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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 25, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 25, 5:32 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.4 | Napoleon, OH | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE NOON EDT...MOST OF THE RAIN FELL SINCE 3 PM EDT. ROADS IN AND AROUND NAPOLEON ARE FLOODED. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558
WGUS53 KIWX 252124
FFWIWX
INC001-003-033-053-069-179-OHC039-051-069-125-137-161-171-260015-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0009.110525T2124Z-110526T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
524 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 516 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS HAS BEEN
RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING EXTENDS FROM AROUND FORT WAYNE NORTHEAST INTO
DEFIANCE...HENRY AND PAULDING COUNTIES WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE EAST OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT AS WATERS CONTINUE TO
RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS
EVENING...FURTHER ADDING TO THE FLOODING CONCERNS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEFIANCE...
ZONE...WINAMEG...TEDROW...PETTISVILLE...OTTOKEE...ELMIRA...
BURLINGTON...BRAILEY...WAUSEON...SWANTON...DELTA...ARCHBOLD...
WILLIAMS CENTER...WEST JEFFERSON...PULASKI...MELBERN...HALLOCK...
WEST UNITY...STRYKER...MONTPELIER...EDGERTON...BRYAN...THE BEND...
SHERWOOD...MARK CENTER...JEWELL...INDEPENDENCE...FARMER...
EVANSPORT...BRUNERSBURG...NEY...HICKSVILLE...TEXAS...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...OKOLONA...GRELTON...ELERY...COLTON...NAPOLEON...
MCCLURE...MALINTA...LIBERTY CENTER...FLORIDA...NEWVILLE AND SAINT
JOE
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.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
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 4131 8389 4059 8539 4059 8545 4056 8545
4051 8555 4065 8570 4067 8565 4070 8565
4072 8563 4161 8459 4165 8386
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Williams | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 25 min |
| May 25, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance | 38 min |
| May 25, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 14 hr |
| May 25, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 62 min |
| May 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 25 min |
| May 25, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 60 min |
| May 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 29 min |
| May 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 28 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 26 min |
| May 25, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert | 39 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Paulding | 7 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 7 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 9 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 10 days |
| May 24, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 22 min |
| May 25, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 30 min |
| May 25, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 95 min | |
| May 25, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 25, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Wells and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 25, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall and 5 more | 60 min |
| May 25, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange, Miami, Noble, Wabash, Whitley | 27 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 34 min |
| May 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 29 min |
| May 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wells | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 26 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 21 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 5 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 days |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 52 hr |
| May 25, 6:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 10 days |
| May 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 32 min |
| May 25, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 42 min |
| May 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 65 min |
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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.