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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2013, 4:36 PM EDT for Brown County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WGUS53 KIND 222036 FFWIND INC013-105-230030- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0009.130622T2036Z-130623T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 436 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING NEAR THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST HOUR JUST SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NASHVILLE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LICK CREEK...NORTH FORK SALT CREEK...MIDDLE FORK SALT CREEK...SOUTH FORK SALT CREEK...CLAY LICK CREEK...STRAHL CREEK...HAMILTON CREEK...GRAVEL CREEK...CROOKED CREEK...GREEN VALLEY CREEK...JACKSON CREEK AND STEPHENS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR 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 3922 8621 3909 8619 3902 8651 3913 8651 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
004 WGUS73 KIND 222121 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 521 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INC013-105-230030- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130623T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-MONROE- 521 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 3 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... NASHVILLE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LICK CREEK...NORTH FORK SALT CREEK...MIDDLE FORK SALT CREEK...SOUTH FORK SALT CREEK...CLAY LICK CREEK...STRAHL CREEK...HAMILTON CREEK...GRAVEL CREEK...CROOKED CREEK...GREEN VALLEY CREEK...JACKSON CREEK AND STEPHENS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3922 8621 3909 8619 3902 8651 3913 8651 $$ KOCH
332 WGUS73 KIND 222317 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 717 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INC013-105-222333- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130623T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-MONROE- 717 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... 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 3922 8621 3909 8619 3902 8651 3913 8651 $$ 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, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 3 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.