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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2013Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2013, 12:54 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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: Jun 10, 2013, 12:54 AM EDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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
Jun 10, 1:35 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Tipton, IN	STREET FLOODING IN TIPTON...MULTIPLE INCHES DEEP IN SOME LOCATIONS.
Jun 10, 2:01 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Arcadia, IN	HIGH WATER ON 266TH STREET JUST WEST OF ARCADIA.
Jun 10, 2:19 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Tipton, IN	SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED BUT REMAIN PASSABLE IN THE CITY OF TIPTON. HIGH WATER SIGNS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US ROUTE 31 AND COUNTY ROAD 450S TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON.

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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

675 
WGUS53 KIND 100454
FFWIND
INC057-159-100800-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0005.130610T0454Z-130610T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1254 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 1251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN   
  HAS FALLEN SINCE 1115 PM EDT FROM SOUTH OF TIPTON THROUGH ATLANTA  
  AND ARCADIA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IS       
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     
  LOCATIONS ALONG STATE ROUTE 19 FROM TIPTON TO ARCADIA. IN          
  ADDITION...CICERO AND LITTLE CICERO CREEKS WILL BE IMPACTED IN     
  SOUTHERN TIPTON AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8586 4026 8592 4010 8604 4011 8620
      4038 8616

$$

RYAN

1 follow-up statement

710 
WGUS73 KIND 100626
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
226 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

INC057-159-100800-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130610T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
226 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON
AND TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...

AT 224 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER 
ON ROADS IN THE CITY OF TIPTON AND NEAR ARCADIA IN NORTHERN HAMILTON 
COUNTY. HIGH WATER SIGNS HAD BEEN POSTED ON U S ROUTE 31 NEAR COUNTY 
ROAD 450 SOUTH IN TIPTON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. UP TO AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...LOCATIONS ALONG STATE ROUTE 19 FROM TIPTON TO ARCADIA AND 
CICERO. IN ADDITION...CICERO AND LITTLE CICERO CREEKS WILL 
EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES IN SOUTHERN TIPTON AND NORTHERN HAMILTON 
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8586 4026 8592 4010 8604 4011 8620
      4038 8616

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	4 hr
Jun 10, 12:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Tipton	2 hr
Jun 10, 2:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton	119 min
Jun 10, 3:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Putnam	7 hr
Jun 10, 7:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 10, 8:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard	4 hr
Jun 10, 12:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.