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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2014, 10:10 PM EDT for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 21, 2014, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
240
WGUS53 KIND 220210
FFWIND
INC035-095-220500-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0055.140822T0210Z-140822T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 3 INCHES
THAT FELL IN PARTS OF DELAWARE AND MADISON COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MUNCIE AND ALEXANDRIA.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 251.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4007 8558 4015 8577 4038 8585 4038 8522
4037 8521 4008 8521
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
849
WGUS73 KIND 220501
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
101 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
INC035-095-220516-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140822T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE-MADISON-
101 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE AND
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4007 8558 4015 8577 4038 8585 4038 8522
4037 8521 4008 8521
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 3 more | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 3 more | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 10:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 11:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 3:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 21 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 7 days |
| Aug 22, 9:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 42 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.