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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 15, 2009Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2009, 9:01 PM EDT for Warren 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2009, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2009, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 303 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2009-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2009-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 160101
FFWIND
INC171-160500-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0008.090516T0101Z-090516T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
901 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT/MIDNIGHT CDT/

* AT 900 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
  IN NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY.  ANOTHER TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN
  IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PENCE...
  TAB...RAINSVILLE AND PINE VILLAGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 8753 4047 8711 4037 8712 4036 8714
      4036 8717 4033 8724 4022 8736 4022 8739
      4020 8744 4017 8744 4016 8754

$$
JH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 160246
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1046 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

INC171-160500-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090516T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN-
1046 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT/MIDNIGHT
CDT/ FOR WARREN COUNTY...

AT 1040 PM EDT...SEVERE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND ATTICA.  
RADAR INDICATES RAIN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 AND A HALF INCHES HAVE 
OCCURRED OVER NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER HALF 
INCH TO AN INCH MAY OCCUR BEFORE THE RAINS DIMINISH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAB...
RAINSVILLE...PENCE AND PINE VILLAGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 8753 4047 8711 4037 8712 4036 8714
      4036 8717 4033 8724 4022 8736 4022 8739
      4020 8744 4017 8744 4016 8754

$$
JH
000 
WGUS73 KIND 160459
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1259 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

INC171-160504-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090516T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN-
1259 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WARREN COUNTY...

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT RAIN 
REMAINING ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT HAS ENDED...BE AWARE THAT FLOODING MAY LINGER LONG AFTER THE 
RAIN HAS ENDED. 

LAT...LON 4049 8753 4047 8711 4037 8712 4036 8714
      4036 8717 4033 8724 4022 8736 4022 8739
      4020 8744 4017 8744 4016 8754

$$

JAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren64 min
May 15, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe43 min
May 15, 8:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDWarren24 min
May 15, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe65 min
May 15, 9:24 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion6 hr
May 15, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren64 min
May 15, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll30 min
May 15, 10:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe4 hr
May 15, 10:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion4 hr
May 15, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tippecanoe50 min
May 15, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam45 min
May 15, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward36 min
May 15, 11:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo3 hr
May 15, 11:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo3 hr
May 16, 1:07 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDWarren12 hr
May 16, 2:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe12 hr
May 16, 11:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 hr
May 16, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDWarren6 hr
May 16, 2:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.