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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 2014Hamilton County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Hendricks County, Marion County, 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
Jun 24, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
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

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The text

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

384 
WGUS53 KIND 241933
FFWIND
INC057-063-097-242330-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0053.140624T1933Z-140624T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN    
  HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY SINCE 245 PM. WITH         
  MORE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AN             
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA   
  THROUGH 6 PM. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...CARMEL...FISHERS...LAWRENCE...
  PLAINFIELD...SOUTHPORT AND SPEEDWAY.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 127.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 212.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 90.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 73.

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.

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 4002 8587 3963 8613 3964 8656 3993 8632
      3993 8624 4002 8624 4005 8621

$$

RYAN
1 follow-up statement
688 
WGUS73 KIND 242329 RRA
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

INC057-063-097-242344-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140624T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-MARION-
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HAMILTON...SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS AND MARION COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

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 4002 8587 3963 8613 3964 8656 3993 8632
      3993 8624 4002 8624 4005 8621

$$

JAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam49 min
Jun 24, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan28 min
Jun 24, 2:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam4 hr
Jun 24, 2:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo3 hr
Jun 24, 2:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton4 hr
Jun 24, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Marion32 min
Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDGreene3 hr
Jun 24, 2:46 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDMarion29 min
Jun 24, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan50 min
Jun 24, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Marion34 min
Jun 24, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen4 hr
Jun 24, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 5 more4 hr
Jun 24, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph4 hr
Jun 24, 6:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.