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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Hillsdale County, Michigan. 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
- May 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hillsdale County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216
WGUS53 KIWX 261945
FFWIWX
MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-262245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0014.110526T1945Z-110526T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
345 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SLOW MOVING AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SHERWOOD AND HICKSVILLE NORTH INTO
MUCH OF WESTERN FULTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN THE BRYAN AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EDGERTON...DEFIANCE...MELBERN...BLAKESLEE...INDEPENDENCE...
EDON...JEWELL...BRYAN...HOLGATE...COLUMBIA...EVANSPORT...
FLORIDA...HALLOCK...PULASKI...OKOLONA...MONTPELIER...MALINTA...
BRIDGEWATER CENTER...NAPOLEON...LAKE...SENECA...GRELTON...
ARCHBOLD...WEST UNITY...LIBERTY CENTER...DELTA...OAKSHADE...
BRAILEY...DENSON... SWANTON...LYONS...SEWARD...ASSUMPTION
AND METAMORA
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP
TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4126 8460 4143 8443 4144 8479 4172 8480
4172 8389 4123 8387
$$1 follow-up statement
020
WGUS73 KIWX 262128
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
528 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
MIC059-OHC039-051-069-171-262245-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110526T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HILLSDALE MI-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
528 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND
FULTON...WILLIAMS...EASTERN DEFIANCE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. THROUGH 630 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS
FULTON AND HENRY COUNTIES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN
MAY FALL. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INCREASED RISK FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER
IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND
DITCHES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TEDROW...
SEWARD...OAKSHADE...ELMIRA...DENSON...BURLINGTON...BRAILEY...
ASSUMPTION...WAUSEON...SWANTON...METAMORA...LYONS...ARCHBOLD...
LAKE SENECA...WEST JEFFERSON...PULASKI...NETTLE LAKE...KUNKLE...
HALLOCK...COLUMBIA...BRIDGEWATER CENTER...WEST UNITY...STRYKER...
PIONEER...MONTPELIER...EDON...BRYAN...BLAKESLEE AND ALVORDTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4126 8460 4143 8443 4144 8479 4172 8480
4172 8389 4123 8387
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 27 min |
| May 25, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 5 days |
| May 25, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 5 days |
| May 26, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 1 more | 11 hr |
| May 26, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 11 hr |
| May 26, 12:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 23 min |
| May 26, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 7 days |
| May 26, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 52 hr |
| May 26, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 48 min |
| May 26, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Fulton, Henry, Putnam | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 66 min |
| May 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 6 hr |
| May 26, 7:30 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | IWX | 35 hr | |
| May 26, 12:17 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | 23 hr |
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.