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Areal Flood Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 27, 2014Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 27, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2014-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 27, 7:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-281000-
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-
440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY
RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: TODAY.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MID
TO LATE WEEK.

DISCUSSION: MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN TO START
THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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

KOCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
446 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

INZ043-044-051-052-270930-
CLAY-PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO-
446 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN
PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND NORTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM
EDT...

AT 444 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHRISMAN...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...
  ROCKVILLE...
  DANA...
  BLANFORD...
  MONTEZUMA...
  UNIVERSAL...
  FAIRVIEW PARK...
  SHEPARDSVILLE...
  MECCA...
  BLOOMINGDALE...
  NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
  ROSEDALE...
  JUDSON...
  FONTANET...
  SEELYVILLE...
  BRIDGETON...
  STAUNTON...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3987 8754 3981 8702 3943 8719 3958 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 292DEG 30KT 3971 8756

TDUD
Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke, Vermillion44 min
Jul 27, 4:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo26 min
Jul 27, 5:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam42 min
Jul 27, 7:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBrown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe3 hr
Jul 27, 8:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings3 hr
Jul 27, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll23 min
Jul 27, 9:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll12 min
Jul 27, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward34 min
Jul 27, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Randolph44 min
Jul 27, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph47 min
Jul 27, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks47 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Hamilton, Tipton35 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam41 min
Jul 27, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Tipton45 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph49 min
Jul 27, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby51 min

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.