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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at May 27, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT for Jackson County, Indiana. 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
- May 27, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jackson County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 27, 7:10 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:10 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 226 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-281830- 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- 226 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A HAZARD WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. .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>072-281830- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 226 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF A BLOOMINGTON TO COLUMBUS LINE AFTER 200 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD RESULT IN THE HEAVIEST STORMS. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A HAZARD WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. .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) LJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 NW BROWNSTOWN 38.94N 86.12W
05/27/2008 JACKSON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON STATE ROAD 58 NEAR KURTZ
AND THE SOUTH FORK OF SALT CREEK
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ABROOKSLocal storm report, May 27, 4:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:36 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hamilton and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 4 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 5 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.