Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2009, 4:13 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2009, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 KIND 252013
FFWIND
INC083-153-167-252315-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0013.090525T2013Z-090525T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
413 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES...
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT/615 PM CDT/
* AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURTLE
CREEK RESERVOIR...PAXTON...GRAYSVILLE...FREELANDVILLE...
FAIRBANKS...SULLIVAN...SHELBURN...OAKTOWN...MEROM...HYMERA...
FARMERSBURG...DUGGER AND CARLISLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 8773 3850 8769 3851 8766 3853 8767
3864 8763 3874 8751 3896 8754 3900 8758
3907 8759 3911 8766 3915 8766 3921 8759
3929 8760 3927 8726 3891 8725 3884 8721
3881 8725 3876 8725 3854 8735 3853 8748
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 252158
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009
INC083-153-167-252315-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090525T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
558 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
KNOX...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHWESTERN VIGO COUNTIES...
AT 555 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER WAS
OVER COUNTY ROADS NEAR BICKNELL AND OAKTOWN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
STILL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURTLE CREEK
RESERVOIR...PAXTON...GRAYSVILLE...FREELANDVILLE...FAIRBANKS...
SULLIVAN...SHELBURN...OAKTOWN...MEROM...HYMERA...FARMERSBURG...DUGGER
AND CARLISLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 8773 3850 8769 3851 8766 3853 8767
3864 8763 3874 8751 3896 8754 3900 8758
3907 8759 3911 8766 3915 8766 3921 8759
3929 8760 3927 8726 3891 8725 3884 8721
3881 8725 3876 8725 3854 8735 3853 8748
$$
CP000
WGUS73 KIND 252311
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
711 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009
INC083-153-167-252321-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090525T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
711 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT FOR
KNOX...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHWESTERN VIGO COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 3843 8773 3850 8769 3851 8766 3853 8767
3864 8763 3874 8751 3896 8754 3900 8758
3907 8759 3911 8766 3915 8766 3921 8759
3929 8760 3927 8726 3891 8725 3884 8721
3881 8725 3876 8725 3854 8735 3853 8748
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 2 hr |
| May 25, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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.