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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 20116 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2011, 7:17 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 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: Jun 4, 2011, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 10:53 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 N Burlington, IN	ROADS WASHED OUT AND COVERED WITH WATER AT INTERSECTIONS OF SR 29 WITH 350 S AND 325 S.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 2749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

553 
WGUS53 KIND 042317
FFWIND
INC015-023-035-067-095-159-050500-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0027.110604T2317Z-110605T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
717 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LARGE AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA AND AN ESTIMATED 2 TO 4
  ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KOKOMO...MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...DELPHI...ELWOOD AND TIPTON.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 51.

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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8636
      4057 8586 4038 8585 4038 8522 4011 8521
      4011 8586 4022 8587 4034 8645 4036 8669
      4056 8670 4056 8677 4060 8678 4074 8676

$$

SMF

2 follow-up statements

266 
WGUS73 KIND 050219
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1019 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

INC015-023-035-067-095-159-050500-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110605T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL-CLINTON-DELAWARE-HOWARD-MADISON-TIPTON-
1019 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...NORTHERN
CLINTON...CARROLL...HOWARD...NORTHERN MADISON AND TIPTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 100 AM EDT...

AT 1016 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND DOPPLER WEATHER 
RADAR REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER A 
PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE 
THROUGH TONIGHT.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
KOKOMO...MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...DELPHI...ELWOOD AND TIPTON.

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8636
      4057 8586 4038 8585 4038 8522 4011 8521
      4011 8586 4022 8587 4034 8645 4036 8669
      4056 8670 4056 8677 4060 8678 4074 8676

$$

SMF

673 
WGUS73 KIND 050452
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1252 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

INC015-023-035-067-095-159-050507-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110605T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL-CLINTON-DELAWARE-HOWARD-MADISON-TIPTON-
1252 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...NORTHERN 
CLINTON...CARROLL...HOWARD...NORTHERN MADISON AND TIPTON COUNTIES 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 AM...

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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8636
      4057 8586 4038 8585 4038 8522 4011 8521
      4011 8586 4022 8587 4034 8645 4036 8669
      4056 8670 4056 8677 4060 8678 4074 8676

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton, Howard	41 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	50 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	45 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	60 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	69 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	79 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	95 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	12 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	49 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	40 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	41 min
Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	38 min

Nearby

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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.