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Areal Flood Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 30, 2011Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Apr 30, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 30, 11:18 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 11:18 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:59 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
459 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
459 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN
INDIANA...EXPANDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT SAGS THROUGH THE REGION. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY
ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS.

EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS. MAJOR
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHERN
AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND PERHAPS ALONG THE TIPPECANOE RIVER IN
CARROLL COUNTY. PLEASE CONSULT WEATHER.GOV/IND FOR DETAILS ON THE
LATEST RIVER FORECASTS...FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS FOR AT LEAST
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH MAJOR FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF
RIVERS IN SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND PERHAPS ALONG THE
TIPPECANOE RIVER IN CARROLL COUNTY. PLEASE CONSULT WEATHER.GOV/IND
FOR DETAILS ON THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS...FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WHERE 1 TO 1.5
INCHES MAY FALL BY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY
EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ALONG
AREA RIVERS.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER LIGHTNING IS
A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

RYAN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.