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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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.
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
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
688
WGUS73 KIND 242329 RRA
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
INC057-063-097-242344-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140624T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-MARION-
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HAMILTON...SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS AND MARION COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4002 8587 3963 8613 3964 8656 3993 8632
3993 8624 4002 8624 4005 8621
$$
JASThe 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, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 4 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.