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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 2:02 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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 24, 2014, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Spencer, IN | WATER NEARLY COVERING ALL OF STATE ROUTE 46 THROUGH MOST OF SPENCER. MOST INTERSECTIONS FLOODED WITH WATER OVER THE CURBS. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 24, 4:18 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Cloverdale, IN | 2-4 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER INDIANA 42 NEAR EAST COUNTY ROAD 1200 SOUTH. WATER IS RISING |
| Jun 24, 5:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Nw Spencer, IN | FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY BETWEEN CR800N AND 875N ALONG CR775W. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WGUS53 KIND 241802 FFWIND INC021-063-109-119-133-242200- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0050.140624T1802Z-140624T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 202 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1230 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS NEW STORMS DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPENCER...GOSPORT...AND CLOVERDALE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 59. 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3970 8677 3969 8642 3917 8680 3918 8724 $$ RYAN
1 follow-up statement
390 WGUS73 KIND 242151 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 551 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 INC021-063-109-119-133-242206- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-140624T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLAY-HENDRICKS-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM- 551 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLAY... SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...OWEN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3970 8677 3969 8642 3917 8680 3918 8724 $$ JAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 2:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.