Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2011, 8:59 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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 20, 2011, 8:59 AM EDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Shelby County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 4 Ese New Whiteland, IN | INTERESECTION OF WHITELAND ROAD AND HURRICANE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER. |
| Jun 20, 9:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Shelbyville, IN | AT LEAST 4.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 830 AM IN SOUTHERN SHELBYVILLE. |
| Jun 20, 9:38 AM EDT | FLOOD | 6 Sw Shelbyville, IN | WATER OVER SR 44 WEST OF SHELBYVILLE NEAR 500 W. |
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 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086
WGUS53 KIND 201259
FFWIND
INC059-081-097-145-201900-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0030.110620T1259Z-110620T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
859 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT MONDAY
* AT 854 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY
RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING.
* STREAMS ARE RAPIDLY RISING IN THESE AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE...FRANKLIN AND GREENWOOD.
SHELBY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT 817 AM EDT REPORTED STATE
ROAD 9 SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE BEING FLOODED. COUNTY ROAD 350
SOUTH...BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 500 SOUTH AND 600 SOUTH IN SHELBY
COUNTY WAS ALSO FLOODED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 8575 3935 8593 3935 8612 3970 8611
3975 8574
$$
DRT2 follow-up statements
949
WGUS73 KIND 201518
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
INC059-081-097-145-201900-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110620T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY-
1118 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
EASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 1113 AM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES RAINFALL
REPORTED FROM GREENWOOD ON EAST TO FAIRLAND IN SHLEBY COUNTY. IN
ADDITION 2 TO 3 INCHES RAIN WERE REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN HAMILTON
COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...CARMEL...FISHERS...LAWRENCE
AND SPEEDWAY...AND SHELBYVILLE.
WATER RESCUES WERE BEING REPORTED IN EASTERN MARION COUNTY. SHELBY
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS MANY PARTS
OF THE COUNTY BUT NO WATER RESCUES AT THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 8575 3935 8593 3935 8612 3970 8611
3975 8574
$$
DRT226
WGUS73 KIND 201701
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
101 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
INC059-081-097-145-201900-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110620T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY-
101 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
EASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 100 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING.
ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...FLOOD WATERS FROM
EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF...CAUSING FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE AND FRANKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
KEEP CHILDREN OUT OF FLOOD WATERS.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 8575 3935 8593 3935 8612 3970 8611
3975 8574
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 2:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 3:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 3:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 5:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion, Tipton | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 7:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 7:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 7:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 8:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 48 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 11 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 71 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 71 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 4 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 5 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 7 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 11 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 12 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson and 3 more | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.