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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 2011Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2011, 6:42 AM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 19, 2011, 6:42 AM EDT (10:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

557 
WGUS53 KIND 191042
FFWIND
INC079-191330-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0013.110419T1042Z-110419T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
642 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 641 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTH
  VERNON AND VERNON.

LAT...LON 3900 8580 3906 8545 3892 8545 3891 8554
      3888 8555 3888 8558 3885 8559 3885 8562
      3883 8562 3881 8571 3882 8574 3881 8580

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 1:25 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin22 min
Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin25 min
Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe48 min
Apr 19, 5:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin4 hr
Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson4 hr
Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke51 min
Apr 19, 9:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more18 hr
Apr 19, 9:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Marion52 min
Apr 19, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings30 min
Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam, Vigo45 min
Apr 19, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVigo51 min
Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan26 min
Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke47 min
Apr 19, 11:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDMarion4 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan34 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox27 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey29 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White35 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson9 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington20 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison48 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan4 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen18 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox21 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo17 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan34 days
Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby25 min
Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam49 min
Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone44 min
Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Vermillion43 min
Apr 19, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery, Parke43 min
Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 5 more48 hr
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton45 min
Apr 19, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison10 min
Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Randolph21 min
Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Rush17 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.