Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2011, 6:06 AM EDT for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jackson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:21 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brownstown, IN | BROWNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED 4.26 INCHES OF RAINFALL. INDIANA HIGHWAY 250 BETWEEN BROWNSTOWN AND UNIONTOWN HAD WATER OVER IT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WGUS53 KIND 191006 FFWIND INC071-191400- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0012.110419T1006Z-110419T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 606 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1000 AM EDT * AT 605 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SEYMOUR AND BROWNSTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && LAT...LON 3881 8629 3895 8629 3896 8585 3883 8584 $$ CP
1 follow-up statement
751 WGUS73 KIND 191400 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 INC071-191415- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110419T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON- 1000 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3881 8629 3895 8629 3896 8585 3883 8584 $$ SMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam, Vigo | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Vigo | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 34 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 27 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 29 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 35 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 9 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 20 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 48 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 18 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 16 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 31 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 17 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 31 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 34 days |
| Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery, Parke | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 10 min |
| Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Randolph | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Rush | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.