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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 16, 2012, 12:23 AM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2012, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1967 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 15, 6:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 10:10 AM EDT, 14 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 INZ021-028>031-035-036-043-044-161415- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE- 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HAIL...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING: THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. DISCUSSION: CENTRAL INDIANA WILL REMAIN WITHIN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OR LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ037>042-045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-161415- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING: THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. DISCUSSION: CENTRAL INDIANA WILL REMAIN WITHIN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OR LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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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.