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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Northern Indiana

June 10, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2011, 7:25 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports 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 10, 2011, 7:25 AM EDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cass County, IN, Grant County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.552 Nnw Logansport, IN24 HOUR TOTAL
Jun 10, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 27 S Wabash, IN24 HOUR TOTAL
Jun 10, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.052 W Bunker Hill, INRAINFALL OCCURRED FROM 430 AM TO 800 AM EDT
Jun 10, 8:07 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Wsw College Corner, INWATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 900S AND 550W.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

934 
WGUS53 KIWX 101125
FFWIWX
INC017-053-103-169-101530-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0016.110610T1125Z-110610T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
725 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 723 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN MIAMI COUNTY REPORTED 
  ROADS QUICKLY BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. 
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE  
  AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING    
  AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN   
  POSSIBLE BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS        
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF FLASH             
  FLOODING THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GEORGETOWN...NEW WAVERLY...ADAMSBORO...HOOVER...CLYMERS...ANOKA...
  LOGANSPORT...PEORIA...WELLS...NEAD...FLORA...ERIE...PERU...
  MEXICO...TREATY...SERVIA...RICHVALLEY...LINCOLNVILLE...WABASH AND
  LAGRO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4058 8587 4057 8637 4070 8638 4070 8652
      4081 8652 4086 8566 4067 8565 4067 8563
      4053 8561 4052 8587

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite36 min
Jun 9, 10:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke44 hr
Jun 10, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley30 min
Jun 10, 4:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami25 min
Jun 10, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXCass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, White4 hr
Jun 10, 8:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Grant, Huntington, Wells3 hr
Jun 10, 10:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXFulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke35 hr
Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Starke36 min
Jun 10, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall, Starke54 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko42 min
Jun 10, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant41 min
Jun 10, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall40 min
Jun 10, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble47 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen52 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Whitley45 min
Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen39 min
Jun 10, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen, Huntington, Whitley2 hr
Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.