Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2011, 1:54 AM EDT for Daviess County, Knox 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 1:54 AM EDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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 26, 2:21 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Vincennes, IN | WATER GOING INTO BUSINESSES AT 10TH AND MAIN STREET IN VINCENNES WHERE APPROXIMATELY WATER WAS 2 1/2 FEET DEEP. REPORT VIA NWS CHAT. |
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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460
WGUS53 KIND 260554
FFWIND
INC027-083-261000-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0032.110626T0554Z-110626T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
154 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT
* AT 154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
IN THE PAST HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINCENNES AND WASHINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3841 8773 3850 8769 3851 8765 3854 8767
3859 8764 3874 8750 3878 8751 3878 8750
3886 8756 3890 8754 3890 8691 3877 8694
3852 8694 3853 8717 3855 8719 3854 8736
3852 8738 3854 8740 3849 8757
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
001
WGUS73 KIND 260759
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
359 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
INC027-083-261000-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110626T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
359 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAVIESS AND KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EDT...
AT 358 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3
HOURS OVER KNOX AND DAVIESS COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...VINCENNES AND WASHINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 8773 3850 8769 3851 8765 3854 8767
3859 8764 3874 8750 3878 8751 3878 8750
3886 8756 3890 8754 3890 8691 3877 8694
3852 8694 3853 8717 3855 8719 3854 8736
3852 8738 3854 8740 3849 8757
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 50 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 5 days |
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.