Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2012, 4:55 AM EDT for White 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2012, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
043 WGUS53 KIWX 070855 FFWIWX INC181-071245- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0002.120507T0855Z-120507T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 455 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 845 AM EDT * AT 451 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY. THE FLOODING MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197 AND 189. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. && LAT...LON 4073 8710 4072 8702 4058 8694 4058 8710 $$
2 follow-up statements
684 WGUS73 KIWX 071100 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 700 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 INC181-071245- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120507T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE IN- 700 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO A HALF INCH EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 4073 8710 4072 8702 4058 8694 4058 8710 $$
560 WGUS73 KIWX 071245 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 845 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 INC181-071250- /O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120507T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE IN- 845 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY... AT 840 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST WHITE COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. NO REPORTS HAVE FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4073 8710 4072 8702 4058 8694 4058 8710 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, White | 64 min |
| May 7, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 24 min |
| May 7, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 4 hr |
| May 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.