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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

July 10, 20134 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 1:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 10, 2013, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 2:11 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se Huntington, INWATER COVERING THE ROAD IN HIERS PARK.
Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Banquo, INWATER ACROSS THE ROADWAY ON SR105 SOUTH OF 800S AND SOUTH OF 900S
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.33Marion, IN1.33 INCHES SINCE 130 PM.

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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1493 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

758 
WGUS53 KIWX 101758
FFWIWX
INC053-069-169-179-102000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0013.130710T1758Z-130710T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
158 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER                  
  WABASH...HUNTINGTON...MARION AND BLUFFTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
  1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS OVER THE PAST     
  HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 400PM EDT. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LANCASTER...TOCSIN...ROCKFORD...NORTH OAKS...MURRAY...KINGSLAND...
  CRAIGVILLE...UNIONDALE...OSSIAN...MARKLE...ZANESVILLE...MAJENICA...
  BOWERSTOWN...HUNTINGTON...ANDREWS...URBANA...SPEICHERVILLE...
  SERVIA...RICHVALLEY...LINCOLNVILLE...WABASH...ROANN AND LAGRO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER
WITH THE HANDLE... @NWSIWX.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 8586 4066 8594 4092 8594 4093 8508
      4060 8507 4059 8518 4059 8545 4058 8545
      4056 8545 4051 8587

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke41 min
Jul 10, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Starke49 min
Jul 10, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte32 min
Jul 10, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall46 min
Jul 10, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange26 min
Jul 10, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton24 min
Jul 10, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski36 min
Jul 10, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange, Steuben28 min
Jul 10, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Noble, Whitley43 min
Jul 10, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWabash29 min
Jul 10, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Cass, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, White29 min
Jul 10, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben27 min
Jul 10, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Noble47 min
Jul 10, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash and 2 more41 min
Jul 10, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Grant, Miami52 min
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami, White115 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells37 min
Jul 10, 2:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen88 min
Jul 10, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.