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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 15, 2009Carroll County, Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2009, 10:26 PM EDT for Carroll County, Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2009, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2009, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 2:00 AM EDT	FLOOD	Battle Ground, IN	SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EVENT TIME ESTIMATED.
May 16, 2:00 AM EDT	FLOOD	Flora, IN	SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EVENT TIME ESTIMATED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 282 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 160226
FFWIND
INC015-045-157-160630-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0009.090516T0226Z-090516T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1026 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 
ACROSS NORTHERN TIPPECANOE AND PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL 
RAIN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OTTERBEIN...YEOMAN...DELPHI...CAMDEN...BATTLE GROUND AND FLORA

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 185.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 17.

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 4074 8652 4071 8651 4070 8640 4049 8639
      4046 8667 4044 8670 4037 8670 4027 8675
      4023 8710 4012 8712 4011 8742 4016 8743
      4038 8710 4045 8711 4058 8707 4058 8678
      4068 8677 4075 8655

$$
JH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 160350
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1150 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

INC015-045-157-160630-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090516T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL-FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-
1150 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 1130 PM EDT THERE WAS A REPORT OF THREE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF 
RAIN IN 90 MINUTES ALONG WITH FLOODING JUST NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN.
RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD BEGAN TO MOVE ON TO THE EAST.


LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTERBEIN...
YEOMAN...DELPHI...CAMDEN...BATTLE GROUND AND FLORA

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 4074 8652 4071 8651 4070 8640 4049 8639
      4046 8667 4044 8670 4037 8670 4027 8675
      4023 8710 4012 8712 4011 8742 4016 8743
      4038 8710 4045 8711 4058 8707 4058 8678
      4068 8677 4075 8655

$$
JH

000 
WGUS73 KIND 160626
FFSIND

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

INC015-045-157-160635-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090516T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL-FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-
226 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND CARROLL COUNTIES...

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 4074 8652 4071 8651 4070 8640 4049 8639
      4046 8667 4044 8670 4037 8670 4027 8675
      4023 8710 4012 8712 4011 8742 4016 8743
      4038 8710 4045 8711 4058 8707 4058 8678
      4068 8677 4075 8655

$$

JAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	64 min
May 15, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	43 min
May 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	24 min
May 15, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	65 min
May 15, 9:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Warren	4 hr
May 15, 9:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion	6 hr
May 15, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	64 min
May 15, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	30 min
May 15, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	4 hr
May 15, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Tippecanoe	50 min
May 15, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	45 min
May 15, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	36 min
May 15, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
May 15, 11:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
May 16, 1:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Warren	12 hr
May 16, 2:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe	12 hr
May 16, 11:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	12 hr
May 16, 1:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Warren	6 hr
May 16, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe	6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.