Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2009, 9:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 85 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 17, 2009, 9:20 AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2009, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 10:23 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.62 | Syracuse, IN | RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KIWX 171320
FFWIWX
INC039-085-087-113-171445-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0013.090817T1320Z-090817T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
920 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHWESTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
NORTHWESTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 917 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN
NEAR NORTH WEBSTER AND SOME LOW LYING FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN ELKHART COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HONEYVILLE...JIMTOWN...SIMONTON LAKE...MIDDLEBURY...GOSHEN...
ELKHART...DUNLAP...SYRACUSE...LIGONIER...MILLERSBURG AND BRISTOL
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.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4171 8571 4140 8545 4133 8600 4145 8597
4152 8607 4176 8606 4177 8589
$$
BJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 5:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 6:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 7:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 8:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 89 min |
| Aug 17, 9:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart | 118 min |
| Aug 17, 9:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 91 min |
| Aug 17, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 116 min |
| Aug 17, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 28 min |
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.