Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2011, 3:06 AM EDT for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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, 3:13 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Loogootee, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS MAJOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH 2.22 INCHES OF RAIN. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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.
147
WGUS53 KIND 260706
FFWIND
INC101-261000-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0033.110626T0706Z-110626T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
306 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT
* AT 305 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MARTIN COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHOALS.
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 3850 8693 3881 8692 3881 8669 3854 8669
3852 8681 3852 8683 3851 8684
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
538
WGUS73 KIND 260801
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
401 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
INC101-261000-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110626T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN-
401 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN COUNTY UNTIL 600
AM EDT...
AT 400 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...SHOALS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 8693 3881 8692 3881 8669 3854 8669
3852 8681 3852 8683 3851 8684
$$
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, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 4 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.