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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

August 3, 2013Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at Aug 3, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT for Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Aug 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 9:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
955 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-040200-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
955 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013 /855 PM CDT FRI AUG 2 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING ALONG US-30.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... AND A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS
OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-040200-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
955 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE
IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 10:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1019 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SW NORTH WEBSTER      41.31N  85.72W
08/02/2013  M4.26 INCH       KOSCIUSKO          IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            4.26 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE DAY. 3.15 INCHES OF
            RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FOUR HOURS.

&&

NG

Local storm report, Aug 2, 10:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1029 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1024 PM     HEAVY RAIN       COLUMBIA CITY           41.16N  85.49W
08/02/2013  M4.10 INCH       WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            4.10 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL RAINFALL

&&

NG

Local storm report, Aug 2, 11:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1108 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 SW FORT WAYNE         40.98N  85.19W
08/02/2013  M3.21 INCH       ALLEN              IN   ASOS

            TOTAL FOR THE DAY THROUGH 11 PM EDT.

&&

JT

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1202 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013

INZ020-022-023-032>034-030500-
BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-JAY IN-MIAMI IN-WHITE IN-
1202 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD
BLACKFORD...JAY...GRANT...WHITE...SOUTHERN CASS...AND SOUTHERN MIAMI
COUNTIES...

AT 1155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
LOGANSPORT TO VAN BUREN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR IS
POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER OR ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GRISSOM AFB...
  MARION...
  VAN BUREN...
  WALTON...
  MONTPELIER AND BUNKER HILL...
  PENNVILLE AND SWEETSER...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4084 8700 4089 8698 4076 8594 4065 8594
      4065 8545 4057 8545 4057 8480 4032 8480
      4032 8521 4039 8522 4040 8587 4058 8587
      4058 8637 4070 8638 4070 8653 4075 8653
      4075 8675 4058 8678 4058 8709 4084 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 352DEG 14KT 4077 8647 4063 8541

TAYLOR

Local storm report, Aug 3, 12:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 12:30 AM EDT, 3 hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 8:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Wells, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 2, 8:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	17 hr
Aug 2, 9:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Wabash and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 2, 11:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Cass, Fulton, Huntington, Miami, Pulaski and 3 more	3 hr
Aug 2, 11:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford, Cass, Grant, Jay, Miami, White	58 min
Aug 3, 5:28 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every areal 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.