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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 21, 20144 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2014, 8:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2014, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

315 
WGUS53 KIND 220001
FFWIND
INC005-031-081-145-220400-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0042.140522T0001Z-140522T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 801 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLUMBUS...
  SHELBYVILLE...FRANKLIN AND GREENWOOD.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 99.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 124.

LAT...LON 3914 8556 3914 8580 3908 8580 3905 8588
      3905 8608 3934 8608 3935 8610 3935 8625
      3962 8625 3962 8573 3919 8544

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
159 
WGUS73 KIND 220023
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC005-031-081-145-220400-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140522T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
823 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DECATUR...
BARTHOLOMEW...JOHNSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 823 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 
OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKLIN AND GREENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3914 8556 3914 8580 3908 8580 3905 8588
      3905 8608 3934 8608 3935 8610 3935 8625
      3962 8625 3962 8573 3919 8544

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion38 min
May 21, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion, Warren51 min
May 21, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings43 min
May 21, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush38 min
May 21, 9:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Owen, Parke and 3 more8 hr
May 21, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo45 min
May 21, 10:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBoone, Marion17 hr
May 21, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo49 min
May 21, 10:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew13 hr
May 22, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe36 min
May 22, 12:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe6 hr
May 22, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence47 min
May 22, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo44 min
May 22, 1:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo6 hr
May 22, 2:37 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin6 hr
May 22, 6:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion24 hr
May 22, 6:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington3 days
May 22, 6:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson24 hr
May 22, 6:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo38 hr
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen3 days
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike5 days
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo59 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every flash 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.