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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2013, 6:29 AM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 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
- Jun 26, 2013, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County LaPorte County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:08 AM CDT | FLOOD | Michigan City, IN | STANDING WATER ON MANY ROADS IN MICHIGAN CITY |
| Jun 26, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6 | 2 Wnw La Porte, IN | 4.0 INCHES SINCE 5 AM. 6 INCHES SINCE TUE PM. |
| Jun 26, 8:07 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | La Porte, IN | STREETS POOLING WITH WATER ON NORTH STURDY RD BETWEEN EVANS AND LINCOLN ROADS |
| Jun 26, 8:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.97 | La Porte, IN | STORM TOTAL FROM TUE PM TO 930 AM WED. |
| Jun 26, 10:26 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.65 | Michigan City, IN | STORM TOTAL FROM 5 AM TO PRESENT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 741 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772
WGUS53 KIWX 261129
FFWIWX
INC091-261730-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0009.130626T1129Z-130626T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT/130 PM EDT WEDNESDAY/
* AT 625 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THE WARNED AREA SO FAR THIS MORNING
HAVE GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPRINGVILLE...HESSTON...TRAIL CREEK...POTTAWATTOMIE PARK...MICHIGAN
CITY AND LONG BEACH
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 4174 8691 4175 8687 4176 8666 4145 8654
4154 8695 4172 8695
$$
MCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 90 min | |
| Jun 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells, Whitley | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 63 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 6 days |
| Jun 26, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 9 hr |
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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.