Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Jun 26, 2013, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Clay County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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821 
WGUS53 KIND 262119
FFWIND
INC021-153-167-270130-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0013.130626T2119Z-130627T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
519 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS   
  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAN 1.50 TO 2 INCHES OF  
  RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY SINCE 330 PM. AN      
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...SOUTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CLAY CITY...CORY...FARMERSBURG...
  PIMENTO...PRAIRIE CREEK...PRAIRIETON...RILEY...SALINE CITY AND WEST
  TERRE HAUTE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8757 3935 8756 3936 8754 3950 8754
      3951 8753 3934 8705 3932 8706 3917 8706
      3917 8711 3927 8759

$$

RYAN

067 
WGUS73 KIND 270025
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
825 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

INC021-153-167-270130-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130627T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
825 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...
NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE WARNING AREA. HIGH WATER ON 
ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN TERRE HAUTE AND ACROSS SOUTHERN VIGO 
COUNTY. RAIN SHOULD END ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY 9 PM. 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN...SOUTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE TOWNS OF CLAY CITY...CORY...FARMERSBURG...PIMENTO...PRAIRIE
CREEK...PRAIRIETON...RILEY...SALINE CITY AND WEST TERRE HAUTE.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8757 3935 8756 3936 8754 3950 8754
      3951 8753 3934 8705 3932 8706 3917 8706
      3917 8711 3927 8759

$$

RYAN

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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.