERM...LEWIS
AVIATION...SKIPPERHazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:30 AM EDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 530 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-090930- 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 530 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 /430 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY AND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE... HOWEVER... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN LINE WHERE THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOST NUMEROUS AND PERSISTENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-090930- 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- 530 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 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. WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS COULD ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS WHICH MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT... CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 12:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1256 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 INZ013-015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-081800- ADAMS-ALLEN-BLACKFORD-CASS-FULTON-GRANT-HUNTINGTON-JAY-MIAMI- PAULDING-PULASKI-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-WABASH-WELLS-WHITE-WHITLEY- 1256 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1252 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT. THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR LIMA OHIO TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED... OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED. LOCATIONS WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE DEVELOPING STORMS INCLUDE...LINN GROVE...MARION...SMITHSON... REYNOLDS...MCNATTS AND REIFFSBURG. AS A REMINDER...LIGHTNING IS A LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATH. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 221 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 INZ020-022>027-032-033-OHZ024-025-082030- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT... PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 221 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 A LINE OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 4PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 4PM.
Local storm report, Sep 8, 4:45 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
445 PM EDT SAT SEP 08 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM FLASH FLOOD WALTON 40.66N 86.24W
09/08/2007 CASS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE ROUTE 218 IMPASSABLE AND CLOSED IN SOUTHERN CASS
COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED.
&&
MCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 12:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Grant | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford | 6 hr |
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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.