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Areal Flood Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 201411 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:01 AM EDT for 11 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 3, 2014, 7:01 AM EDT (11:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 511 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 Apr 3, 4:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-040745-
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-
333 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES...IN ADDITION
TO FLOODING WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

TIMING: THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OVER INDIANA
EARLY TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

OUTLOOK: A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

DISCUSSION: IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

SMF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

INZ036-037-045-046-030800-
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
321 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...HENDRICKS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM
EDT...

AT 319 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR 19 MILES
SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE...
  BAINBRIDGE...
  FILLMORE...
  CARPENTERSVILLE...
  ROACHDALE...
  LADOGA...
  GROVELAND...
  COATESVILLE...
  AMO...
  NEW ROSS...
  NORTH SALEM...
  JAMESTOWN...
  CLAYTON...
  LIZTON...
  PITTSBORO...
  ADVANCE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4008 8653 3971 8637 3963 8696 3976 8702
      3987 8701 3987 8707 3988 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 252DEG 25KT 3977 8692

SMF

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
351 AM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0345 AM     HAIL             NEW ROSS                39.96N  86.71W
04/03/2014  E0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
435 AM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0430 AM     HAIL             WHITESTOWN              40.00N  86.35W
04/03/2014  E0.70 INCH       BOONE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	39 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	45 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	62 min
Apr 2, 10:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Sullivan	13 hr
Apr 3, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	39 min
Apr 3, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	55 min
Apr 3, 8:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	8 days
Apr 3, 8:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	24 hr
Apr 3, 8:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	13 days
Apr 3, 8:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 13 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 10:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Decatur, Greene, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 8 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 10:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll	4 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	10 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	12 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	15 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	15 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	11 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	12 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	13 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	13 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	16 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	16 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	15 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	16 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke	56 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	54 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	55 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	66 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	11 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	10 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	10 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	10 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	5 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	4 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	5 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	8 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	10 days
Apr 3, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Marion	21 hr
Apr 3, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	23 hr
Apr 3, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	23 hr
Apr 3, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	46 hr
Apr 3, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	3 days
Apr 3, 4:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	38 hr
Apr 3, 7:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	53 hr
Apr 3, 7:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.