Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2009, 1:49 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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 14, 2009, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2009, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 140549 FFWIND INC045-121-165-171-140845- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0003.090514T0549Z-090514T0845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 149 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 445 AM EDT * AT 147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAB... RAINSVILLE...PENCE...WILLIAMSPORT...WEST LEBANON...PINE VILLAGE... NEWTOWN AND ATTICA THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY. OVER THE NEXT HOUR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 4049 8752 4048 8710 3998 8710 3983 8753 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 140716 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009 INC045-121-165-171-140845- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090514T0845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-WARREN- 316 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKE...NORTHERN VERMILLION...FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES... AT 315 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAB... RAINSVILLE...PENCE...WILLIAMSPORT...WEST LEBANON...PINE VILLAGE... NEWTOWN AND ATTICA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE ONGOING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN OF THE PAST FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 4049 8752 4048 8710 3998 8710 3983 8753 $$ JOHNSON
000 WGUS73 KIND 140836 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 436 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009 INC045-121-165-171-140846- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090514T0845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-WARREN- 436 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKE...NORTHERN VERMILLION...FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLASH FLOODING HAS RECEDED. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. LAT...LON 4049 8752 4048 8710 3998 8710 3983 8753 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 12 hr |
| May 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 13, 10:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 3 hr |
| May 14, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 44 min |
| May 14, 2:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 3 more | 51 min |
| May 14, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 54 min |
| May 14, 2:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 53 min |
| May 14, 2:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 14, 3:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 14, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion and 3 more | 44 min |
| May 14, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 50 min |
| May 14, 3:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 2 hr |
| May 14, 4:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 96 min |
| May 14, 4:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 3 hr |
| May 14, 6:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 14, 6:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Lawrence and 7 more | 15 hr |
| May 14, 7:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 13 hr |
| May 14, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 14, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 48 hr |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 3 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 8 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 7 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 8 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 6 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 8 days |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 39 hr |
| May 14, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 39 hr |
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.