Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2014, 4:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 21, 2014, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | WATER IS ABOUT 2 FEET DEEP AT NORTH EMERSON AND EDGEWOOD DRIVE |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
024 WGUS53 KIND 212046 FFWIND INC059-081-097-145-220000- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0039.140521T2046Z-140522T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 446 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...GREENWOOD AND SOUTHPORT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 530 PM AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 114. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 101. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 106. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3984 8582 3962 8574 3959 8615 3978 8623 $$ LEE/PUMA
1 follow-up statement
655 WGUS73 KIND 212154 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 554 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 INC059-081-097-145-220000- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140522T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY- 554 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL JUST MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 330 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...GREENWOOD AND SOUTHPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3984 8582 3962 8574 3959 8615 3978 8623 $$ LEE/PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 43 min |
| May 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 25 min |
| May 21, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 24 min |
| May 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 35 min |
| May 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 34 min |
| May 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 31 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 42 min |
| May 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 50 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 25 min |
| May 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 49 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 22 min |
| May 21, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 21 min |
| May 21, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 20 min |
| May 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 29 min |
| May 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 19 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 29 min |
| May 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 4 hr |
| May 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 16 min |
| May 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 31 min |
| May 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 4 hr |
| May 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 30 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.