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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 14, 2010, 11:04 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2010, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2010, 7:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 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 15:08 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
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 14, 10:35 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 10:35 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 .UPDATE... THE LONG TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW && .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY AS A STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS PATTERN WILL END BY MID WEEK WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ROCKIES FINALLY SHIFTS AND BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ANCHORED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT IT WILL QUICKLY RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AS MORE WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. && .NEAR TERM /THIS MORNING/... CURRENT RADAR MOSAIC IS SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA ALL WEEKEND IS DRAPED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS CURRENT ROUND OF STORMS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT THAT THREAT WILL CHANGE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY AS DIURNAL HEATING SETS IN. && .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN PRIME FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY WITH MOIST AIR AND HOT TEMPS IN PLACE. GFS/NAM/EURO ARE ALL SHOWING SB CAPES BETWEEN 3-5000 J/KG AND LI/S IN THE -6/-8 RANGE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. DYNAMICS ARE STILL POOR...BUT THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR CONVECTION. SPC CONTINUES TO HAVE FORECAST AREA IN SLIGHT RISK ON DAYS 1 AND 2. ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS A SHORT WAVE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS THAT THE GFS IS HINTING AT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IT MAY BE TOO FAR NORTH TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS AREA AND NEITHER THE EURO OR NAM ARE PICKING UP ON IT. CARRIED LIKELY POPS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ANTICIPATE IT TO BE SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS. SO...DROPPED TO CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT...AND THEN BACK TO LIKELY TOMORROW AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. AT THIS TIME...THE NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN GFS/EURO WITH THE LOW...BRINGING IT FURTHEST SOUTH. TUESDAY/S ENVIRONMENT WILL BE THE SAME AS TODAY/S...SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. FLASH FLOODING WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUING TO SHOW PWATS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. UNCERTAINTY IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT/WED MORNING TIME FRAME. NAM/EURO STILL SHOW THE UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES LINGERING...WHEREAS THE GFS HAS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND TIME CROSS SECTIONS ABRUPTLY DRY OUT BY TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW...LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS THROUGH WED 12Z TO ACCOUNT FOR LOW...BUT THEY MAY HAVE TO BE PULLED IF THE GFS ENDS UP BEING CORRECT. AFTER THAT...WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY AND CALM. TEMPS...ALL MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...SO WENT WITH A BLEND. HIGHS IN 80S SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR CLOUD COVER WITH BREAKS/SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY. AS FAR AS LOWS...LEANED ON THE WARMER SIDE FOR TONIGHT/TOMORROW NIGHT DUE TO CLOUD COVER...AND THEN WENT ON LOWER SIDE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO CLEARER SKIES. && .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. COLD FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER WILL KEEP SOME POPS AROUND DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE LINGERING FRONT MAY PRODUCE A FEW BACKSIDE SHOWERS. HOWEVER...SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR SHOULD CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE STATE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. ECMWF AND GFS BOTH HINT AT UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE RGN FOR THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE ALONG WITH VERY WARM H7 EXCEEDING 10C. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRY...BUT VERY WARM CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND INDIANA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. GIVEN THE POSSIBLE FORCING AND THE WARM AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL NEED TO BE REINSTATED. MODELS THEN HINTING AT A SLIGHT COOL DOWN ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH ACROSS INDIANA ON NORTHEAST WINDS. IF THIS DOES COME TO FRUITION...COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR WILL ARRIVE TO START THE NEXT WORKWEEK. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 141200Z TAFS/... EARLIER IFR CEILINGS HAVE BECOME VFR AND SHOULD REMAIN SO MUCH OF THE DAY AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MIXED THINGS UP A BIT WITH STORMS LINED UP NEAR AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AT 6 AM EDT AS A FRONT REMAINS NEAR STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. REMNANTS OF MISSOURI MCS TO REACH THE WESTERN TERMINALS AFTER 18Z AS INSTABILITY INCREASES AND UPPER WAVE EXPECTED TO TRIGGER REDEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE IS SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...ONCE AGAIN WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOWER 80S...EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 18Z AND THROUGH 18Z TOMORROW AS ATMOSPHERE REMAINS PRIMED WITH LOWER 70S DEW POINTS. WINDS WILL REMAIN 10 KNOTS OR LESS FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY AND LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...EXPECT IFR DECK OR WORSE TO DEVELOP AWAY FROM STORMS OVERNIGHT WITH PERHAPS SOME MVFR FOG. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TDUD NEAR TERM...TDUD SHORT TERM...TDUD LONG TERM....JP AVIATION...MK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
906 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0834 AM FLOOD 5 NW MARTINSVILLE 39.47N 86.49W
06/14/2010 MORGAN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HIGH WATER IN
SEVERAL LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE...INCLUDING
ALONG UPPER PATTON PARK ROAD.
0840 AM FLOOD 5 S GREENCASTLE 39.57N 86.84W
06/14/2010 PUTNAM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HIGH WATER NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 550 SOUTH AND COUNTY ROAD
75 WEST.
0840 AM FLOOD 4 ENE CLOVERDALE 39.54N 86.73W
06/14/2010 PUTNAM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HIGH WATER ON
INTERSTATE 70 AT MILE MARK 44.
&&
AHOMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 10:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 36 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 36 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 19 days |
| Jun 14, 6:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 13 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 16 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 7 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 7 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 4 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 16 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 16 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 17 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 19 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 20 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 15 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 16 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 21 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 21 days |
| Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 36 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, Vigo | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 21 min |
| Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 50 min |
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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.