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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

May 23, 2011Huntington County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2011, 6:07 PM EDT for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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: May 23, 2011, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Huntington County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
May 23, 6:09 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Huntington, IN	REQUESTING SAND BAGGING IN NORWOOD SUBDIVISION
May 23, 6:36 PM EDT	FLOOD	Andrews, IN	SAND BAGGING NOW OCCURRING IN ANDREWS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

195 
WGUS53 KIWX 232207
FFWIWX
INC069-240100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0006.110523T2207Z-110524T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
607 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. LOWLAND AREAS AND POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS ARE BECOMING FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LUTHER...
  GOBLESVILLE...BRACKEN...BIPPUS AND ROANOKE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4100 8564 4101 8535 4091 8534 4084 8535
      4083 8564

$$

2 follow-up statements

041 
WGUS73 KIWX 232351
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
751 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INC069-240100-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110524T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTINGTON IN-
751 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY...

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
ANDREWS...HUNTINGTON...MAHON...GOBLESVILLE...BRACKEN...
BIPPUS...ROANOKE.

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED THIS EVENING IN THE ANDREWS AREA WITH 
SANDBAGGING OCURRING WITH RISING STREAMS. OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS 
ACROSS NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY MAY ALSO BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 
FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS. WATER MAY ALSO BE ACROSS COUNTY ROADS. DO 
NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

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.

IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4100 8564 4101 8535 4091 8534 4084 8535
      4083 8564

$$

165 
WGUS73 KIWX 240106
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
906 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INC069-240116-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110524T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTINGTON IN-
906 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN HUNTINGTON
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 4100 8564 4101 8535 4091 8534 4084 8535
      4083 8564

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant	50 min
May 22, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	24 min
May 23, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb, Whitley	25 min
May 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	32 min
May 23, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash	39 min
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	47 min
May 23, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	3 hr
May 23, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash, Wells	49 min
May 23, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	30 min
May 23, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells	47 min
May 23, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	46 min
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Wells	3 hr
May 23, 7:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Wabash	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.