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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 10, 2013Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 2:03 PM EDT for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ne Delphi, IN	HIGH WATER RESULTING IN ROAD CLOSURES FOR PARTS OF COUNTY ROADS 700 N AND 175 W. TIME VERY ESTIMATED.

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

097 
WGUS53 KIND 101803
FFWIND
INC015-110000-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0022.130710T1803Z-130711T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN    
  HAS FALLEN OR WILL FALL WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CAMDEN.

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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4069 8637
      4056 8636 4055 8637 4059 8659 4071 8677
      4072 8676 4073 8677 4074 8675

$$

MRD/JK

1 follow-up statement

717 
WGUS73 KIND 102311
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
711 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

INC015-102324-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130711T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL-
711 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY HAS 
BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED 
OVER THE WARNED AREA BUT SOME AREA ROADS COULD STILL HAVE STANDING 
WATER FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD BE 
ELEVATED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS WELL. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4069 8637
      4056 8636 4055 8637 4059 8659 4071 8677
      4072 8676 4073 8677 4074 8675

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vermillion	48 min
Jul 10, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	4 hr
Jul 10, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	47 min
Jul 10, 11:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion	6 hr
Jul 10, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	50 min
Jul 10, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	34 min
Jul 10, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	44 min
Jul 10, 12:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam	6 hr
Jul 10, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	47 min
Jul 10, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	52 min
Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll	14 hr
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	25 min
Jul 10, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	8 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.