Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

May 14, 2009, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2009, 5:15 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 140620
FFWIND
INC021-121-165-167-140915-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0004.090514T0620Z-090514T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE...

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT

* AT 218 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 TURKEY RUN
  STATE PARK...BRIDGETON...BLANFORD...ROCKVILLE...MONTEZUMA...
  MECCA...MARSHALL...JUDSON...FAIRVIEW PARK...DANA...CLINTON AND
  BLOOMINGDALE

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA TODAY. 
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...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 3983 8753 3996 8714 3996 8711 3991 8710
      3988 8710 3988 8709 3954 8703 3942 8753

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WGUS73 KIND 140813
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
413 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

INC021-121-165-167-140915-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090514T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO-
413 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHERN VIGO...PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION
COUNTIES...

AT 412 AM EDT...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ON TOP OF AREAS THAT 
RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURKEY RUN
STATE PARK...MARSHALL...JUDSON...DANA AND BLOOMINGDALE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER 
TONIGHT WILL SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAIN 
DURING THIS HOUR WILL BE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

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.

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 3983 8753 3996 8714 3996 8711 3991 8710
      3988 8710 3988 8709 3954 8703 3942 8753

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WGUS73 KIND 140908
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

INC021-121-165-167-140918-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090514T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO-
508 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLAY...NORTHERN VIGO...PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. 
HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 
BE FLOODED THIS MORNING. 

LAT...LON 3983 8753 3996 8714 3996 8711 3991 8710
      3988 8710 3988 8709 3954 8703 3942 8753

$$

JOHNSON

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.