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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 6, 2011Daviess County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 2011, 5:16 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2011, 5:16 PM EST (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2011, 11:30 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

County Daviess County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

724 
WGUS53 KIND 062216
FFWIND
INC027-070415-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0001.110306T2216Z-110307T0415Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
516 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
  WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 515 PM EST...A LEVEE ON THE WHITE RIVER JUST WEST OF CAPEHART 
NEAR COUNTY ROAD 700 NORTH HAS FAILED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF 
IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WHITE RIVER...PRAIRIE CREEK AND SOUTH FORK PRAIRIE CREEK.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 8728 3873 8726 3874 8725 3875 8725
      3877 8725 3880 8725 3879 8715 3868 8716

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

915 
WGUS73 KIND 070141
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
841 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

INC027-070430-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110307T0430Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIESS-
841 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS
COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM EST...

* AT 515 PM EST...A LEVEE ON THE WHITE RIVER JUST WEST OF CAPEHART 
NEAR COUNTY ROAD 700 NORTH WAS LEAKING AND IN DANGER OF FAILING. THIS
COULD FLASH FLOODING OF THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WHITE RIVER...PRAIRIE CREEK AND SOUTH FORK PRAIRIE CREEK.

LAT...LON 3869 8728 3873 8726 3874 8725 3875 8725
      3877 8725 3880 8725 3879 8715 3868 8716

$$

KOCH

878 
WGUS73 KIND 070439
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1139 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

INC027-070451-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110307T0430Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIESS-
1139 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
DAVIESS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WHITE 
RIVER...PRAIRIE CREEK AND SOUTH FORK PRAIRIE CREEK.


LAT...LON 3869 8728 3873 8726 3874 8725 3875 8725
      3877 8725 3880 8725 3879 8715 3868 8716

$$

77/TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 12:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	8 days
Mar 6, 2:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 6 more	12 hr
Mar 6, 2:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 5 more	12 hr
Mar 6, 2:36 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen, Sullivan	12 hr

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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.