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Areal Flood Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 21, 201415 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Feb 21, 2014, 8:05 PM EST for 15 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Feb 21, 2014, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2014, 9:00 PM EST
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 393 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 21, 6:45 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 6:45 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 8:01 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe and 2 more64 hr
Feb 21, 8:06 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Owen and 4 more15 hr
Feb 21, 10:57 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion14 hr
Feb 21, 10:57 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion23 hr
Feb 22, 10:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHoward6 hr
Feb 22, 10:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Howard, Tippecanoe6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.