Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:26 AM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 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, 9:26 AM EDT (13:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:56 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 609 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820
WGUS53 KIND 191326
FFWIND
INC079-191630-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0014.110419T1326Z-110419T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
926 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 924 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH
12 PM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTH
VERNON AND VERNON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3909 8581 3913 8579 3913 8559 3918 8546
3906 8544 3892 8545 3891 8554 3888 8555
3888 8558 3885 8559 3885 8562 3883 8562
3881 8580
$$
SMF1 follow-up statement
334
WGUS73 KIND 191356
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
956 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
INC079-191411-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110419T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS-
956 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JENNINGS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3909 8581 3913 8579 3913 8559 3918 8546
3906 8544 3892 8545 3891 8554 3888 8555
3888 8558 3885 8559 3885 8562 3883 8562
3881 8580
$$
SMFThe 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, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.