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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 21, 20138 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 6:36 PM EST for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 10 hr. 9 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: Dec 21, 2013, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2013, 4:49 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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
Dec 21, 7:07 PM EST	HEAVY RAIN 2.31	Beech Grove, IN	STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. LICK CREEK AT BANKFULL.
Dec 21, 7:10 PM EST	HEAVY RAIN 3.78	Beech Grove, IN	24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 700 PM EST
Dec 21, 9:06 PM EST	HEAVY RAIN 4.15	3 S Paragon, IN	STORM TOTAL SO FAR
Dec 21, 9:09 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	2 E Martinsville, IN	WATER RESCUE ON STATE ROAD 44
Dec 21, 10:09 PM EST	HEAVY RAIN 2.89	Mccordsville, IN	TOTAL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS
Dec 21, 10:52 PM EST	HEAVY RAIN 5.12	6 Se Mooresville, IN	STORM TOTAL SO FAR
Dec 22, 12:10 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Greenfield, IN	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HOME EVACUATIONS AROUND SR 9 AND 4TH DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Dec 22, 1:39 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Martinsville, IN	17 HOMES EVACUATED
Dec 22, 1:44 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Franklin, IN	MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MANY ROADS UNDER WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

479 
WGUS53 KIND 212336
FFWIND
INC059-063-081-097-105-109-119-145-220530-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0029.131221T2336Z-131222T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EST

* AT 634 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. MANY      
  LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3      
  INCHES OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY EVENING. WITH THE GROUND               
  SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH          
  FLOODING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...BEECH GROVE...FRANKLIN...GREENFIELD...
  GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...
  SOUTHPORT AND SPEEDWAY.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED AND 
CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA TODAY.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 125.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 201.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 112.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 122.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 8561 3978 8563 3935 8564 3934 8638
      3920 8669 3964 8665 3992 8627 3993 8560

$$

RYAN

3 follow-up statements

220 
WGUS73 KIND 220134
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
834 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

INC059-063-081-097-105-109-119-145-220530-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-131222T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-SHELBY-
834 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN
HENDRICKS...JOHNSON...MARION...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EST...

AT 833 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MANY LOCATIONS 
WITHIN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 
SINCE FRIDAY EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...INDIANAPOLIS...
SHELBYVILLE...BEECH GROVE...FRANKLIN...GREENFIELD...GREENWOOD...
LAWRENCE...MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...SOUTHPORT AND
SPEEDWAY.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED AND 
CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS 
EVENING IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 8561 3978 8563 3935 8564 3934 8638
      3920 8669 3964 8665 3992 8627 3993 8560

$$

RYAN

458 
WGUS53 KIND 220345
FFWIND
INC059-063-081-097-105-109-119-145-221000-
/O.EXT.KIND.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-131222T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1045 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 500 AM EST SUNDAY

* AT 1043 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER  
  RESCUES ARE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MORGAN COUNTY...AND         
  HIGH WATER HAS CAUSED ROAD CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.    
  RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL  
  HALF INCH TO ONE INCH BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS. THIS WILL FURTHER      
  EXACERBATE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...BEECH GROVE...FRANKLIN...GREENFIELD...
  GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...
  SOUTHPORT AND SPEEDWAY.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 8561 3978 8563 3935 8564 3934 8638
      3920 8669 3964 8665 3992 8627 3993 8560

$$

RYAN

901 
WGUS73 KIND 220949
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

INC059-063-081-097-105-109-119-145-221004-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-131222T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-SHELBY-
449 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...JOHNSON...MARION...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...
MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. AREAL FLOOD 
WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. 

LAT...LON 3978 8561 3978 8563 3935 8564 3934 8638
      3920 8669 3964 8665 3992 8627 3993 8560

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 8:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 4 more	51 hr
Dec 21, 8:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hendricks, Jackson and 5 more	51 hr
Dec 21, 8:06 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Decatur, Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Jennings, Madison and 3 more	51 hr
Dec 21, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Rush, Shelby	58 hr
Dec 21, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Marion	32 hr
Dec 21, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	24 hr
Dec 21, 2:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	32 hr
Dec 21, 5:31 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	11 hr
Dec 21, 5:56 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	11 hr
Dec 21, 6:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 21, 6:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard and 3 more	24 hr
Dec 21, 6:41 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Knox, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more	10 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.