Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
653
WGUS73 KIND 241455
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013
INC153-241508-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130424T1830Z/
/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN-
1055 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
ACCORDING TO LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE ISLAND CONSERVANCY
DISTRICT...WHILE WATER LEVELS ARE NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEVEE...IT IS
NOT AT THIS TIME IN DANGER OF ACTUAL FAILURE. EFFORTS CONTINUE BY
LOCAL OFFICIALS TO SANDBAG LOW SPOTS AND PREVENT OVERTOPPING FROM
OCCURRING.
LAT...LON 3916 8765 3918 8762 3919 8759 3909 8758
3908 8762 3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8765
3912 8764 3913 8766
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 39 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 50 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 50 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 58 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 58 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 72 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 50 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 10 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 20 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tippecanoe and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Brown, Clay, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 4 more | 12 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.