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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 2014Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2014, 2:54 PM EDT for Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
Jun 19, 2014, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOODLosantville, INWATER ON US HIGHWAY 35 IN LOSANTVILLE...NEAR US HIGHWAY 36. ONE LANE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.
Jun 19, 4:33 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD13 W Lynn, INALL LANES CLOSED BY HIGH WATER ON HIGHWAY 35.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

665 
WGUS53 KIND 191854
FFWIND
INC065-135-192200-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0046.140619T1854Z-140619T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   
WARNED AREA. NEW RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 200 
PM EDT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THREE TO FOUR 
INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
  INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BLOUNTSVILLE...LOSANTVILLE...MODOC...
  MOORELAND AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 4000 8492 4000 8519 3992 8520 4004 8537
      4008 8538 4008 8522 4002 8491

$$

LEE/DT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe50 min
Jun 18, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton39 min
Jun 18, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery47 min
Jun 19, 5:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDRandolph9 hr
Jun 19, 7:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph24 hr
Jun 19, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph21 min
Jun 19, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry30 min
Jun 19, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTipton33 min
Jun 19, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry, Randolph3 hr
Jun 19, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton42 min
Jun 19, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton4 hr
Jun 19, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison31 min
Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton32 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry5 hr
Jun 19, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDCarroll, Clinton, Tipton3 hr
Jun 19, 5:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDCarroll, Howard, Tippecanoe3 hr
Jun 19, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 19, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton6 hr
Jun 19, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Marion3 hr
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.