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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 10, 2013Clay County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 11:47 AM EDT for Clay County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
Jul 10, 2013, 11:47 AM EDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 12:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Clinton, INCOUNTY ROAD 625 WEST BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 700 AND 800 SOUTH IS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH FLOWING WATER.
Jul 10, 12:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Clinton, INSOME INCHES OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH.

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

916 
WGUS53 KIND 101547
FFWIND
INC021-121-165-102200-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0021.130710T1547Z-130710T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1147 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    
  FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...NEWPORT AND ROCKVILLE.

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
INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 8753 3997 8743 3996 8744 3995 8742
      3995 8726 3993 8718 3983 8704 3953 8702
      3954 8713 3957 8720 3961 8720 3961 8728
      3963 8732 3966 8754

$$

MRD/JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVermillion48 min
Jul 10, 11:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more4 hr
Jul 10, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion47 min
Jul 10, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Putnam, Vigo50 min
Jul 10, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe34 min
Jul 10, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison44 min
Jul 10, 12:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam6 hr
Jul 10, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe47 min
Jul 10, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton52 min
Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll14 hr
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush25 min
Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll6 hr
Jul 10, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion8 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.