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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 2, 2010, 11:55 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 2, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2010, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2010, 8:29 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 2, 11:40 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 11:40 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 339 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 INZ062>065-068>072-030745- MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- 339 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS...AND PERHAPS RISES ON AREA RIVERS DEPENDING ON HOW WIDESPREAD THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067-030745- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- 339 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS...AND PERHAPS RISES ON AREA RIVERS DEPENDING ON HOW WIDESPREAD THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ041-042-049-055>057-030745- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- 339 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS...AND PERHAPS RISES ON AREA RIVERS DEPENDING ON HOW WIDESPREAD THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>054-030745- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- 339 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS...AND PERHAPS RISES ON AREA RIVERS DEPENDING ON HOW WIDESPREAD THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMFLECHT
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke and 6 more | 86 min |
| Jun 2, 5:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 6 more | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Monroe and 5 more | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Madison, Marion, Tipton | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.