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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 11, 2011Daviess County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2011, 11:58 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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: Mar 11, 2011, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2011, 6:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

County Daviess County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 522 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.

857 
WGUS53 KIND 120458
FFWIND
INC027-121100-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0005.110312T0458Z-110312T1100Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
  WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 AM EST SATURDAY

* AT 1157 PM EST...A LEVEE ON THE WEST FORK OF THE WHITE             
  RIVER NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON WAS NEAR FAILURE CAUSING FLASH       
  FLOODING OF IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS.

DAVIESS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT WATER WAS SEEPING 
THROUGH THE LEVEE LATE THIS EVENING. LOCAL OFFICIALS EXPECT THE 
LEVEE TO FAIL...POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT. RESIDENTS OF THE 
MAYSVILLE TRAILER PARK...AND SURROUNDING AREAS...WEST AND NORTHWEST 
OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON...WILL BE IMPACTED. THIS INCLUDES U S 
HIGHWAY 50 IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN OF MAYSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3864 8725 3865 8725 3867 8728 3869 8728
      3871 8727 3871 8718 3865 8718 3865 8719

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

455 
WGUS73 KIND 120718
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
218 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011

INC027-121100-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1100Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIESS-
218 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS
COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM EST...

AT 215 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING DOWNSTREAM OF A LEVEE THAT HAS FAILED ON THE WEST FORK OF 
THE WHITE RIVER NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON.

RESIDENTS OF THE MAYSVILLE TRAILER PARK...AND SURROUNDING 
AREAS...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON...WILL BE 
IMPACTED. THIS INCLUDES U S HIGHWAY 50 IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN 
OF MAYSVILLE.

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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3864 8725 3865 8725 3867 8728 3869 8728
      3871 8727 3871 8718 3865 8718 3865 8719

$$

CP

295 
WGUS73 KIND 120736
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
236 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011

INC027-121100-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1100Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIESS-
236 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS
COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM EST...

AT 215 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING DOWNSTREAM OF THE UNIT 8 BENNINGTON LEVEE THAT HAS FAILED 
ON THE WEST FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 
RESIDENTS OF THE MAYSVILLE TRAILER PARK...AND SURROUNDING 
AREAS...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON...WILL BE 
IMPACTED. THIS INCLUDES U S HIGHWAY 50 IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN 
OF MAYSVILLE. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND FOLLOW ANY EVACUATION 
OR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR ORDERS OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3864 8725 3865 8725 3867 8728 3869 8728
      3871 8727 3871 8718 3865 8718 3865 8719

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 5:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	6 hr
Mar 12, 11:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.