Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2011, 9:25 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 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
- Jul 2, 2011, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
382
WGUS53 KIWX 030125
FFWIWX
INC181-030630-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0022.110703T0125Z-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
925 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 925 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
NEARLY TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE
LAST FORTY MINUTES IN BROOKSTON.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO AND BROOKSTON.
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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4061 8709 4082 8658 4074 8659 4074 8675
4066 8675 4066 8677 4056 8676 4056 8710
$$
NIELD2 follow-up statements
599
WGUS73 KIWX 030307
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1107 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
INC181-030630-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE IN-
1107 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF
WHITE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN WHITE
COUNTY. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER
RUNOFF FROM THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT
OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
AT 1100 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WHITE COUNTY REPORTED EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4061 8709 4082 8658 4074 8659 4074 8675
4066 8675 4066 8677 4056 8676 4056 8710
$$170
WGUS73 KIWX 030623
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
223 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
INC181-030632-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE IN-
223 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WHITE COUNTY...
THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY...THEREFORE
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED BY SLOWLY RECEEDING WATER. A
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
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 4061 8709 4082 8658 4074 8659 4074 8675
4066 8675 4066 8677 4056 8676 4056 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, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 33 min |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.