Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2014, 6:12 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 11, 2014, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:32 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.18 | 1 Ne Rushville, IN | STORM TOTAL FROM STORM THAT MOVED THROUGH OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WGUS53 KIND 112212 FFWIND INC139-120100- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0001.140511T2212Z-140512T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 612 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF RUSH COUNTY SINCE 5 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RUSHVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3948 8530 3950 8563 3970 8563 3976 8530 $$ RYAN
1 follow-up statement
564 WGUS73 KIND 112331 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 731 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 INC139-112346- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140512T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUSH- 731 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR RUSH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3948 8530 3950 8563 3970 8563 3976 8530 $$ CP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 52 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess, Martin | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 34 min |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo | 50 min |
| May 11, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 52 min |
| May 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 31 min |
| May 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 47 min |
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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.