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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 24, 2013Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2013, 8:38 AM EDT for Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
Apr 24, 2013, 8:38 AM EDT (12:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -115 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

449 
WGUS53 KIND 241238
FFWIND
INC153-241830-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.130424T1238Z-130424T1830Z/
/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
838 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 833 AM EDT...OFFICIALS OF THE ISLAND CONSERVANCY DISTRICT       
  REPORTED THE ISLAND CONSERVANCY DISTRICT LEVEE ALONG THE WABASH    
  RIVER AT STATE ROAD 154 ONE MILE WEST OF GRAYSVILLE WAS NEAR       
  FAILURE...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY                    
  SURROUNDING AREAS. IF AND WHEN THIS LEVEE FAILS...STATE ROAD 154   
  MAY BE WASHED OUT BETWEEN HUTSONVILLE AND GRAYSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3916 8765 3918 8762 3919 8759 3909 8758
      3908 8762 3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8765
      3912 8764 3913 8766

$$

NIELD
1 follow-up statement
653 
WGUS73 KIND 241455
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013

INC153-241508-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130424T1830Z/
/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN-
1055 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

ACCORDING TO LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE ISLAND CONSERVANCY 
DISTRICT...WHILE WATER LEVELS ARE NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEVEE...IT IS 
NOT AT THIS TIME IN DANGER OF ACTUAL FAILURE. EFFORTS CONTINUE BY 
LOCAL OFFICIALS TO SANDBAG LOW SPOTS AND PREVENT OVERTOPPING FROM 
OCCURRING.

LAT...LON 3916 8765 3918 8762 3919 8759 3909 8758
      3908 8762 3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8765
      3912 8764 3913 8766

$$

NIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 6 more6 hr
Apr 24, 8:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White4 hr
Apr 24, 8:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White39 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan50 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan50 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen58 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen58 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington72 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene50 hr
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke10 hr
Apr 24, 1:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 6 more6 hr
Apr 24, 1:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more6 hr
Apr 24, 3:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White20 hr
Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tippecanoe and 1 more12 hr
Apr 24, 7:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBrown, Clay, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 4 more12 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.