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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2012, 7:20 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 15, 2012, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:43 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W North Judson, IN | REPORT OF WATER IN BASEMENT OF A HOME NEAR NORTH JUDSON |
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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
012
WGUS53 KIWX 152320
FFWIWX
INC131-149-160500-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0001.120315T2320Z-120316T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
620 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
SOUTHERN STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
* AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A SAN PIERRE TO
NORTH JUDSON LINE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO BACKBUILD TO THE WEST TOWARD WHEATFIELD AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN STARKE
COUNTY INTO NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY ALONG A CLARKS TO BEARDSTOWN
LINE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINONA...
TOTO...LOMAX...ENGLISH LAKE...NORTH JUDSON AND KNOX
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4125 8692 4127 8688 4128 8684 4128 8681
4131 8676 4130 8652 4112 8653 4116 8694
4125 8694
$$1 follow-up statement
940
WGUS73 KIWX 160453
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1153 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
INC131-149-160502-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120316T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARKE IN-PULASKI IN-
1153 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHERN
PULASKI AND SOUTHERN STARKE COUNTIES...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
WARNING AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED LATE THIS EVENING.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT CDT.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4125 8692 4127 8688 4128 8684 4128 8681
4131 8676 4130 8652 4112 8653 4116 8694
4125 8694
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 28 min |
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.