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Areal Flood Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 2014Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 4, 2014, 7:27 AM EDT for Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2014, 7:27 AM EDT (11:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Vigo County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 4, 7:05 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:05 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
457 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

INZ045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-050900-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
457 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...SOME
OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE.

HAZARDS: SEVERE STORMS WITH LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

TIMING: STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL DAY...BUT THE HIGHEST
CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION: A LARGE COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES EAST AND OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THESE
STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING LATE
THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS INCLUDING ANY AND ALL THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
WEEKEND AND AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT BACK NORTH OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ONWARD.

&&

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

INZ021-028>031-035>044-050900-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
457 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

HAZARDS: STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAIN...FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA
TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT
INSTABILITY...SOME STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
WEEKEND AND AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT BACK NORTH OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING...HAIL...STRONG
WIND GUSTS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER OBSERVED TODAY.

&&

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

NIELD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 4:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	46 min
Jun 4, 4:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Vigo	39 min
Jun 4, 4:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Vigo	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Owen	46 min
Jun 4, 5:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	4 hr
Jun 4, 6:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	48 min
Jun 4, 9:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	3 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	3 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	39 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	5 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	3 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	5 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	4 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	7 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	5 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	44 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	59 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	3 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	63 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	3 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	55 hr
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	4 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	4 days
Jun 4, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	6 days
Jun 4, 11:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Jennings	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.