Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT for Brown County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 22, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 2564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085 WGUS53 KIND 222001 FFWIND INC013-105-109-222300- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0008.130622T2001Z-130622T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 401 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING OVER 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER PARTS OF 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 EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONROE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MAHALASVILLE. RADAR IS ESTIMATING OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OR RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... INDIAN CREEK...LITTLE INDIAN CREEK AND BUCKNER BRANCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3937 8634 3932 8638 3933 8644 3937 8642 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
889 WGUS73 KIND 222119 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 519 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INC013-105-109-222300- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130622T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-MONROE-MORGAN- 519 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWN...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 517 PM EDT...RADAR WAS SHOWING OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 PM EDT. FLASH IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONROE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MAHALASVILLE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... INDIAN CREEK...LITTLE INDIAN CREEK AND BUCKNER BRANCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3937 8634 3932 8638 3933 8644 3937 8642 $$ KOCH
520 WGUS73 KIND 222307 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 707 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INC013-105-109-222322- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130622T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-MONROE-MORGAN- 707 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWN...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3937 8634 3932 8638 3933 8644 3937 8642 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Martin | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 4 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.