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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2011, 3:55 AM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2011, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389
WGUS53 KIND 260755
FFWIND
INC071-093-261100-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0034.110626T0755Z-110626T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 355 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL
IN SOUTHERN LAWERENCE COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE TOWNS OF HURON...MEDORA...MITCHELL...PLEASANT VIEW...SPRING
MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON AND WILLIAMS.
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 3869 8668 3881 8668 3887 8612 3876 8612
3876 8614 3878 8618 3876 8627 3874 8628
3873 8631 3870 8631 3868 8658
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
613
WGUS73 KIND 260904
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
504 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
INC071-093-261100-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110626T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-
504 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EDT...
AT 501 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN
LAWERENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN
JACKSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
HURON...MEDORA...MITCHELL...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON AND
WILLIAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8668 3881 8668 3887 8612 3876 8612
3876 8614 3878 8618 3876 8627 3874 8628
3873 8631 3870 8631 3868 8658
$$
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, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.