Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Apr 17, 2013, 3:34 PM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2013, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Apr 17, 2:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 3:58 AM EDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 358 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180800- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 358 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS. TIMING: PERIODS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL LINGER ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND THEN LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORM ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A FACTOR HOWEVER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES AROUND THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD HELP PUSH THE FRONT EAST OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION NEXT TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Martin | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Vigo | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 1:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Sullivan | 57 min |
| Apr 17, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 2:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 3:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 63 min |
| Apr 17, 8:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Decatur and 26 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 6 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 6 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 11 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 14 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 13 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 15 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 16 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 16 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 27 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 25 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 12 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard, Tippecanoe | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Shelby | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 35 min |
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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.