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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT for Pulaski County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Jul 2, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:45 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.28 | Nw Buffalo, IN | STORM TOTAL |
| Jul 2, 11:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Monticello, IN | EXTENSIVE FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 5007 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929
WGUS53 KIWX 030043
FFWIWX
INC131-181-030630-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0021.110703T0043Z-110703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
843 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT/130 AM CDT/
* AT 842 PM EDT/742 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...MONON AND WOLCOTT.
LAT...LON 4103 8669 4080 8664 4073 8669 4073 8675
4070 8675 4068 8674 4066 8677 4062 8677
4057 8709 4072 8710
$$
JAS2 follow-up statements
920
WGUS73 KIWX 030310
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1110 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
INC131-181-030630-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
1110 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT/130 AM
CDT/ FOR WHITE AND SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 1108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF WHITE COUNTY INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF PULASKI COUNTIES. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
AT 1100 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WHITE COUNTY REPORTED EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4103 8669 4080 8664 4073 8669 4073 8675
4070 8675 4068 8674 4066 8677 4062 8677
4057 8709 4072 8710
$$027
WGUS73 KIWX 030624
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
224 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
INC131-181-030634-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-
224 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT/130 AM CDT/ FOR
WHITE AND SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES...
THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN
WHITE COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED BY SLOWLY
RECEEDING WATER. A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR WHITE
COUNTY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4103 8669 4080 8664 4073 8669 4073 8675
4070 8675 4068 8674 4066 8677 4062 8677
4057 8709 4072 8710
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | White | 9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.