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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at May 30, 2008, 11:14 PM EDT for Henry County, Randolph County, Rush 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 30, 2008, 11:14 PM EDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 INZ031-038>042-045>049-052>057-060>065-067>072-311000- HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO INDIANA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS ON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>030-035>037-043-044-051-311000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE- VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO- 316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO INDIANA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS ON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AFTER 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
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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 |
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| May 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard | 34 min |
| May 30, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 39 min |
| May 30, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| May 30, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 39 min |
| May 30, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| May 30, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 30, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 30, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 43 min |
| May 30, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Parke and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 30, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 58 min |
| May 30, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison | 28 min |
| May 30, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 24 min |
| May 30, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 42 min |
| May 30, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 30, 11:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 31, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 26 min |
| May 31, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 31 min |
| May 31, 1:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 29 min |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 5 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 7 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 16 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 17 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 21 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 21 days |
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Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every areal flood warning in 2008
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.